The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts.

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 – enough to set a record.

National Park Service morale is “as low as it's ever been” amid abrupt staffing cuts, a former Smokies staffer said.

The organization also reports at least one person from the Blue Ridge Parkway has been laid off. Who are the people fired from Great Smoky Mountains National Park? The National Park Service ...

As Western North Carolina continues to recover from Tropical Storm Helene, repairs along iconic Blue Ridge Parkway are likely to exceed $1 billion as landslides, fallen debris and flood damage ...

Repairs to the Blue Ridge Parkway will cost more than $1 billion. In 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway, with hundreds of miles of winding roads cutting through Virginia and North Carolina, was visited ...

The numbers encompass the entire National Park System, which includes everything from national rivers to national monuments.

President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.