Flush Toilets Coming To Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Flush toilets are coming to the Brandywine Falls area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
- By Compiled From N... - January 7th, 2022 2:30am
Parks in the News
Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area Seeking Trail Keepers
Do you enjoy hiking the trails? Do you have extra time to help keep them clear for all to enjoy? If so, then Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee needs you.
- By Compiled From N... - January 6th, 2022 2:30am
Army Commander Leaps To National Park Service Regional Directorship
An Army officer is joining the National Park Service as director of the agency's Pacific West Region, with oversight of park units in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, parts of Arizona and Montana, and the territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
- By Compiled From N... - January 6th, 2022 2:30am
Obed Wild & Scenic River Announces Eleventh Annual Photo Contest
Whenever I see photos like the one above, of morning fog rising off a river, it reminds me of my days as a guide on the New River many years ago. If you have a photo along the Obed Wild and Scenic River that can trigger such memories, you might want to enter it in the park's 11th annual photo contest.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 6th, 2022 2:30am
Big Bend Just The Latest Park To Be Vandalized
For perhaps thousands of years a rock art panel on the face of a boulder stood in a somewhat remote area of Big Bend National Park until two visitors, perhaps attracted to the area by social media posts, felt they had to scratch their names atop the curious petroglyph.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 5th, 2022 1:06pm
When Will Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park's Volcanoes Dangerously Erupt?
Rumbling and light shaking in Hawai'i is pretty common, what with the volcanic plumbing that created the islands. Just the other day the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 that lightly shuddered the islands.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 5th, 2022 2:30am
Vandals Damage Rock Art At Big Bend National Park
An ancient rock art panel at Big Bend National Park sustained what park officials are calling irreparable damage when vandals scratched their names into it.
- By Compiled From N... - January 4th, 2022 4:41pm
Saguaro National Park At Risk
Today, numerous species living in Saguaro National Park, including the signature cactus, face many challenges — urban development along with invasive species, drought, and wildfires that are amplified by climate change.
- By Jonathan Horwitz - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Winter Returns To Denali National Park In A Record-Setting Way
Forgive drought-stressed parks for looking enviously at Denali National Park, which saw a record-setting 74.5 inches of snow fall during December, including nearly 55 inches from December 23 to December 29.
- By Compiled From N... - January 4th, 2022 1:45am
Musings From The Parks: Sustainable Parks, Fee-Free Days, Bureaucracy
Just before 2021 closed for business, the National Park Service announced the entrance-fee-free days for 2022. Oddly missing was August 25, also known as Founders Day for the National Park Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 3rd, 2022 2:00am
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