Fat Bear Champ Is Mama Bear Who Defeated Her Cub-Killing Rival
This year's winner was also last year's winner, a huge female named Grazer.
- By justin.housman - October 10th, 2024 2:30am
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Coast Guard Says It's Not Responsible For Hazardous Wastes At Cape Hatteras
U.S. Coast Guard officials say that agency is not responsible for hazardous wastes found at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina that need to be cleaned up.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 9th, 2024 2:30am
Newfound Gap Road Across Great Smoky Mountains National Park Open 'Round The Clock
The National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is able to keep the Newfound Gap Road open 24 hours a day thanks to assistance from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Government and Sevier County (The Cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville and the Sevier County Government).
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 9th, 2024 2:30am
UPDATE | Artists Paintpots In Yellowstone National Park Closed To Public
Quick work involving repairs and improvements to access from the parking lot to the boardwalk allowed the reopening Friday of the Artists Paintpots area of Yellowstone National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 9th, 2024 2:30am
Grand Canyon's North Rim And North Kaibab To Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations
Fire managers to begin prescribed fire operations on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and North Kaibab.
- By justin.housman - October 9th, 2024 2:05am
Landslides, Thousands Of Downed Trees, Undercut Roads Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Tens of thousands of downed trees littering roadways and forests. Landslides. Mud slides. Undercut roads. Those are the situations National Park Service crews have found as they worked there way along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 8th, 2024 7:33pm
UPDATE | More National Parks In Florida, Georgia Close As Hurricane Milton Grows
Biscayne and Dry Tortugas national parks were among the latest units of the National Park System that closed to brace for Hurricane Milton, a historically large storm that forecasters say could become "one of the most damaging" hurricanes ever to hit Florida.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 8th, 2024 1:07pm
Rocky Mountain National Park's Old Fall Road Closed For the Winter
A popular gravel road through Rocky Mountain National Park is closed to vehicles for the winter.
- By justin.housman - October 8th, 2024 2:40am
Big Thicket And Big Cypress National Preserves Celebrate 50 Years
America's first two national preserves, Big Thicket and Big Cypress, turn 50 years old this week.
- By justin.housman - October 8th, 2024 2:30am
Hurricane Milton On The Path To Pound National Park Units
Hurricane Milton's rapid growth into a Class 5 hurricane has National Park System units in Florida and bracing for a direct hit from the storm packing 175 mph winds and heavy rains.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 7th, 2024 1:24pm
Time Capsule From 1941 Discovered At Indiana Dunes National Park
A construction grew discovered a time capsule from 1941 in the foundation of an old summer camp lodge in Indiana Dunes National Park.
- By justin.housman - October 7th, 2024 11:56am
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison Marking 25 Years As A National Park
Though its been part of the National Park System since 1933, when President Herbert Hoover designated it as a national monument, later this month Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado will mark 25 years as a national park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 7th, 2024 2:30am
Katmai National Park's Brooks River Corridor Reopening
After closing the Brooks River corridor after fishermen were caught feeding bears, the NPS is reopening the area.
- By justin.housman - October 7th, 2024 2:20am
UPDATE | Ranger Dies In Boating Accident At Voyageurs National Park
A law-enforcement ranger at Voyageurs National Park died Sunday while assisting a disabled vessel to shore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 8:11pm
Canyoneer Dies In Fall At Zion National Park
A canyoneer fell to his death near the exit of Heaps Canyon at Zion National Park, in Utah. Three other canyoneers were rescued in a joint operation with the Utah Department of Public Safety.
- By Rebecca Latson - October 6th, 2024 6:59pm
Commercial Vehicles' Efforts To Drive Newfound Gap Road In Great Smoky Leads To Closure
Attempts by commercial vehicles to cross Great Smoky Mountains National Park via the Newfound Gap Road, and accidents involving some that tried, have prompted the National Park Service to close the road overnight.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 12:26pm
De Soto National Memorial, Reeling From Hurricane Helene, In The Path Of Hurricane Milton
De Soto National Memorial, still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene, is directly in the path of Hurricane Milton, which is expected to reach Florida on Wednesday as a major hurricane.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 11:35am
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Plans To Move Ahead With Smaller Horse Relocation Plan
Wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park will be corralled for inspection, with 15 relocated out of the park. Wild horse advocates oppose the plan.
- By justin.housman - October 6th, 2024 2:50am
A Tale Of Cabins In The National Parks
Among the lodging options you have in the National Park System are cabins, some rustic, some quite nice.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2024 2:30am
National Park Service Still Assessing Storm Damage Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Assessments of storm damage on the Blue Ridge Parkway have found significant, and in some cases castrophic, damage between mileposts 280 and 469, the National Park Service said Saturday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 5th, 2024 2:35pm
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