When most people think about visiting America’s protected lands, their minds jump straight to the big names. Yellowstone. Yosemite. The Grand Canyon. These iconic national parks draw millions of ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites. That includes ...

Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a sweeping desert landscape known for its rock “staircase” and rust-colored vistas, could be in big trouble. That’s because on July 22, the ...

The monuments in Texas and Nevada include more than half a million acres. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totaling more than ...

This summer, many of us Arizonans got out to enjoy our public lands. From Grand Canyon National Park and Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints Grand Canyon National Monument to Ironwood ...

Several national park sites across the Southwest are now closed due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The closures are documented on a National Park Service website posting active alerts ...