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Recent world events have ignited unprecedented public interest in family oriented activities in general and RV travel in particular, as millions of Americans turn to public and private RV parks [...]

National parks and their neighboring communities are collaborating on issues of growth and tourism. Since the parks draw a total of 63 million visitors annually, facilities are quickly overtaxed and rural towns overrun. Plans to manage overcrowding include using mass transit to reduce cars and parking, relocating employee housing and facilities outside the parks, and limiting visitor services.

An analysis of the damage caused by automobile exhaust in the national parks reveals the extent of its effects on the ecosystems of the parks. The National Park Service is investigating alternative transportation systems to reduce the pollution.

The United States National Park Service is planning to provide diesel hybrid electric buses for Yosemite National Park in California. The hybrid buses are expected to reduce noise pollution and exhaust emissions within the park area.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Resources Subcommittee on National Parks met in early May to discuss rulemaking procedures in several national park units that have banned personal watercraft [...]

GUSTAVUS -- Efforts to increase the number of cruise ship entry permits for Glacier Bay National Park have been put on hold pending a review of a just-completed National Park […]

Plans for a snowmobile trail across the Kabetogama Peninsula in Voyageurs National Park contradict National Park Service policy that requires wilderness areas to be kept free of motor vehicles.