News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of Look Rock Campground following a nine-year closure.

Bent’s Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and other Plains Nations who traded buffalo robes and livestock for the manufactured and commercial goods available at the fort

Submit your favorite Bent’s Old Fort photo for a chance for it to be featured on the 2023 Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Annual Pass.

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input as we take steps to improve a 1.25-acre park known as Parkland in Congress Heights. On Oct. 20, the NPS will host a virtual public meeting to share design ideas for Parkland, and to hear from residents on how they would like to use the park

Yellowstone National Park increases fire danger to HIGH 

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will host "Phenology Past and Present at Lindenwald," with a look at how the changing climate is affecting the timing of trees and shrubs at Lindenwald on Saturday, October 22nd.

Beginning Monday October 17, 2022, visitors to Bandelier National Monument should be prepared for periodic closures of trails and archaeological sites in Frijoles Canyon as construction projects begin.

Although the National Park Service (NPS) is over 100 years old, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates its 30th anniversary this fall.

Make plans to view the wonders of the night sky at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, October 22.

October not only brings cooler temperatures and changing colors to the Paunsaugunt plateau, but also annual changes to services and operations at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Gateway Arch Park Foundation is proud to join forces with the National Park Service to present a “Salute to Veterans” on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 1 p.m. The concert will take place at Luther Ely Smith Square on the Gateway Arch National Park grounds.

Beginning Friday, Oct. 14, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will initiate emergency actions to protect giant sequoias from the threats posed by high-intensity wildfire.

Interior Department Takes Next Steps to Update Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Starting at 1:00pm on October 22nd, the railroad crossing on highway 77 in Holbrook will be closed for maintenance.

Join the staff and volunteers of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as we commemorate the 159th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series special programs taking place in and around the city from November 19-25, 2022.