Gulf Islands National Seashore Adds Visitor Amenities
More parking, better beach access, and a new multi-use trail opened at Gulf Islands National Seashore on Friday.
- By Compiled From N... - March 2nd, 2024 2:30am
Parks in the News
Yellowstone National Park Lands $40 Million Gift For More Employee Housing
Yellowstone National Park, which launched a project four years ago to improve employee housing, is receiving a $40 million gift to provide more employee housing.
- By Compiled From N... - March 1st, 2024 2:30am
Petition Asks Interior Secretary To See Rangers Staff Remote North Cascades Outpost
A petition with nearly 800 signatures from across the country has been sent to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking that she direct the National Park Service to staff a remote outpost in North Cascades National Park Complex in Washington state.
- By NPT Staff - March 1st, 2024 2:30am
Canyonlands National Park Updating River Management Plan
Work is underway to update the more than four-decades-old management plan for the stretches of the Colorado and Green rivers that flow through Canyonlands National Park in Utah.
- By Compiled From N... - March 1st, 2024 11:04am
Fun Facts And Trivia From The National Park System's Visitation Data
In the wake of the news that the National Park System attracted 325.5 million visitors last year, individual parks sent out their own releases about last year's visitation, and some interesting tidbits rose to the surface.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 29th, 2024 11:26am
Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave To Remain Closed This Year
Ongoing repairs stemming from damage caused by a 2021 wildfire and the hard 2023 winter to Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave will keep the attraction closed this year, according to the Sequoia Parks Conservancy.
- By NPT Staff - February 29th, 2024 2:30am
Saguaro Arms And Other Cactus Musings In Tucson
There’s a four-armed saguaro living on the western edge of Tucson that has one broken arm, one newborn arm, one thick older arm pointing to the Arizona sky and one slender younger arm pointing towards the Sonoran Desert soil.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 15th, 2024 5:56am
Interior Department Spending $195 Million On Climate Projects In National Parks
Nearly $200 million is scheduled to be spent over the next decade across the National Park System on projects focused on climate restoration and resilience projects, the Biden administration has announced.
- By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2024 10:52am
Poor Marks Handed Congress For Votes On National Park Legislation
Congress's action on legislation favorable to the National Park System and the National Park Service showed a decrease in the number of politicians viewed as champions for the parks, according to grades handed out by the National Parks Action Fund.
- By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2024 10:48am
Hydrothermal Puzzles In The Lakes Of Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin
Sediment from the bottoms of lakes in Yellowstone contain records of past changes to the landscape—including how hydrothermal activity, vegetation, and climate in Lower Geyser Basin have evolved over time. The place used to look much different than it does today…
- By NPT Staff - February 27th, 2024 2:30am
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