A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after employees left her unattended and she became trapped, according to a ...

Search and rescue teams aided an older adult female hiker May 4 at Silver Falls State Park who sustained a fall and had a minor head injury. The hiker, who was not named, fell near an embankment ...

An amateur rock collector recently hit the jackpot while exploring a state park in Arkansas. David DeCook, a Minnesota resident, unearthed a stunning 3.81-carat brown diamond at the Crater of ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. – David DeCook, a regular visitor to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park from Stewartville, MN, recently spotted a glimmering 3.81-carat brown diamond while visiting ...

Point State Park's iconic fountain in Pittsburgh is undergoing major upgrade work and won't be operational this year as the park itself is getting a multi-million dollar facelift. It's not an ...

Construction is steadily progressing at Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, though no official opening date has been set. Located off Interstate 20 about 80 miles west of Fort Worth, the nearly 5,000 ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KATV) — One lucky Minnesotan and his family unearthed a 3.81-carat diamond during a recent visit to Diamonds State Park, park officials confirmed. The diamond is the largest ...

Allamuchy Mountain State Park will expand by 473 acres with the staet's purchase of a former Boy Scout reservation. A coalition led by the Nature Conservancy, meanwhile, has secured nearly 455 ...

A mother of four died on Wednesday after falling from a steep area at a Massachusetts state park. Carolyn Sanger, 49, of Topsfield, fell roughly 50 to 75 feet, and was pronounced dead at the scene ...

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) purchased the 445-acre Long Hill plantation estate for $3.3 million to create Wicomico County's first state park. Wicomico County Executive Julie ...

Portions of the park are already built with trails and boardwalks that carry visitors over the wet ground. The most significant southern portion of Tuckahoe Creek is just now getting underway.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Plans for more boardwalks along Henrico’s western border are moving forward with a recent land donation from a longtime area real estate firm that’s previously ...