Oviedo’s Lukas Nursery is expanding its Butterfly Encounter into a larger, climate‑controlled conservatory and adding a learning center as Slavia Road is widened.

Fremont police say the Alameda Creek staging areas at Niles Canyon are closed and will be patrolled this weekend; swimming is unsafe and trespassers may be cited.

Missouri will vote Aug. 4 on renewing a 0.1% sales tax that funds state parks and soil conservation across all 114 counties.

California State Parks warns of elevated E. coli at Willow Creek, Nimbus Flats and Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake. Agencies say more testing will run through the summer.

A retired Phoenix officer captured a rare albino rattlesnake in Gold Canyon; specialists say the tyrosinase‑positive female is pregnant and under study.

A black bear was reported in Avon, Randolph and Holbrook this week, prompting the closure of D.W. Field Park and safety warnings from animal control. Officials urge residents to secure trash and report sightings.

A doorbell camera captured a likely bear cub in an East Cobb yard. Georgia DNR urges residents to remove feeders, secure trash and report sightings.

The BLM will allow consumer fireworks at the Bonneville Salt Flats access road on July 4 with patrols on site and strict leave‑no‑trace rules. Read the safety and legal details.

MRCA will send more than 80 wildland fire‑trained personnel and engines across LA parklands on July 4, with early closures on Mulholland and extra patrols in Malibu and Topanga.

A June 25 court order narrows public access at the Dana Point Headlands trail to protect the endangered Pacific pocket mouse.

State Parks' new rules limit refunds, charge late cancellations and can bar repeat no‑shows from ReserveCalifornia for a year.

Lakeway will break ground Monday on Butler Rough Hollow Park, a 2024 bond-funded project adding an amphitheater, mountain-bike course and multisport field, due summer 2027.

State agencies awarded $20 million to 26 projects restoring habitat and river access along PFAS‑impacted waterways in the Twin Cities east metro.