After a four-month-long Occupy D.C. encampment turned large swaths of McPherson Square into unsightly and barren plots, the National Park Service has started renovating the park. more ›

Changing a controversial paraphrased quote on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial won't be free, and the National Park Service may request private donations to cover the cost. more ›

Occupy D.C. was a bit rattled Thursday afternoon when the National Park Service dropped by McPherson Square to resow a pair of flowerbeds that have lay barren since the protest first took root last fall. more ›

When the National Park Service announced the peak bloom period for the city's famed cherry blossoms two weeks ago, it probably didn't expect that we'd have a week's worth of May-like temperatures. But that's exactly what we're getting, and as such, the peak bloom has been moved up. more ›

A National Park Service ranger talked to WTOP about what happened when he tried to shed light on an arrangement between Dan Snyder and NPS that allowed the Redskins' owner to cut down protected trees on his property more ›

The National Park Service announced today that the District's famed cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom between March 24-31, corresponding almost perfectly with the centennial edition of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. more ›

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the process to change a paraphrased quote on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial to reflect a complete statement by the civil rights leader will take about a year. more ›

Compared to the clearing out of McPherson Square on Saturday, the enforcement of no-camping rules by the National Park Service in Freedom Plaza on Sunday was a slow burn. more ›

The lawyer who has represented Occupy D.C. in federal court in previous appeals for the protest group to stay at McPherson Square said he'll "be filing some paperwork" in the wake of U.S. Park Police making an exhaustive sweep of the park to enforce the ban on camping there. more ›

A day after a U.S. Park Police raid on the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square, inspections and clean-up continued into Sunday morning. more ›

A federal judge said today that if the National Park Service decides to close McPherson Square, it needs to give Occupy D.C. enough time to mount a legal response. Still, he shot down a request that U.S. Park Police be forbidden from enforcing anti-camping rules. more ›

McPherson Square was flush with protesters, onlookers and reporters waiting to see what action the U.S. Park Police would take in enforcing the National Park Service's final warning that Occupy D.C. is in violation of federal regulations about camping in a public space. So far, no one has been arrested. more ›

A member of Occupy D.C. was arrested midday Sunday after pulling down the notices that the National Park Service posted over the weekend as a final warning that the ban on camping at McPherson Square would begin being enforced. more ›

In a flier distributed today, the National Park Service appears to be getting ready to enforce the prohibitions on camping at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, potentially starting to draw the curtains on Occupy D.C.'s takeover of the public squares. more ›

It looks like despite the National Park Service's insistence that the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square is a round-the-clock vigil, the federal agency will issue final warning related to camping before possible evicting the camp. more ›

At a congressional hearing this morning on Occupy D.C., federal and D.C. officials are expressing differing opinions on whether or not the McPherson Square encampment should be allowed to remain. more ›

The deer that roam Rock Creek Park may make us all stop and marvel at the wonders of nature as we walk or ride along Beach Drive, but they're a nuisance to the National Park Service -- and it's ready to do something about it. more ›

This morning, Slate.com Moneybox blogger Matt Yglesias tweeted, "Watching Parks & Rec. Realizing there are no playgrounds in DC. National Park Service are history's greatest monsters." more ›

With the transfer of oversight over Union Square from the National Park Service to the Architect of the Capitol, film crews seeking a clear shot of the U.S. Capitol might be out of luck. D.C. film office head Crystal Palmer hopes otherwise. more ›

At some point in the near future, you'll be able to find a Capitol Bikeshare station on the National Mall and ride wherever you please. But if you pay someone to take you in a pedicab, well, that's more complicated. more ›

A crowd of boating enthusiasts gathered in an unfinished office above Washington Harbour last night to kick off a National Park Service study to determine the feasibility of designating a large segment of the Potomac riverfront in Georgetown for the development of new boathouses for non-motorized crafts. more ›

According to a report by the Trust for Public Land, New York City leads the country in terms of parkland as a percentage of city area, coming in at 38,000 acres, or 19.5 percent of the city's land. The District, though, is a close second, with 7,400 acres, or 19 percent of our land. Arlington squeezed into the top 10 with 1,800 acres, or 11.4 percent. more ›

If the U.S. Park Police wants to get rid of Occupy D.C. campers, it will have to tell them ahead of time. more ›

As Los Angeles and Philadelphia make tentative moves towards evicting Occupy campers, the National Park Service continues to turn a blind eye towards activities that it admits are illegal. more ›

It looks like the National Park Service has set aside any concerns with Capital Bikeshare and is moving full-steam ahead to get stations in place for next year. more ›

While other cities around the country have been dealing with mass arrests, evictions and pooping in connection to the Occupy movement, the biggest thing to come between the District and her occupiers so far has been making sure demonstrators don't ruin the greenery in McPherson Square. more ›

Here's some pretty wild footage -- the National Park Service has released three videos recorded inside the tip of the Washington Monument as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the District on August 23. more ›

Did Hurricane Irene wash away your memory of last week's earthquake? Well, the Earth is moving and shaking -- while Irene was doing her thing above ground over the weekend, five aftershocks were reported from underground in Virginia. more ›

UPDATE: Well, then: officials have updated their original assessment, and now state that the crack at the top of the Washington Monument is actually a little more than four feet long. more ›