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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters Scheduled To Be Updated

A major rehabilitation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters facilities is being proposed by the National Park Service, which is seeking bids to handle the work that includes gutting and updating the existing headquarters building, building a new annex building for administrative and law enforcement personnel, and razing the Little River Ranger Station.

Petition Asks National Park Service To Restore Winter Access To Paradise

A petition drive seeking to reopen mid-week access to Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park questions whether the National Park Service is going to exacerbate weekend crowding in the park with the mid-week closure, and questions whether park staff took "into account the impact of this closure on the winter recreation community?"

Yosemite National Park Setting Out To Develop Visitor Use Management Plan

Yosemite National Park is one of the most popular parks in the United States, and it also can be one of the most crowded at times, at least in the iconic Yosemite Valley. Because of that congestion, the park has embarked on a path to develop a management plan for handling the crowds.

National Park Foundation Open OutDoors for Kids Grant Awarded To Voyageurs National Park And Voyageurs Conservancy

Voyageurs National Park and park partner Voyageurs Conservancy are recipients of the Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation to help further the reach of the Voyageurs Classroom Initiative, a joint education program connecting thousands of youths to the national park and encouraging them to recognize Voyageurs as an outdoor classroom.

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