What Does The EXPLORE Act Mean For Wilderness Areas?
The EXPLORE Act was celebrated by many in the outdoor community, but wilderness advocates had some reservations.
- By justin.housman - February 10th, 2025 7:19pm
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Dirty Toilets, Grumpy Visitors And Vandalism: Get Ready For Summer In The Parks
National park visitors could be confronted by "chaos" this summer if the hold on seasonal hirings by the Trump administration is not lifted soon, says former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - February 6th, 2025 1:55pm
Discovering Life Lessons On The Fly: Embracing New Adventures At Any Age
As dawn painted the Montana sky in hues of gold and amber, I sat in an inflatable raft on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, gripping a fly rod for the first time. This wasn't just a fishing adventure—it became a journey of self-discovery.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 4th, 2025 2:30am
Recalling A Tragedy That Led To Mammoth Cave National Park
Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave a century ago today to explore its prospects as a visitor site and became trapped in a passageway not much wider than his chest, dislodging a 27-pound rock that pinned his leg.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 30th, 2025 2:30am
Wilderness, The Last Frontier
There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning because of federal agency decisions and congressional opposition or indifference.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 24th, 2025 2:30am
Rare Steller’s Sea-Eagle Visits Terra Nova National Park
“Are you a birder?” the woman asked from the front seat of her pickup truck in the parking lot of a Newfoundland national park on New Year’s Eve.
- By Jennifer Bain - January 21st, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened and Endangered National Parks | Surging Storms
National parks, especially in the Southeast, are bearing the brunt of intensifying weather events.
- By Kim O'Connell - January 18th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | Trump's Return Triggering Trepidation
President-elect Trump's upcoming return to the White House is generating grave concerns that the National Park Service will be facing fiscal reductions and policy revisions that could significantly alter both the way it does business as well as how it manages to conserve the park system.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 15th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | National Parks And The Mines Next Door
As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed. Or so it was thought.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 11th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | Sea Level Rise Is Reshaping Western Parks
Sea levels are rising and with it comes threats to national park lands fronting the Pacific Ocean.
- By justin.housman - January 8th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks: Steep Lodging Rates Price Out Some Visitors
The privatization of park lodges — occurring since the National Park Service’s inception — has made stays inside the parks unaffordable for many visitors.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 5th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks: The Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Hurricane Helene diminished the forest canopy and caused massive damage along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which already faces major environmental concerns.
- By Kim O'Connell - January 2nd, 2025 2:30am
National Parks Traveler's 4th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks
Forests littered with trees that once soared high but now are stacked in disarray like gigantic Pick Up Stix. Rising seas eroding shorelines and squeezing wildlife. A venerable footpath facing many threats. Prices threatening to make a mockery out of the contention that a national park vacation is inexpensive
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 31st, 2024 9:07am
First Look At Jasper’s Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre
Behind an electrified fence along a seasonal road in Jasper National Park, a trailblazing Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre is nearing completion despite setbacks from a massive summer wildfire.
- By Jennifer Bain - December 26th, 2024 3:00am
War And Ukrainian Parks
A look at Ukrainian conservationists fighting to save wild spaces even as the war with Russia rages all around them.
- By justin.housman - December 25th, 2024 2:05am
Christmas By Candlelight At The Halifax Citadel
It was a reminder of Christmases past, a time when simplicity not splashiness ruled.
- By Jennifer Bain - December 22nd, 2024 3:00am
The Frenzied Completion Of The Transcontinental Railroad
Despite the iconic image of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad that was sealed with a golden spike hammered into a laurel railroad tie, the closing weeks of the engineering feat were frenzied.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 18th, 2024 2:30am
The Elephant Seals Of Point Reyes
There is little chance you'll overlook an elephant seal on the beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 15th, 2024 2:30am
The Streets Of San Francisco: Ahoy, Buried Ships Below
Slumbering beneath the streets of San Francisco is a veritable fleet of 19th century vessels that carried gold seekers to California.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 4th, 2024 2:30am
Jasper National Park Emerges From The Ashes Of A Wildfire
In a mountain forest ravaged by fire in Jasper National Park, charred trees stand alongside a few that look like giraffes, their blackened trunks dotted with golden patches. Locals have taken to calling these strange beauties giraffe, cheetah or leopard trees.
- By Jennifer Bain - November 29th, 2024 3:00am
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