About 50%-75% of drownings occur in open water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and ponds. Some estimates indicate that the ...

At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs ...

Just as scores of vacationers descend on national parks for summer fun, some National Park Service beaches are curtailing ...

National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague ...

The agency is also struggling to recruit staff for front-line positions as the parks hit their busiest season.

The visitors who trek to America’s national parks are already noticing the changes, just months after President Donald Trump ...

Layoffs and departures after pressure from the Trump administration have left sites struggling, with the remaining employees ...

"National parks cannot properly function at the staffing levels this administration has reduced them to. And it’s only ...

Nearly a quarter of the National Park Service's workforce has left since President Donald Trump took office in January, and ...

The risk of a public backlash against Trump if conditions at the national parks prove unpleasant for visitors this summer is significant.

Just as California's busy summer season commences, advocates warn of the impacts federal staffing cuts are having on the state's national parks.