Rangers tips

Wander through a prehistoric wonderland of colorful rock formations, fossils, and prairies in southwest South Dakota.

For 37 years, Tom Haraden worked in nine national parks across the US. 

For the past 10 years, I've obsessed over getting my hands on a permit to hike The Wave. Although I haven't had any luck, this experience has remained at the top of my bucket list.

Green is the overwhelming color on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

While working as a park ranger in state and national parks, I was often asked which national park was my favorite.

The llanos region spans more than 200,000 square miles through Colombia and Venezuela. Hot winds blow over its grassy hills, and scattered forests of Mauritius palms shelter hidden streams and lagoons. For centuries this landscape, shaped by ancient rivers, has been shared by ranchers and cattle, which learned to coexist with jaguars, panthers, anacondas, electric eels and crocodiles.

Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn't reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday.