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Cedar Grove Campground At Kings Canyon National Park Reopens

The Sentinel Campground in the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park in California will reopen Wednesday, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend.

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By Compiled From N... - July 2nd, 2024 3:56pm

Halls Crossing To Bullfrog Ferry Resumes Operations At Glen Canyon NRA

The Charles Hall Ferry across Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area returns to service on July 4th.

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By Compiled From N... - July 2nd, 2024 3:42pm

Water And History At Lake Roosevelt NRA

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is the perfect unit of the National Park System for boating, paddling, swimming, and fishing. If you don’t engage in any of those water sports very much, then maybe a little history might “float your boat” instead, because Fort Spokane, located along the southeastern border of this NRA, has the history.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 2nd, 2024 3:00am

NPS Ruling On Bear Baiting In Alaska Draws Mixed Reaction

A decision by the National Park Service to ban bear baiting by sport hunters in national preserves in Alaska but not address how moose, caribou, black bears, and wolves are hunting drew mixed response from wildlife and national park advocates.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 2nd, 2024 2:30am

Heat Could Be Tied To Texas Man's Death In Grand Canyon National Park

A 69-year-old Texas man hiking to Phantom Ranch on the floor of Grand Canyon National Park lost consciousness along the way and died, according to a park release.

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By Compiled From N... - July 1st, 2024 12:23pm

Wildfire Forces Evacuations At Denali National Park, Closes Park

A wildfire burning just inside the north entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve has forced evacuations of the Riley Creek Campground there and prompted closure Monday of all visitor facilities and park operations in the entrance area.

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By Compiled From N... - July 1st, 2024 8:23am

Hubbell Trading Post Taking Rugs To Petroglyph National Monument

Hubbell Trading Post National Monument staff are taking their rugs and jewelry to Petroglyph National Monument for first time since 2017.

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By Compiled From N... - July 1st, 2024 2:30am

National Park Service Adopts New Rule Concerning Bear Baiting In Alaska Preserves

The National Park Service has adopted a new regulation pertaining to bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska, a rule that bans the practice for sport hunting but allows it for subsistence hunts focused on putting food on the table.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 30th, 2024 2:30am

National Park Service Presents 2024 Independence Day Celebration In The Nation's Capital

The National Park Service will once again host the annual celebration of Independence Day on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to more than a dozen memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in the nation’s history.

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By Compiled From N... - June 30th, 2024 2:30am

UPDATE |Utah Man Drowns During River Trip Through Dinosaur National Monument

A 54-year-old Utah man, Michael Harp, of Sandy, on a private river trip in Dinosaur National Monument drowned when the raft he was in flipped and pinned him beneath it, the National Park Service said.

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By Compiled From N... - June 30th, 2024 12:29pm

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