Parks in the News

Friday 13th Rescue Saves Two Climbers High on Mount Rainier

A cellphone call from 80 feet down in a crevasse on Mount Rainier National Park helped a team of the park's elite rangers rescue two climbers trapped on Friday the 13th by wintry conditions at 12,000 feet on the steep side of the mountain.

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By Compiled From N... - May 18th, 2022 11:18am

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Minidoka National Historic Site: One Of The Country's Most Endangered Historic Places

Minidoka National Historic Site, a vestige of an ugly chapter of U.S. history when American citizens were incarcerated, is one of the country's most endangered historic places because of a massive wind turbine farm proposed to rise nearby on the windswept plains of southern Idaho.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 19th, 2022 8:14pm

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Coming To Grips With The National Park Service's $21.8 Billion Maintenance Backlog

Word that the National Park Service's maintenance backlog is nearly $22 billion, whereas three years ago it was pegged at roughly $13 billion, raises questions of how it came to be and how Congress will react less than two years removed from passing legislation billed as cutting the backlog in half in five years.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 14th, 2022 1:32pm

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Everglades Trust Names New CEO

The Everglades Trust has announced that Anna Upton, Esq., takes over Monday as its new CEO. She arrives at that job from the Everglades Foundation, where she served as general counsel and vice president of government affairs.

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By NPT Staff - May 14th, 2022 2:30am

Millions Of Dollars Heading To National Parks For Infrastructure, Environmental Needs

Abandoned mines, wildlife habitat, recreation, and other projects across the National Park System should benefit from millions of dollars the Biden adminstration has released through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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By NPT Staff - May 13th, 2022 2:30am

On The Comeback Trail

Three national parks, aided by invaluable park friends groups, forge a way forward after devastating fires.

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By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

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Legislation Seeks To Boost Funds For National Park Foundation's Work

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress to increase funding the National Park Foundation can use to seek matching philanthropic dollars to support national parks.

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By NPT Staff - May 12th, 2022 2:30am

$16.2 Million Awarded To Help Preserve African American Civil Rights History

More than $16 million in grants have been awarded to help preserve sites associated with the African American Civil Rights movement in the United States.

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By Compiled From N... - May 12th, 2022 2:30am

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Joshua Tree National Park Mulling Use Of Climbing Anchors In Wilderness

Whether climbing anchors are appropriate in wilderness is a controversial issue Joshua Tree National Park staff is dealing with as it crafts a climbing management plan.

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By NPT Staff - May 12th, 2022 2:30am

Quake Shakes Yellowstone, All Normal

A "light" earthquake shook Yellowstone National Park gently Wednesday morning, but geologists say there was nothing unusual about it.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 11th, 2022 12:20pm

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