Parks in the News

Senate Committee Schedules October 19 Confirmation Hearing For Sams As NPS Director

Charles F. Sams' confirmation hearing for National Park Service director has been scheduled for October 19 by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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By NPT Staff - October 11th, 2021 1:45am

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Parks Canada Extends Seasonal Closures To Protect Caribou In Jasper National Park

Seasonal closures intended to help build caribou numbers in Jasper National Park in Canada will begin November 1 and run longer than in the past.

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By NPT Staff - October 11th, 2021 1:45am

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Seeks Input On Fairy Falls Area

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is seeking public input about future management of the Fairy Falls Day Use Area, located near Stillwater, Minnesota.

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By Compiled From N... - October 11th, 2021 1:45am

Sharing Stories Of The Chesapeake

The National Park Service has partnered on a new storytelling program that celebrates authentic traditions and experiences in the historic Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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

Glacier's Golden Chameleons

Though they might look like a conifer, and grow their seeds in a cone, larch can't hide among true conifers when fall comes to Glacier National Park in Montana.

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By NPT Staff - October 10th, 2021 1:45am

Search For Man Missing At Shoshone Lake In Yellowstone Scaling Back

After nearly three weeks of searching, efforts in Yellowstone National Park to find a man who went missing in Shoshone Lake during a paddling trip with his brother is being scaled back, the park announced Friday.

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By Compiled From N... - October 8th, 2021 4:38pm

Reaction To Biden's Move To Restore Original Boundaries To National Monuments

Reaction to news that President Biden was restoring the original boundaries to two national monuments in Utah and one off the coast of New England was predictable, with tribes, conservationists, and environmentalists applauding the move, and Utah politicians highly critical of the decision.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

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Antietam National Battlefield Developing Plan To Better Preserve History

Time has taken a toll on the landscape at Antietam National Battlefield, where park officials are developing a landscape management plan to better protect and preserve historic aspects of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.

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By Compiled From N... - October 8th, 2021 1:45am

UPDATED | Biden To Restore Boundaries To Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Monuments

President Biden, in a move certain to please tribes, conservationists, and environmentalists while sure to anger Utah officials, has decided to restore the original boundaries to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments, according to U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 7th, 2021 7:03pm

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Interior Releases Climate Adaptation Plan

Framework for tackling climate change and adapting to its impacts released by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland also seeks environmental justice for low-income and communities of color, clean energy to drive America, and more jobs, good paying jobs at that, in the conservation and climate adaptation sectors.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 7th, 2021 4:28pm

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