National Parks Traveler

In 2023 if a woman wishes to run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, she can, and many do. If she decides she wants to be a scientist, or a science journalist, she can do that too. Melissa Sevigny, a science journalist, rafted the Colorado through the Grand Canyon to visualize the journey two botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, made in 1938, the first women to successfully boat the canyon.

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By John Miles - July 7th, 2023 10:38am

Improvements Approved For Shark Valley In Everglades National Park

A plan to improve parking and cope with flooding at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park in Florida is moving forward after National Park Service staff determined there would be no adverse environmental impacts.

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By Compiled From N... - July 6th, 2023 2:30am

Salmon Habitat Improvements Continuing At Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods National Monument, a setting of towering trees, also harbors an overlooked habitat that is valuable to endangered coho salmon. Enhancing this habitat is the focus on a stream project set to begin next week.

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By Compiled From N... - July 6th, 2023 2:30am

Extreme Heat Believed Responsible For Man's Death At Death Valley National Park

Extreme heat again appears to have played the role in the death of a national park visitor, this time involving a 65-year-old California man at Death Valley National Park whose car's air-conditioner was not functioning in 126° Fahrenheit heat.

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By Compiled From N... - July 5th, 2023 3:54pm

Windstorm Batters Yellowstone National Park

A powerful windstorm raked the southern half of Yellowstone National Park, downing hundreds of trees and knocking out commercial power for about a day.

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By Compiled From N... - July 5th, 2023 3:31pm

How Does Yellowstone's Eruption Compare To Others?

The Yellowstone volcanic system has hosted some very large eruptions. But there have been much larger volcanic explosions in geologic history—including several in the western USA!

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By NPT Staff - July 5th, 2023 3:22pm

Op-Ed | Tribes Shouldn't Be Given Control Over Yellowstone Bison

Ecologist George Wuerthner takes exception to the Buffalo Field Campaign's effort to see tribes given co-stewardship of Yellowstone National Park's bison herds.

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By NPT Staff - July 4th, 2023 3:00am

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Buffalo Field Campaign Wants 50,000 Yellowstone Bison, Tribal Co-Stewardship

A group that long has questioned how the National Park Service manages bison at Yellowstone National Park wants to see tribal entities given co-stewardship of the iconic animals along with seeing their numbers rise 10-fold to 50,000 in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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By NPT Staff - July 4th, 2023 3:00am

Cedar Breaks Wildflower Festival Starts Friday

A weeklong celebration of high country wildflowers kicks off Friday at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah, where the Cedar Breaks Wildflower Festival highlights the many beautiful species of wildflowers (some found nowhere else in the world) that bloom each year in the park’s subalpine environment along the rim of the Cedar Breaks Amphitheater.