Updated: Thursday Was A Deadly Day In The National Park System
At least five people lost their lives in the National Park System this week, all on Thursday.
- By NPT Staff - June 22nd, 2013 2:18am
400-Foot Rockfall Closes Trail At Dinosaur National Monument
Repeated rockfalls, including one that featured pickup-truck-sized boulders that fell as much as 400 feet, have forced Dinosaur National Monument officials to close a stretch of the popular Jones Hole Trail.
- By NPT Staff - June 21st, 2013 3:00am
Annual Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest Announced; Bonus Contest For Facebook Fans
It's time for National Park Service employees and Volunteers-in-the-Parks to enter their best photos for Eastern National's annual contest for pictures to grace its annual Passport To Your National Parks® annual commemorative stamp set.
Official Contest Rules- Passport Photo Contest.pdf 2014 PhotoContest flyer.pdf
Historic Haynes Photo Shop Reopens At Old Faithful In Yellowstone National Park On Saturday
After a relocation and rigorous restoration, the historic Haynes Photo Shop reopens to the public in Yellowstone National Park this weekend, with the grand opening running through next week, too.
Full Calendar Of Events In July At James A. Garfield National Historic Site
A full calendar of events is on tap in July at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Ohio, where special events range from a naturalization ceremony to a Civil War encampment.
- By NPT Staff - June 21st, 2013 2:36am
June 27 Ceremony Marks Presidio Of San Francisco's 237th Anniversary
Come June 27, it will have been 237 years since the Presidio of San Francisco was founded. Not surprisingly, that's cause for celebration!
- By NPT Staff - June 21st, 2013 2:08am
Camping In The Parks: Dinosaur National Monument's Gates Of Lodore Campground
It takes a concerted effort to reach the Gates of Lodore Campground in Dinosaur National Monument, but the payoff is a peaceful, historic setting with a river out your tent or RV door for evading summer's heat.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 20th, 2013 2:52am
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story Of Faith and Madness On The Alaska Frontier
Living in isolation offers perhaps the best opportunity for mind control. Of course, it also takes a strong personality to wield such control over those around you. Robert “Bobby” Hale had such a strong personality, and he found the seclusion he needed to control and manipulate his growing family in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 20th, 2013 2:43am
Exploring John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Hidden within the sagebrush covered hills and badlands of eastern Oregon is evidence of past worlds covered by ancient forests and inhabited by strange looking beasts.
- By NPT Staff - June 20th, 2013 2:37am
Firefighter Revived After Backcountry Cardiac Arrest At Rocky Mountain National Park
The call for help from the backcountry at Rocky Mountain National Park early on Father's Day morning could have been a worst-case scenario: a firefighter on the Big Meadows Fire had collapsed due to a sudden cardiac arrest. The outcome is a testimony to excellent planning, training, communications and equipment.
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- By Jim Burnett - June 19th, 2013 1:23pm
