Parks in the News

Group Questions Management Approach At Valles Caldera National Preserve

National Park Service plans for managing visitation at Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico are being questioned by an outside organization that advocates for sustainable preservation of the nealy 89,000-acre park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 6th, 2023 9:08am

Night Sky Magic Over Olympic National Park

Night sky programs introduce Olympic National Park visitors to the other half of the park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

National Park Service Grappling With Hazard Trees At Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Parks

Threats to visitors and park infrastructure posed by 12,000-15,000 "hazard trees" burned during the massive KNP Complex fire of 2021 at Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks but still standing has the National Park Service formulating a plan to deal with them. The agency's preference is to remove tree hazards along roadways and the parks' developed areas within the fire's burn perimeter and then treat fallen debris around infrastructure and within up to 80 feet from the edge of roadways.

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By Compiled From N... - February 5th, 2023 2:30am

NPS Launching Wilderness Study At Wupatki National Monument

More than a decade after determining that almost all of the acreage within Wupatki National Monument is eligible for wilderness designation, the National Park Service is seeking public comment on how much of the park should be proposed for wilderness designation.

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By Compiled From N... - February 6th, 2023 9:48am

National Natural Landmarks – An NPS Designation For Very Special Places

When is something associated with the National Park Service, yet not a unit within the National Park System? When it’s a National Natural Landmark (NNL). There are 602 NNLs within the U.S. worth a day trip if you don’t have time for a stay at a national park.

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By Rebecca Latson - February 4th, 2023 3:00am

Move By U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service To Reconsider ESA Protections For Grizzlies Criticized

A decision Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider whether grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem need Endangered Species Act protection was heavily criticized by conservation groups.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 3rd, 2023 12:54pm

Big Bend Wilderness Assessment Identifies 63,505 Acres Of Eligible Wilderness

Much of a large swath of land, more than 67,000 acres that was donated to Big Bend National Park back in 1987, has qualities suitable for official wilderness designation, according to a forthcoming National Park Service assessment.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 4th, 2023 9:23am

Completing The Electrical Circuit At Kīlauea in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

This year is the final year of Kīlauea volcano projects funded by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019. This “Volcano Watch” article is about a deep study of subsurface conductivity beneath Kīlauea volcano that will reveal its subsurface magmatic plumbing. The project started within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park last summer and will be completed over the entire volcano this year.

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By NPT Staff - February 3rd, 2023 2:30am

Coalition Calls For Better Protection Of National Parks From Oil And Gas Development

With four prominent national parks as examples of the impacts of oil and gas development, the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to better protect the National Park System from energy development.

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By NPT Staff - February 2nd, 2023 3:00am

Tickets Will Be Needed To Climb Old Rag In Shenandoah This Year

You'll need a ticket to hike to the top of Old Rag in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia this year.

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By Compiled From N... - February 2nd, 2023 2:30am

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