Parks in the News

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

Backpacking Permits For Joshua Tree National Park Available Online

Planning a backpacking trek in Joshua Tree National Park in California? You can obtain the necessary permit online at recreation.gov.

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

Five Parks Along Lake Superior Plan To Go Carbon Free

Five units of the National Park System that ring Lake Superior hope to be able to go completely carbon-free by TK under an ambitious plan supported by the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation.

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By NPT Staff - February 1st, 2023 2:30am

EPA Won't Issue Permits Needed For Pebble Mine In Alaska

More than two decades of battles over a copper and gold mine proposed to be built near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska came to a halt as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied the backers' request to dump mining wastes into the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 31st, 2023 11:55am

Study Seeks To Highlight Economic Development Options Along Blue Ridge Parkway

How gateway communities along the 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway that weaves through the high country of Virginia and North Carolina should manage economic development is the goal of an action plan to be developed.

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By NPT Staff - January 31st, 2023 2:30am

Vehicle Reservations For Glacier National Park Open Wednesday

If you hope to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road across Glacier National Park in Montana this summer, you can try to reserve your ticket beginning Wednesday at 8 a.m. MT time via recreation.gov.

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By Compiled From N... - January 31st, 2023 2:30am

National Parks Benefit From $1.1 Million From Washington's National Park Fund

Trail improvements and online park guides, carnivore research, and creation of a Native Conservation Corps program are among the projects made possible through $1.1 million raised by Washington's National Park Fund.

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By NPT Staff - January 31st, 2023 2:30am

Restoration Project Beginning At Duck Harbor In Cape Cod National Seashore

Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts is beginning a vegetation removal project that aims to remove dead trees and shrubbery from the Duck Harbor floodplain in Wellfleet. Park officials say two years of periodic dune overwashes led to substantial saltwater accumulation in the area and caused a massive die-off of freshwater plants. Removing the dead vegetation will allow salt-water tolerant vegetation to recolonize the area, they say.

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

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