She never left her cub,” said a Yosemite National Park ranger, heartbroken, after she witnessed a mother bear remain for hours with her lifeless baby who had been hit by a car on a park road in the ...

Yosemite and other national parks are dropping reservation systems, raising concerns about overcrowding. Here are strategies for a more relaxed summer vacation.

(KSEE/KGPE/NEXSTAR) – Efforts to help control over-visitation at some of the nation’s most popular national parks will not happen this summer, according to the National Park Service. The decision to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors will not need to make vehicle reservations for Yosemite National Park in 2026, as part of an effort to “expand public ...

The decision to eliminate systems follows what the NPS called “a comprehensive evaluation of traffic patterns, parking availability and visitor use during the 2025 season.” The efforts are meant to ...

Three years after massive crowds during the July 4th weekend caused three-hour traffic jams and gridlock stretching for miles at Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration has eliminated rules ...

Visitors will not need to make vehicle reservations for Yosemite National Park in 2026, as part of an effort to “expand public access,” the National Park Service said. Superintendent Ray McPadden said ...

WASHINGTON — Visitors to three major national parks will no longer need timed entry reservations this summer, the National Parks Service said Wednesday. NPS said in a news release that the change is ...