A Winter Encampment
A cold day makes Valley Forge National Historical Park a particularly haunting and powerful place to visit.
Parks in the News
Should Old Eruptions Be Forgot? Increase Your Volcano Awareness This Month
We traditionally spend the New Year singing “Auld Lang Syne,” a song that reminisces about times long past. For the first month of the New Year, staff at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and hopefully you too, will reflect on past and ongoing eruptions during the annual Volcano Awareness Month.
- By NPT Staff - January 16th, 2022 2:30am
Penniman House Being Renewed At Cape Cod National Seashore
During my parents' retirement years on Cape Cod, I came to know the Captain Edward Penniman house and the nearby Fort Hill and Red Maple Swamp trails. Peering into the 19th century whaling captain's house through windows was the best I could do, as it long had been in disrepair.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 15th, 2022 10:42am
28 Yellowstone Bison Transferred To Fort Peck Tribes
Another truckload of bison from Yellowstone National Park has been sent to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, where they will complete a quarantine period to ensure they don't carry brucellosis.
- By Compiled From N... - January 14th, 2022 2:45am
Funding Dedicated To Repairing Denali Park Road Across Pretty Rocks Landslide
Funding has been dedicated by the Interior Department to quickly move forward with repairing a section of the Denali Park Road that was lost to the Pretty Rocks landslide in the park.
- By NPT Staff - January 14th, 2022 2:30am
Reservations Again Will Be Needed To Visit Rocky Mountain National Park
Reservations again will be needed this year to visit Rocky Mountain National Park for much of the day, with one reservation providing access to the Bear Lake and the rest of the park, and another providing access to the rest of the park separate from the Bear Lake corridor.
- By Compiled From N... - January 13th, 2022 2:45am
More Fishers Come Home To The Olympics
As they launched their slender bodies rocket-like into the unknown of their new homes, the fishers had no idea of the weight of expectation riding on their furry shoulders.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Padre Island National Seashore Lands $300,000 For Sea Turtle Research
Padre Island National Seashore has landed $300,000 for research into kemp's ridley sea turtles, the smallest and most endangered of sea turtle species.
- By NPT Staff - January 12th, 2022 2:30am
Ken Burns Speaks Out About Proposed Digital Data Center Near Manassas
A digital data center being considered for more than 2,000 acres next to Manassas National Battlefield Park has been called the "greatest threat" in recent history to the battlefield and drawn opposition from filmmaker Ken Burns, who has urged Prince William County officials to oppose the project.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - January 12th, 2022 2:30am
Got A Day Or A Week? There’s A Park That Could Use Your Help
If you’ve spent much time exploring our national parks, you’ve undoubtedly run into some of the nearly 300,000 Americans who in a typical year offer their services as VIPs, or “Volunteers in Parks.” They may have sold you a book in a park visitor center or answered your questions about hiking trails. You might have run into a volunteer patrolling one of those trails or leading an interpretive walk.
- By Fred Swanson - January 11th, 2022 2:30am
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