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A Cape Breton Highlands National Park Sampler

On an island surrounded by ocean, Cape Breton Highlands National Park is an island itself, of rumpled mountains and thick forest mostly unbroken by the human footprint.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 7th, 2022 2:30am

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Pipeline Break Leads To Mandatory Water Conservation At Grand Canyon

A major pipeline break has forced mandatory water conservation measures to be implemented across both rims of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

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By Compiled From N... - September 4th, 2022 1:43pm

Homestead National Historical Park: Grit, Anguish, And Occasionally Jubilation

While the prospect of free land that the Homestead Act promised sounds typically American -- hard work and determination will lift you up -- the stories you can explore at Homestead National Historical Park in Nebraska reflect both jubilation and anguish, deprivation and self-determination.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 28th, 2023 10:52am

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Road Work Will Create Traffic Delays On Some Routes In Zion National Park

Beginning Tuesday road work in Zion National Park in Utah will create some traffic delays at various times.

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By Compiled From N... - September 2nd, 2022 2:45am

A Boat Trip To Canada's Largest Tern Colony

As we fight our way across Saint-Louis Lagoon against robust winds and under threatening skies, gray seals sporadically pop their hooked-nose “horseheads” up from the swells and stare intently as if to lead the way to Tern Islands.

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By Jennifer Bain - September 4th, 2024 6:41am

GAOA Funds To Pay For Rehabilitation Of Mammoth Cave Trail

A mile-long section of underground trail at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky will be rehabilitated thanks to a $6.5 million infusion of Great America Outdoors Act funds.

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By Compiled From N... - August 30th, 2022 2:30am

Closures Coming To Grand Teton National Park

Construction and road improvement projects scheduled for Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming will lead to some temporary closures in the park, beginning after Labor Day Weekend.

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By Compiled From N... - August 30th, 2022 2:30am

The Quiet, Complex Beauty Of Beaubears Island

In the dark, dense white pine forest of New Brunswick’s Beaubears Island, once home to Mi’kmaq gatherings and wooden shipbuilders, translucent, ghostly wildflowers that look like a fungus and are shaped like a smoker’s pipe cluster along a lightly-used footpath.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:55am

Flash Floods Again Close Mojave National Preserve Roads

Flash floods washed across Mojave National Preserve in California on Friday and again forced closure of the preserve's roads. One motorist who ignored the road closures saw their car trapped in the resulting quagmire.

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By Compiled From N... - August 26th, 2022 7:49pm

The Traveler Wins Two Canadian Travel Awards

National Parks Traveler has been honored for its Canadian coverage by the Canada chapter of SATW, an American-based travel industry organization.

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By NPT Staff - August 26th, 2022 2:45am

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