National Parks Traveler

Late last year, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, asked the National Park Service to conduct a Reconnaissance Survey to see if certain areas in West Virginia "were suitable to become a new unit in the National Park System." Senator Manchin has now asked the NPS to end the survey and has withdrawn his support for "including these lands in the National Park System." Are prospects for this new NPS area dead?

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By Jim Burnett - March 27th, 2012 8:09am

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Blue Ridge Parkway Sets Opening Schedule

Blue Ridge Parkway Sets Opening Schedule

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By Randy Johnson - March 27th, 2012 11:49am

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Birding In The National Parks: A Spring Visit To Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Looking for some spring bird watching? Consider Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and don't forget to bring the kids along.

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By Kirby Adams - March 27th, 2012 3:00am

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How Can You Enjoy The National Parks This Spring? Check Out These Passport Picks!

How can you enjoy the national parks this spring? The options are almost endless, but here are seven quick suggestions on where to head.

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By NPT Staff - March 27th, 2012 3:00am

Review Of National Park Service's Approach To History Points To Weak Support For That Mission

History, both protecting vestiges of it and interpreting it, is one of the central missions of the National Park Service. But a new report says the agency is largely failing that mission, both from a lack of investment as well as from an approach to telling history almost with blinders on, and that history in the parks is considered to be "endangered."