Capitol Reef Preparing To Reopen Crucial Road And Trail This Week
The Chimney Rock trail and Scenic Drive, two well-traveled parts of Capitol Reef National Park will soon reopen.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Parks in the News
Wolf Pack Spotted In Lassen Volcanic National Park For First Time
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have confirmed wolves have been recorded in Lassen Volcanic National Park for the first time ever.
- By justin.housman - February 10th, 2025 10:24am
National Monument Proposed For North Dakota Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park
With time running out on the Biden administration, a push is underway to have President Joe Biden designate a national monument on nearly 140,000 acres in North Dakota next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Parks Legislation Looking For A Home Before Congress Adjourns
As the calendar runs down on the current session of Congress, there are a number of pieces of legislation that would involve or possibly impact the National Park System if they find their way into an omnibus lands bill that gains passage before the session adjourns.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Chesapeake Bay One Step Closer To Joining National Park System
The U.S. Senate will now vote on whether to make Chesapeake Bay part of the national park system.
- By justin.housman - January 10th, 2025 6:33pm
Mojave National Preserve To Increase Camping Fees
Be prepared for slight fee increases for camping at Mojave National Preserve.
- By justin.housman - January 10th, 2025 6:33pm
Natchez Trace Parkway Officials Want Public Comment On Plan To Replace John Coffee Memorial Bridge
The NPS wants public comment about an environmental report concerning the removal and replacement of the John Coffee Memorial Bridge at Natchez Trace Parkway.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Bipartisan Measure Introduced In U.S. Senate To Extend Great Outdoors Act Benefits
A bipartisan quartet of senators has introduced legislation that would extend the Great American Outdoors Act's benefits with more than $11 billion spread out over eight years to tackle maintenance backlogs on federal lands across the country.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
The Plan To Save Effigy Mounds National Monument From Erosion
Sacred mounds built thousands of years ago are under threat of erosion next to a changing Mississippi River in Effigy Mounds National Monument.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
Mount Rainier National Park's 2025 Construction Plans
Be prepared for construction projects causing closures in Mount Rainier National Park.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
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