Great Smoky Mountains Finishes Restoration Of Ramsey Cascades Trail
Beloved trail reopens in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- By justin.housman - January 10th, 2025 6:30pm
Parks in the News
Six Tribes Sign Historic Preservation Agreements With National Park Service
The NPS collaborates with Tribes to transfer historic preservation responsibilities and empower Tribal Historic Preservation Offices.
- By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site's Hurricane Helene Cleanup Updates
Cleanup efforts are making progress at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.
- By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Grand Canyon National Park Wants Input On Potential Camping Fee Increases
Grand Canyon National Park officials are proposing campground fee increases beginning April, 2025, and want your input.
- By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Washington Company Agrees To Pay $900,000 For Resource Damage At Lake Roosevelt NRA
A Washington state utility company has agreed to pay $900,000 in damages for natural resource and archaeological damage it caused at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area while moving a power pole.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
North Dakota Governor Nominated For Interior Secretary
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a proponent of fossil fuels, has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Interior Department and its portfolio of land-management agencies, a selection that has quickly elicited concern over how that will affect public lands.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Olympic National Park Water Infrastructure Project Mitigation Plans Now Available For Public Review
You can review mitigation plans for a water infrastructure project at Olympic National Park's Hurricane Ridge.
- By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
New George Masa Biography Reveals Startling Discoveries
George Masa, a slender Japanese man with a big grin who hiked throughout the mountains of western North Carolina and east Tennessee in the 1920s and early 1930s, left behind a remarkable photographic chronicle of the landscape soon to become Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Expect Traffic Delays At Great Smoky Mountains National Park In Coming Weeks
Expect delays as Great Smoky Mountains National Park begins closing road lanes for tree mitigation work.
- By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
Day-Use Reservations Required For Horsetail Fall Event At Yosemite
How many of you have seen images of a fiery ribbon of water cascading over the sheer granite cliff face of El Capitan in February? It’s quite the sight, right? Because of the crowds that gather for this annual event, Yosemite National Park in California will require day-use entrance reservations for the last three weekends of February 2025 to manage the Horsetail Fall event.
- By Rebecca Latson - December 13th, 2024 7:03am
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