National Parks Traveler has operated with only one full-time staffer since its inception, but has a core team of freelance writers, photographers, broadcasters, and sound recording engineers that are relied upon heavily to provide content. They're being introduced to you in a series of short profiles.
Though the coronavirus pandemic sent crowds into the National Park System and elsewhere in the great outdoors, the pandemic took a roughly $100 billion toll on the outdoor industry due to supply chain problems, loss of international travelers, and decisions by many travelers to postpone their adventures.
Camping and houseboating reservations for next summer at Voyageurs National Park open next week, but they'll cost you a bit more as the fees have increased.
A 27-year-old woman who headed out into Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at Death Valley National Park for a hike of a couple hours was found dead roughly a mile-and-a-half from her vehicle.
A concrete gun battery built by the United States government in 1898 during the Spanish-American War should be preserved and open to the public at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Florida, according to the National Park Service.
Four years after an oil company began to search portions of Big Cypress National Preserve for recoverable oil deposits, but before restoration work on damaged wetlands could be completed, the National Park Service is now proposing to alter the restoration requirements.
When my wife and I visited Virgin Islands Island National Park some years ago, we rented a "villa." Basically, it was a beautiful home, much as you might find today via AirBnB or VRBO. Today you can do the same thing, and help Friends of Virgin Islands National Park in their support of the national park.
After 20 months of closures, the Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park is scheduled to reopen on November 17. When the port of entry reopens, you'll be able to travel from the United States to the village of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo protected areas.