A Winter Encampment
A cold day makes Valley Forge National Historical Park a particularly haunting and powerful place to visit.
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Ghosts Forests and Rising Seas: A Threatened Chesapeake
Once the focus of widespread environmental concern over water quality, the Chesapeake Bay is also now on the front lines of climate change.
- By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Climate Change And Popularity Dual Threats To Fire Island National Seashore
Dual threats -- climate change and growing popularity -- have combined to alter the experience and threaten the barrier island setting of Fire Island National Seashore.
- By Lori Sonken - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Climate Change Tightens Its Grip On Alaskan Parks
Retreat of the tidewater rivers of ice at Glacier Bay National and Preserve is a clear and easily viewed sign of climate change. Not as visually apparent is what is transpiring beneath the shimmering surface bay waters in this 3.3-million-acre swath of mountain and marine wilderness.
- By Rita Beamish - January 8th, 2022 3:18pm
National Park Service Reviewing Options For Saving Spruce Tree House
How to keep the sandstone arch above Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park from further collapse is being discussed by the National Park Service, which currently is reviewing three options, including one to let nature take its course.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 17th, 2021 2:00am
Low Water Levels Closing Another Boat Ramp At Lake Powell
Another boat ramp at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is closing to large motorized vehicles as the slow, but steady, decline of the lake continues.
- By Compiled From N... - December 29th, 2021 11:13am
Cape Lookout National Seashore Certified As Dark Sky Park
The secret is out about the dark night skies and great star gazing available at Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The seashore has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park.
- By Compiled From N... - December 16th, 2021 1:45am
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Camping Fees Going Up, Entrance Fees On The Way
Come the first of the year it will be a little more expensive to camp at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, and the park will begin a phased-in approach to entrance fees in March.
- By Compiled From N... - December 14th, 2021 1:45am
Plan For Needing A Reservation To Enter Glacier National Park in 2022
If Glacier National Park in Montana is on your 2022 vacation plans, you can expect to need a reservation to reach the heart of the park along the Going-to-the-Sun Road during the high summer season.
- By Compiled From N... - December 14th, 2021 1:45am
Reservation System To Be Tested At Arches National Park Next Year
In an effort to reduce congestion and provide visitors with certainty that they'll be able to enter the park, Arches National Park will use a reservation system in 2022 to see if it solves those problems.
- By Compiled From N... - December 10th, 2021 11:11am
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