National Parks

Yellowstone National Park is reopening its flood-damaged north loop at noon on Saturday, in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.

The Oregonian and Umatilla member says Native co-management can help restore public lands.

Sams, the first Native American director of the National Park Service, wants to make good on major investments in the park system.

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Chuck Sams as National Park Service director.

The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest are unscathed even though a wildfire has been burning near them in California’s Sierra Nevada for nearly two weeks.

Money from the Land and Water Conservation fund has shaped Oregon's cities, towns, and landscapes. Next up? Ambitious trail projects and protected forests.

Advocates are worried that Trump administration policy changes will damage the ability of national parks to deal with climate change.

Host Geoff Norcross is joined by OPB senior political reporter Jeff Mapes, state political reporter Chris Lehman, and news director Anna Griffin.

Immigrants from all over the world took the Oath of Citizenship at the Fourth of July ceremony on a ridge high above the lake.