National Parks

Feb 27, 2017

Report: Interior Dept law enforcement chief 'unprofessional'

The Interior Department's inspector general says the agency's law enforcement director "demonstrated a pattern of unprofessional behavior" by touching and hugging female employees and making flirtatious remarks


Feb 22, 2017

LePage asks Trump 'to make Maine woods great again'

Maine's governor has asked Republican President Donald Trump to undo Democratic former President Barack Obama's designation of a national monument and give back the land that was donated for it


Feb 21, 2017

Graffiti found at 4 popular monuments in Washington, DC

The National Park Service says graffiti has been found at four memorials in Washington


Feb 14, 2017

Bison, cars endangered by deep snow in Wyoming's Grand Teton

Unusually deep snow in Grand Teton National Park has made life dangerous for bison lumbering on the park's only plowed highway and for motorists traveling the route


Feb 13, 2017

On a trip home, seeing Guatemala's grit and grandeur

First-time visitors to Guatemala may want to skip its gritty capital city and head straight to its most famous tourist destinations, Antigua Guatemala and Tikal National Park


Feb 3, 2017

APNewsBreak: Deal allows Yellowstone bison slaughter

A deal will allow the slaughter of hundreds of wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park, while sparing 25 animals that American Indian tribes want to start new herds


Feb 2, 2017

Sunrise visitors overload Maui peak, leading to restrictions

Mark Twain called the sunrise atop Maui's tallest peak the "sublimest spectacle" he'd ever witnessed


Feb 2, 2017

AP PHOTOS: Famed Maui sunrise spot now requires reservations

AP PHOTOS: Famed Maui sunrise spot now requires reservations


Feb 1, 2017

Feds plan to auction more land in Wayne National Forest

A federal agency says it will make more land available at auction for oil-and-gas drilling leases next month in southeast Ohio's Wayne National Forest


Jan 27, 2017

Rogue tweeters in government could be prosecuted as hackers

Legal experts say the Justice Department could prosecute tweets from federal agency accounts by unauthorized users under federal hacking laws