National Park Service

Heat causes tragedies in state and national parks

Belyruth Ordóñez was an avid hiker. The 30-year-old woman and her family had been hiking trails together in parks around Utah, where they live, for the past few summers. But on Saturday, the heat was too intense and tragedy struck. Temperatures in Utah’s Snow Canyon State Park soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and Ordóñez was… Read More »

Grizzly bears to be reintroduced to Washington state after years of debate

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week; This decision came after years of bitterly divided debate. But given that the complex process requires trapping the bears, transporting them by truck and transporting them by helicopter from British Columbia or northwestern Montana, it could still… Read More »