Boating Accident Leaves One Dead At Cape Lookout National Seashore
A boating accident at Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina left one man dead.
- By Compiled From N... - May 29th, 2023 2:16pm
Parks in the News
Did George Washington Shoot This Very Bullet At A Foe? Here’s What We Know
It was a short skirmish, perhaps just 15 minutes, but it left 10 French soldiers dead, precipitated the French and Indian War, and perhaps was instigated by a young, brash George Washington.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 29th, 2023 2:30am
National Park Service Struggles With Feral Horses
In a coastal landscape of Spanish moss-draped live oaks, salt marshes, and white sand beaches, a land that offers nesting habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, is crawling with armadillos, and feeds Red knots, a threatened bird species, and wood storks, horses are incongruous.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 27th, 2024 1:30pm
Harry A. Butowsky, Long-Tenured National Park Historian, Gone At 78
Following an extended illness, Dr. Harry Butowsky, formerly with the National Park Service History Division, passed away May 6 at his home in Reston, Virginia. He was 78.
- By Alfred Runte - May 28th, 2023 3:00am
Shenandoah National Park's Backcountry Campsite Reservations Moving To Recreation.Gov
Shenandoah National Park is planning to move its backcountry campsite reservation system to recreation.gov, a move park officials say will enable them to better understand backcountry use and allow users to better plan their trips in advance.
Trails I’ve Hiked: Kīlauea Iki Trail
Imagine a lake of bright yellow-orange lava with a molten fountain gushing 1,900 feet (580m) in the air. Now imagine walking across a smoothed solid rock surface where that lava lake once churned, guided by ahu (rock cairns) past a tall cinder cone as you aim toward the other side. That’s the experience of the Kīlauea Iki Trail in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 27th, 2023 3:00am
Litter Of Female Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered At Santa Monica Mountains
A litter of three mountain lion kittens, all females, has added to the number of the cats that roam the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and surroundings in California.
- By Compiled From N... - May 27th, 2023 2:30am
Trail Ridge Road In Rocky Mountain National Park Open
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened for traffic Friday, though weather could create tricky travel conditions or lead to a temporary closure.
- By Compiled From N... - May 26th, 2023 4:56pm
Court Finds U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Forest Service Violated Law By Allowing Killing Of Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies
A unanimous 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act in 2019 when it authorized the killing of up to 72 grizzly bears in part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem south of Yellowstone National Park and east of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Called Damaging To National Parks
A ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court that limits the federal government's Clean Water Act oversight of water pollution impacting wetlands is damaging to national parks from Everglades National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Indiana Dunes National Park and other units of the National Park System, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 25th, 2023 2:08pm
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