Del Mar residents hold differing views on Shores Park's dog-park use as the city considers mixed use.

Free music, canoeing and campfire singalongs hit Cook County preserves this weekend, with Funkadesi marking 30 years on stage.

Utah's oldest park draws 11,000 visitors some weekends, and city leaders say property taxes alone won't cover the fix.

UW researchers counted about 82 coyotes in Seattle in one summer alone, feasting on rabbits, berries, and freedom from predators.

Adult monarchs and their offspring have filled Tawny Oaks prairies in Edelstein, fueling up for a journey that could span 2,500 miles.

Nearly 900 cranes were counted roosting at Baker Sanctuary last October, and CraneFest returns Oct. 10-11 near Bellevue.

The 34,000-square-foot Dallas facility gives the Gaston Gators a home pool at last, with priority access for county residents.

Kaumumene Trail, better known as Hideaways Trail, is finally open again after months of erosion repairs and a hurricane-driven delay.

Kiva Beach and Big Meadow could lose free parking as fees climb to $15 within five years, drawing pushback from trail groups.

BLM promised to return Red Rock's wild horses after an earlier removal. In 2005, it removed the few remaining horses.

A cardboard coyote near a busy Cary intersection had drivers dialing 911 — it was just a goose deterrent.

A juvenile wood stork, almost never seen in Arizona, was spotted wading through a 700-acre marsh built from treated wastewater.

Fifty new parking spots at Willowick's lakeside park will also make room for Lake County's first Gold Star Families Memorial Monument.