Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state to Preparedness Level 5 (PL5) , which is the highest level, as wildfire activity continues across the state.July 6 - 7:45 p.m.In the ...

The Gates of the Arctic National Park, in Alaska, is one of the marvels of the U.S. national park system. This and other parks lie on roads less traveled, and take some extra incentive to visit ...

Roughly 82 million acres in Alaska could have been eligible for those sales, including sections of the Tongass and Chugach ...

Step back in time at this mining ghost town deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Over a century old, walk through history and ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

Congress is currently advancing a budget bill that would force the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 ...

A proposal to auction millions of acres of federal lands to pay for President Donald Trump's budget proposal has been ruled ...

Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, proposed naming the peak “Mount Carola” to honor her mother, and the proposal ...

A new project in the Chugach and Tongass National Forests will make overnights in Alaska’s wilderness less intimidating for ...

Opinion At national parks, the past is now subject to political approval: Leila Atassi Published: Jun. 23, 2025, 5:30 a.m.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 7:10 a.m. Sunday, June 22, 2025, to reflect that the Parks Highway is open with pilot car operations.

A 21-mile stretch of Wisconsin's Great Pinery Heritage Waterway was recently designated a national recreation trail, bringing a unique asset to the communities that surround it. “With the Great Pinery ...