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Foreign tourists to pay $100 ‘America-first’ fee for national parks
Foreign tourists to pay $100 ‘America-first’ fee for national parks

The Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone will begin charging international visitors the additional fee from January Read more

The Times - Nov 26
National Parks To Raise Fees For Foreign Visitors Of Popular U.S. Sites
National Parks To Raise Fees For Foreign Visitors Of Popular U.S. Sites

The fee change will affect international tourists who visit 11 national parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite. Read more

Huffpost - Nov 26
National parks adopting digital passes, new fees in 2026
National parks adopting digital passes, new fees in 2026

The changes mark the biggest modernization to park access in decades. Read more

Kgw - Nov 25
‘An unsustainable and dangerous path’: National Parks advocates say shutdown worsened ongoing crisis
‘An unsustainable and dangerous path’: National Parks advocates say shutdown worsened ongoing crisis

“The government shutdown crisis may be over, but the crisis at our national parks is not,” the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks said this week. “In fact, the government shutdown made an already bad situation at national parks and public lands far worse. Read more

Times-standard - Nov 13
Rare ‘alien-like’ fungus with ‘tentacles’ and smell like rotting flesh spotted in one of UK’s best-loved national parks
Rare ‘alien-like’ fungus with ‘tentacles’ and smell like rotting flesh spotted in one of UK’s best-loved national parks

A BIZARRE "alien-like" fungus has been spotted in one of the UK's beloved national parks.A nature-loving woman stumbled upon a rare sight with tentact Read more

The Sun - Oct 11
Green groups criticise plans to weaken protections for English national parks
Green groups criticise plans to weaken protections for English national parks

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning lawPlans to water down protections for national parks such as Dartmoor and the Lake District in a “kneejerk bid for growth” will be devastating for nature, more than 170 organisations have told ... Read more

The Guardian - Oct 07
Park visitors and advocates lament partial openings of National Parks during shutdown | CNN
Park visitors and advocates lament partial openings of National Parks during shutdown | CNN

America’s national parks – including this small piece of federal land outside Washington, DC – will stay partially open during the government shutdown that began Wednesday, according to the Department of the Interior, leading to limited entrances, amenities and staffing Read more

Cnn - Oct 04
National parks feel pinch as ranger training classes face delays due to ICE training
National parks feel pinch as ranger training classes face delays due to ICE training

The Trump administration's immigration agent training priority is delaying national park ranger training. Read more

Kgw - Oct 01