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Around The Parks: Campground Closures, Timed-Entry Permit Ending, Trail Closures

Arches, Olympic, and Hawai’i Volcanoes national parks are busy with timed-entry permit endings and closures due to safety hazards.

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By Compiled From N... - October 19th, 2023 6:00am

Rocky Mountain National Park Trail Ridge Road Closed To Through Traffic For 2023 Season

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park officially closed for the 2023 season to through travel on Wednesday, October 18.

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By Compiled From N... - October 18th, 2023 3:45pm

National Parks Traveler's Lights Going Out

After 18 years of continuous coverage of the U.S. National Park System and the National Park Service, and the issues relating to them –Essential Coverage for Essential Places— the National Park Traveler will go dark after December 31, 2023.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 19th, 2023 5:22pm

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National Park Service Buys Houses In Danger Of Collapsing At Cape Hatteras

Rather than wait until two houses collapsed into the ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the National Park Service has used $700,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to purchase them and plans to have them removed.

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By NPT Staff - October 17th, 2023 10:15am

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Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry Fees Will Jump Next Year

The cost to spend a night in the backcountry of Grand Canyon National Park will go up next year, as the National Park Service seeks more revenue to fund the park's permit offices and Backcountry Information Centers.

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By Compiled From N... - October 17th, 2023 2:30am

New Superintendent of Appalachian Trail Has Record Of Fiscal Misconduct

Just five years after an Interior Department investigation determined then-Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Ed Clark had "committed criminal violations by submitting false travel vouchers and by accepting more than $23,000 in meals, lodging, and other in-kind gifts from non-Government organizations," he has been appointed superintendent of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 17th, 2023 2:30am

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Magnolia Trees Being Replaced At Hot Springs National Park

Five aged and weakened magnolia trees at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas are being replaced with younger, healthier trees.

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By Compiled From N... - October 15th, 2023 2:30am

Partial Reopening Of Death Valley National Park On October 15

Death Valley National Park will partially reopen on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Visitors will be able enter the park via CA-190 from the west via Lone Pine or from the east via Death Valley Junction. All other park entrances will remain closed.

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By Compiled From N... - October 13th, 2023 5:45pm

New Shark Species Identified Through Fossil Research At Mammoth Cave National Park

Spoon-sized fossils found within Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky belonged to a previously unknown shark species that swam hundreds of millions of years ago.

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By Compiled From N... - October 12th, 2023 2:30am

Hurricane Ridge At Olympic National Park To Close For Demolition

Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park in Washington will temporarily close to the public so removal of the remains of the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge, which burned to the ground back in May, can be removed.

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By Compiled From N... - October 11th, 2023 5:13am

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