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Lottery Opening For Firefly Viewing At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A lottery opens Friday for reservations to see the annual synchronous firefly displays near Elkmont in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in June.

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By Compiled From N... - April 24th, 2024 10:30am

Judge Returns Caneel Bay Resort At Virgin Islands National Park To Interior Department

A federal judge has transferred the title to the Caneel Bay Resort at Virgin Islands National Park to the Interior Department, ruling that a business that had been running the resort had no right to demand $70 million for the property and its improvements.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 23rd, 2024 11:45am

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Hydrothermal Deposits Record Climate Changes In Yellowstone

Yellowstone’s hydrothermal system has been powered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for at least the last ~2 million years by the release of heat from the magmatic system in the subsurface.

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By NPT Staff - April 23rd, 2024 2:30am

19 Sites Added To The Underground Railroad Network To Freedom

Sites of daring escapes and places of refuge are among the 19 new listings added to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

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By Compiled From N... - April 24th, 2024 10:29am

Paving Projects Will Impact Pinnacles National Park Visitors

Later this month paving projects will begin in Pinnacles National Park in California, creating some access issues for visitors.

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By Compiled From N... - April 22nd, 2024 10:29am

Historic Borax Wagon Destroyed By Fire At Death Valley National Park

A privately owned historic wooden wagon used to haul borax ore out of Death Valley in the 1890s was destroyed by fire earlier this month, according to the National Park Service.

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By Compiled From N... - April 22nd, 2024 10:14am

Padre Island National Seashore Staff Studying Impacts Of Sea Level Rise On Turtles

How sea level rise might impact Kemp's ridley sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore in Texas will be studied by seashore staff thanks to $153,000 in funding from the National Park Service.

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By Compiled From N... - April 22nd, 2024 2:30am

Effort To See Wolverines Back In Colorado Moving Forward

Wolverines, which, aside from a straggler that passed through Rocky Mountain National Park in 2009, have been missing from Colorado since the early 1900s, but an effort moving through the state's legislature could launch a recovery program for the ferocious carnivores.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 21st, 2024 10:33am

BLM Intends To Block Mine Access Road Through Gates Of The Arctic National Park

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management intends to block a mine road proposed to cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, determining that there's no evidence the proposed mine could be economically viable.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 19th, 2024 3:19pm

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National Park Service Approves Concessionaire Transfer At Crater Lake National Park

The National Park Service, which earlier this year terminated Aramark's concessions contract at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, has approved the transfer of the contract to ExplorUS.

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By Compiled From N... - April 19th, 2024 2:30am

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