National Parks

Dec 22, 2017

Nestle warned it lacks rights to some California water

Nestle may have to stop taking millions of gallons of water from a national forest in California for its Arrowhead bottled water


Dec 22, 2017

The Latest: Nestle says it will follow California water laws

Nestle, which sells Arrowhead bottled water, says it will comply fully with California law after regulators said it lacks valid permits to take millions of gallons of water from Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest


Dec 20, 2017

Study: Moose on Lake Superior island are shrinking

Scientists studying the moose population on a national park in Lake Superior have discovered that the animal has been shrinking over the years


Dec 19, 2017

Company denies skirting law with refinery near national park

The developer of a proposed oil refinery near picturesque Theodore Roosevelt National Park tells North Dakota regulators the company isn't trying to skirt state permitting law


Dec 15, 2017

Montana Republican gets behind Yellowstone mining ban

Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte is sponsoring legislation to withdraw land near Yellowstone National Park from future mining after earlier describing an identical Senate measure as "dead on arrival" in the House


Dec 14, 2017

Interior Dept. says 1 in 3 employees report being harassed

The Interior Department says more than one-third of its employees report being harassed or discriminated against in the past year


Dec 13, 2017

Mark Ruffalo is 'disgusted' with Trump's monuments decision

Actor Mark Ruffalo says he is disgusted with President Donald Trump's plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds


Dec 13, 2017

US national parks to slash number of free days for visitors

National parks in the U.S. will sharply drop the number of days they allow visitors to get in for free


Dec 13, 2017

Court keeps ban on new mining claims around Grand Canyon

A U.S. appeals court has kept in place an Obama-era ban on new mining claims around the Grand Canyon


Dec 12, 2017

Protesters call national park plan for Utah monument a ploy

Environmental groups are blasting a legislative proposal by U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart that would create a small national park within the recently downsized Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.