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Wildfires have forced evacuations for visitors and staff at two national parks in the US West as the summer monsoon season ...
The National Park Service recorded 325,498,646 visitors across all national parks in 2023.
Experts have long called for Black and Latino neighborhoods to have better access to parks to improve community health. Coronavirus highlights that.
America’s great white outdoors ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on U.S. national parks facing an existential crisis over a lack of diversity among visitors.
Photographer Brian Kelley speaks with NPR's Sarah McCammon about "Parks 2," a new book packed with photos, memorabilia and essays about our country's national parks.
Visitors at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. For years, recreational parks were luxuries only afforded to White visitors.
We are all feeling more tense in public spaces. Policing mask wearing and measuring social distance, we navigate parks and playgrounds with senses heightened. But for African American men, this fee… ...
Here’s how national parks are working to fight racism Efforts are underway to make the outdoors more inclusive. But many Black travelers are still cautious to embrace America’s ‘best idea.’ ...
These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai ...
The best national parks in the USA to visit From coast to coast, these are the best national parks to explore this year—whether you’re hiking, biking, or just here for the s’mores.
Wildfires have forced evacuations at two U.S. national parks in the West as summer monsoon storms increase lightning in the ...