Missing Hiker Found Alive At Buffalo National River
A Louisiana man missing in Buffalo National River in Arkansas since last week was found alive and well Tuesday.
- By Compiled From N... - November 1st, 2022 2:40pm
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Four Sites Added To Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Sites in Virginia and South Carolina have been added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, which connects sites across the country that provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of Reconstruction.
- By Compiled From N... - November 1st, 2022 2:30am
National Park Service Proposing To More Than Double Visitation To Cumberland Island
After holding daily visitation at Cumberland Island National Seashore to roughly 300 for nearly four decades, the National Park Service is proposing to more than double that under a visitor use management plan open for public comment.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 1st, 2022 2:30am
Yellowstone's Old Gardiner Road Open For Visitors
Access to Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park from Gardiner, Montana, opened for visitors Sunday, four-and-a-half months after historic flooding tore out sections of the main north road leading into the park.
- By Compiled From N... - October 31st, 2022 12:34pm
Buffalo National River Completes Second Day Of Search For Missing Hiker
At approximately 9:00 p.m., October 28th, 2022, Newton County Sherriff’s Office received a report of an overdue hiker. Clinton Preston Smith, age 67 from Baton Rouge, LA, was reported missing after failing to return from an October 27th planned hike on the Hemmed-in-Hollow Trail in Buffalo National River, Newton County, AR.
- By Compiled From N... - October 30th, 2022 7:28am
Elk Reduction Program Begins In Early November At Grand Teton National Park
An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 5, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
- By Compiled From N... - October 29th, 2022 3:00am
Yellowstone’s North Entrance And Road To Mammoth Hot Springs To Open November 1
Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana, and road between the North Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs (Old Gardiner Road) will open to regular visitor traffic Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 8 a.m.
- By Compiled From N... - October 29th, 2022 8:28am
Shenandoah National Park Sets Events For 2022 Veterans Day Observance
Shenandoah National Park has announced plans for their 2022 Veterans Day observance.
- By Compiled From N... - October 28th, 2022 3:00am
Apply To Be A Community Volunteer Ambassador And Work In A National Park
The Volunteers-In-Parks Program is now recruiting paid interns for the 2023 February Cohort of the Community Volunteer Ambassador program!
- By Compiled From N... - October 28th, 2022 8:15am
Annual Winter Season Closures To Begin Next Month At Yellowstone
The West, South and East entrances and nearly all roads in Yellowstone National Park will be closed to regular vehicle traffic Nov. 1. The park annually closes roads at this time of year to prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Dec. 15. The last day for visitors to drive most roads will be Monday, Oct. 31.
- By Compiled From N... - October 27th, 2022 3:00am
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