Wildfire Leads To Trail Closures At Shenandoah National Park
Two trails in Shenandoah National Park were closed Saturday due to a wildfire that had moved into the park.
- By NPT Staff - November 4th, 2023 4:21pm
Parks in the News
Mexican Wolf Heads North Towards Valles Caldera National Preserve
A female Mexican wolf with a penchant for roaming has turned up in northern New Mexico near Valles Caldera National Preserve, hundreds of miles from the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 3rd, 2023 11:34am
Hunters, Anglers Say Proposed Ambler Road Would Harm Wildlife, Fisheries, Backcountry
A road proposed to run 211 miles through a remote section of Alaska to reach a mine site would be detrimental to wildlife, fisheries, and backcountry recreation, according to a group of hunters and anglers.
- By NPT Staff - November 3rd, 2023 2:30am
Acadia National Park Gains Approval To Move Ahead With Restoring Great Meadow
Acadia National Park has been given the go-ahead to continue restoration work on Great Meadow, a 116-acre wetland impacted by culverts, abandoned railbeds, and invasive species.
- By Compiled From N... - November 2nd, 2023 2:30am
NPS Wants More Women In Law Enforcement Positions
The National Park Service has announced a seven-year initiative to focus efforts on hiring more women in law enforcement positions across the country. The Park Service will be joining hundreds of law enforcement agencies in committing to increasing female representation in its law enforcement workforce by signing onto the 30x30 pledge, an initiative to advance the representation and experiences of women in police agencies across the United States.
- By Compiled From N... - November 2nd, 2023 2:30am
USGS Bat Research In Olympic, Yosemite, And Grand Canyon National Parks
A rock climber high on the iconic granite walls of Yosemite Valley. River rafters floating the Colorado River as it runs through the Grand Canyon. A solar powered radio antenna array attached to the spillway of a former dam in Olympic National Park. What do these things have in common? They are all parts of exciting new ways USGS and National Park Service scientists have been studying bats in national parks.
- By NPT Staff - November 1st, 2023 2:30am
Ferdinand Hayden And The Founding Of Yellowstone National Park
Geologist Ferdinand Hayden directed the first scientific exploration of Yellowstone in 1871, leading directly to the founding of the world’s first national park in the following year. Hayden’s noteworthy achievements in science and conservation, however, are clouded by his views of Indigenous people.
- By NPT Staff - November 1st, 2023 2:30am
Twenty-One Species Officially Extinct, While The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Might Persist
From the loss of the passenger pigeon, perhaps the most lamented extinction case in the United States, to the writing off of the Kaua’i nukupu’u, a Hawaiian forest bird vanished for more than a century and just recently officially declared extinct, the disappearance of species whittles away at the country's biodiversity and attachment to nature.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 25th, 2024 9:29am
Mammoth Cave National Park Proposing New Housing For Seasonal Employees
New housing for seasonal staff at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is being proposed by the National Park Service, which is calling for two two-story housing units, with parking, storage facilities, an indoor gathering space, utilities, and a pavilion for gathering and recreation to replace outdated and structurally questionable housing.
- By NPT Staff - October 31st, 2023 2:30am
More Than 25,000 Sea Turtles Reached The Atlantic At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
More than 25,000 sea turtle hatchlings made it from their mothers' nests to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore this year.
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- By NPT Staff - October 31st, 2023 2:30am
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