National Parks
Obama will create first marine national monument in Atlantic
White House says Obama will establish first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean
APNewsBreak: Legality of Yosemite park expansion disputed
A U.S. lawmaker says Yosemite National Park violated federal law by adding 400 acres to its boundary without clearing it through Congress
Yosemite expands its boundary, adding wetland, wildlife area
Yosemite National Park is expanding with the donation of Ackerson Meadow, an area of wetlands and grassy meadows surrounded by forests
APNewsBreak: Yosemite adding 400 acres of meadow, forest
Officials say Yosemite National Park will add 400 acres of meadows and forest in its largest expansion in nearly 70 years
Peace but extreme poverty in isolated region of Afghanistan
The Wakhan corridor, which has been named Afghanistan's second national park, is the country's most _ perhaps only _ peaceful region
Portions of Yellowstone River, some tributaries re-opened
Montana has re-opened portions of the Yellowstone River, but it is keeping a popular stretch closed due to a fish-killing parasite
Obama creates world's largest marine protected area
President Barack Obama will quadruple in size a marine national monument created by President George W. Bush a decade ago
Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story
Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story
Judge denies Nevada county's claim to national forest road
A dirt road in a national forest at the center of a decades-old dispute between the Forest Service and a rural Nevada county will remain in federal hands
Obama plans to create world's largest marine protected area
The White House says President Barack Obama will quadruple in size a marine national monument created by President George W. Bush a decade ago