National Parks

Public lands have become a contentious topic, some Republicans are considering selling them off to pay for the Trump administration's ambitious domestic agenda. KDNK's Marilyn Gleason sat down with Wilderness Workshop's Will Roush to get his take, and find out what this could mean for West.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

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...