State & National Parks

It’s Arizona’s fourth national park and 64th in the country overall.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower district court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit from 2024 that looked to overturn Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — or the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon.

Revisiting the mass firings that reshaped conservation work and my understanding of who protects America’s parks.

The announcement Tuesday declaring “America-first entry fee policies” comes as national parks deal with the strain of a major staff reduction and severe budget cuts.

Saguaro West and three other federal sites in Arizona are open to visitors thanks to Western National Parks.

Some visitors entered on foot, while others stopped to take a selfie. The rest turned their vehicles around in pursuit of alternate Tucson sights.

The consequences of a shutdown will be sweeping in the nation’s capital and across the country, where states are bracing for the impact.

Forty former superintendents said in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that past shutdowns in which parks have remained opened have led to the vandalism of iconic symbols, destruction of wildlife habitats and possible endangerment of visitors.

National park job cuts spark concerns over conservation, tourism and the future of public lands.

A national campaign blames Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for reduced services at 40 national parks.

Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.