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Conservation groups are bracing for battles with the incoming Trump administration/Rebecca Latson file

A Backcountry Access Plan for Big Cypress National Preserve does not recommend any official wilderness/NPS file

E very four years brings the possibility of change in how the National Park Service and the world's greatest collection of national parks is managed. At the National Parks Traveler, we work to ensure you're aware of changes that could impact the parks and your enjoyment of them.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit asking that the National Park Service remove malnourished feral horses from Cumberland Island National Seashore/Wild Cumberland

North Dakota Gov. Burgum, who is President-elect Trump's nominee for Interior secretary, has acknowledged that national parks — including Theodore Roosevelt National Park in his own state — are underfunded/NPS file

A Washington state utility company has agreed to pay $900,000 for damages to natural resources at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area/NPS file

Two weeks out from the presidential election, it's time to take stock of the national parks and the National Park Service, but it's not all political fallout. There will be time to assess that, but now there are some matters that have given me some pause.

A quartet of senators has introduced legislation to continue funding to address maintenance projects across public lands. A mile-long section of underground trail at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky was rehabilitated thanks to a $6.5 million infusion of Great America Outdoors Act funds/NPS file

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Pending legislation in Congress would redesignate Chiricahua National Monument as Chiricahua National Park/NPS file