National Parks

Rocky Mountain National Park, one of the most visited national parks in the U.S., has permanently adopted a timed entry reservation system due to a surge in visitors in recent years. The park is one of many in the region facing the challenge of being "loved to death" as crowds flock to enjoy the natural beauty.

The Regional Roundup, a production of the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition. This week's edition features a discussion with High Country News journalist Nick Bowlin about how western resort towns risk being loved to death. Also, John Burg speaks about his experience of being lost, trapped, and eventually rescued from Zion National Park. And, we go inside public libraries in Moab, UT and Boulder, CO.

The National Park Service is behind on studying 28 potential sites to add to its system. Two of them are in the Mountain West.

The Canyonlands Research Center in southeastern Utah, is in its second year offering a paid summer internship to Native American students interested in conservation.

Citing concerns over visitor experience and safety, elected officials in Utah want the National Park Service to create a temporary, timed-entry system at…

In a lawsuit filed Monday, conservationists allege the Trump administration's unprecedented use of non-confirmed directors at the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management violates law.

Most national parks around the Mountain West remain closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. And it remains unclear when or if parks will reopen in...

Author, explorer, and Carbondale resident Jon Waterman has a new book hot off the presses. It's called "Atlas of the National Parks" and was published by…

Associated Press Northern Arizona correspondent Felicia Fonseca reports on a new proposal for working with private companies to modernize campgrounds at…

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee had a hearing recently on the Trump administration's moves to shrink national monuments and clear the way for…