Fostering the Next Generation of Scientists
The EcoLogik Camp at Cabrillo National Monument is a specialized STEM program for girls that turns the park into a living laboratory.
- By Kim O'Connell - August 10th, 2022 2:30am
Firing A Rifled Musket On Signal Hill
The year is 1862 and I’ve enlisted in the Royal Artillery to help protect Newfoundland. I nervously report to the Queen’s Battery Barracks in St. John’s, don a shell jacket and forage cap and prepare to handle a rifled musket for the first time.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 9th, 2022 2:45am
Inflation Reduction Act Carries Benefits For National Park Service
Conservation groups are applauding Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which carries about $1 billion for the National Park Service to hire more staff and continue to prepare for climate change.
- By NPT Staff - August 9th, 2022 2:30am
Donation Brings Accessible Carriage To Acadia National Park
A donation has enabled Friends of Acadia to purchase a wheelchair accessible carriage for tours on the historic carriage roads of Acadia National Park in Maine.
- By NPT Staff - August 9th, 2022 2:30am
Flooding Closes Southern Half Of Joshua Tree National Park
Flooding tied to monsoonal rains, which already have closed Death Valley National Park and Mojave National Preserve, on Monday forced closure of the southern portion of Joshua Tree National Park in California.
- By Compiled From N... - August 8th, 2022 8:42pm
Wanted: Those Who Destroyed Shorebird Egg At Gateway National Recreation Area
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the conviction of those who destroyed an American oystercatcher egg at Gateway National Recreation Area in New York.
- By Compiled From N... - August 8th, 2022 9:25am
Review | This Contested Land: The Storied Past And Uncertain Future Of America’s National Monuments
McKenzie Long is a rock climber, graphic designer, and writer who, inspired by the “contest” over the Bears Ears National Monument where she loved to climb in the Indian Creek basin, decided to visit a select group of national monuments to gain a deeper understanding of why and how they are contested.” Her travels take her from Maine’s Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument to Hawaii, just beyond which is the vast Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
How Evangeline Tells The Acadian Deportation Story
For 102 years, a statue of Evangeline, the fictional heroine from a poignant 1847 poem, has drawn people to the rural part of Nova Scotia that is the most significant memorial to the tragic deportation of the Acadian people.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 8th, 2022 2:45am
NPS Issues Concession Prospectus For Death Valley National Park
In late spring the National Park Service released a prospectus for the Death Valley National Park concession at Stovepipe Wells Village. The concession offers lodging, food and beverage, gas, and retail at the only NPS-owned commercial complex within the park. The national park’s three other major facilities, the Inn at Death Valley, the Ranch at Death Valley, and Panamint Springs Resort, are each inholdings, privately-owned land within the park.
- By David and Kay Scott - August 8th, 2022 2:30am
Death Valley Flooding: 1,000-Year Event
A three-hour rainstorm that dumped nearly 1.5 inches of rain on Death Valley National Park, causing widespread flooding that tore up roads, blew out water systems, and shut down the park, has been classified as a 1,000-year event by the National Weather Service.
- By NPT Staff - August 7th, 2022 3:41pm
