The state seeks to block plans for significant water use restrictions over the next decade.

A summer swim in wild waters can bring escape and exhilaration. Here are six places on state and national park land across the United States to backstroke, butterfly or just beat the heat.

Paul Theroux traced the British coastline in 1982 for his book ‘The Kingdom by the Sea.’ This year he walked parts of the new King Charles III England Coast Path, a continuous route along the country’s seashore.