Weather Worries Over The National Parks
Being caught in a national park in unexpected weather can mean the difference between an enjoyable outing and one that is dangerous or deadly.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 5th, 2025 7:56am
Climate Change
Why Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Species Are At Risk
President Trump’s zest for rapidly shrinking the government is triggering anxiety about conservation priorities that have been embedded for more than five decades in the country’s national parks and wildlife refuges.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 29th, 2025 2:30am
Jamestown Is Drowning
Amid rising water levels, some of the country's oldest and most valuable historical artifacts are at risk of being lost forever.
- By Kim O'Connell - March 25th, 2025 2:07pm
U.S. Geological Survey Study: Flooded Barrier Islands, Rising Mainland Risks
A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four specific coastal hazards and associated management challenges for Cape Lookout National Seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2025 7:40am
House Republicans Want To Recapture National Park Service Funding
It's too early to say what Republican plans will take root in Congress, but already there are proposals to both sell off federal lands and pull back National Park Service funding budgeted for helping parks respond to climate change.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 20th, 2025 11:50am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | Trump's Return Triggering Trepidation
President-elect Trump's upcoming return to the White House is generating grave concerns that the National Park Service will be facing fiscal reductions and policy revisions that could significantly alter both the way it does business as well as how it manages to conserve the park system.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 15th, 2025 11:16am
The Plan To Save Effigy Mounds National Monument From Erosion
Sacred mounds built thousands of years ago are under threat of erosion next to a changing Mississippi River in Effigy Mounds National Monument.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Repairing The Blue Ridge Parkway In The Wake Of Helene Won't Be Done Quickly
It likely will take many months, if not a year or more, to repair badly damaged sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 12th, 2024 8:54am
Photos Depict Tropical Storm Damage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Images taken by National Park Service crews assessing damage from Tropical Storm Helene along the Blue Ridge Parkway illustrate just how devastating the storm was.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 4th, 2024 12:09pm
Grinding Away
At Cape Hatteras, coastal erosion creates costly challenges for residents, tourists, and the National Park Service.
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