Parks in the News

Geology Festival Coming To Bryce Canyon National Park Next Weekend

Bryce Canyon National Park's centennial Geology Festival is scheduled for this coming Friday and Saturday and will include guided hikes, geology programs and interactive family-friendly booths. This year’s festival will also feature special evening programs from author and geologist Christa Sadler and park paleontology fellow Tut Tran exploring fossil discoveries within and around Bryce Canyon National Park.

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By Compiled From N... - July 9th, 2023 2:30am

Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest Implementing Fire Restrictions

Due to the combination of increased dry conditions and rising temperatures, the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park in Washington state are implementing fire restrictions that will only allow campfires in established fire rings in designated areas. Restrictions take effect at midnight July 9.

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By Compiled From N... - July 8th, 2023 2:30am

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Developing River Management Plan

As it works to develop a long-range management plan for the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in Wisconsin and Minnesota, the National Park Service has scheduled a number of listening sessions to collect public's thoughts.

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By Compiled From N... - July 8th, 2023 2:30am

Grand Canyon National Park To Get New Shuttle Buses

A new shuttle bus fleet is coming to Grand Canyon National Park thanks to a grant of $27.5 million fro the U.S. Transportation Department's Federal Highway Administration.

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By NPT Staff - July 7th, 2023 2:30am

Yosemite National Park Holding Second Public Comment Period On How To Improve Access

After receiving nearly 7,000 comments during the first public comment period on ways to improve access and the visitor experience at Yosemite National Park, the National Park Service is staging another comment period to gather more input.

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By Compiled From N... - July 7th, 2023 10:39am

Improvements Approved For Shark Valley In Everglades National Park

A plan to improve parking and cope with flooding at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park in Florida is moving forward after National Park Service staff determined there would be no adverse environmental impacts.

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By Compiled From N... - July 6th, 2023 2:30am

Salmon Habitat Improvements Continuing At Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods National Monument, a setting of towering trees, also harbors an overlooked habitat that is valuable to endangered coho salmon. Enhancing this habitat is the focus on a stream project set to begin next week.

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By Compiled From N... - July 6th, 2023 2:30am

Windstorm Batters Yellowstone National Park

A powerful windstorm raked the southern half of Yellowstone National Park, downing hundreds of trees and knocking out commercial power for about a day.

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By Compiled From N... - July 5th, 2023 3:31pm

How Does Yellowstone's Eruption Compare To Others?

The Yellowstone volcanic system has hosted some very large eruptions. But there have been much larger volcanic explosions in geologic history—including several in the western USA!

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By NPT Staff - July 5th, 2023 3:22pm

Buffalo Field Campaign Wants 50,000 Yellowstone Bison, Tribal Co-Stewardship

A group that long has questioned how the National Park Service manages bison at Yellowstone National Park wants to see tribal entities given co-stewardship of the iconic animals along with seeing their numbers rise 10-fold to 50,000 in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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By NPT Staff - July 4th, 2023 3:00am

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