Parks

Starting March 14, several trails will be closed temporarily as workers cut down hazard trees in phases throughout Tryon Creek State Natural Area.

Notable sites such as the Smoky Mountains and the Lincoln Memorial rounded out the top 10 visited places in the National Park System as visits began rebounding from 2021.

Oregon cities and counties could limit the use of drones under a bill that’s scheduled for a hearing Wednesday in Salem.

Also inside: Multnomah County seeks input for the design phase of a new Burnside Bridge and Oregon Rep. Susan Bonamici introduces a bill to address Oregon's public defender crisis.

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.

This week, the Klamath Falls City Council voted unanimously to change the name of Kit Carson Park to Eulalona Park.

A fee increase takes effect with the new year at Oregon’s state parks: Out-of-state visitors with RVs will now pay 25% more for their campsites.

Oregonians will soon have more options to go camping now that the state parks department is finalizing details on a capital improvement plan.

Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California.

After hours of testimony from residents fiercely opposing a plan to renovate a historic 12-block park in downtown Portland, the City Council delayed a vote on a master plan to makeover the South Park Blocks. It’s not clear when the vote will take place.