National Park Service leaders along with representatives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, numerous statewide and regional partners in land conservation, and other local leaders marked National Public Lands Day by celebrating ongoing conservation efforts protecting the Blue Ridge Parkway at and around Waterrock Knob.
In the euphoria of crossing glacial till to the largest mass of glacial ice in the Canadian Rockies, you could be forgiven for walking blithely past the small sign with the sombre message: “The glacier was here in 1992.”
A small seismic swarm of over 38 earthquakes is ongoing beneath the summit of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
It’s that time of year for the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, when they pack on the pounds in preparation for Fat Bear Week 2022 competition. Your votes will decide who ultimately comes away the winner.
Easily one of the most identifiable desert icons, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is celebrated October 3-7, 2022 at Joshua Tree National Park and other desert conservation organizations, as well as in schools across the desert southwest.
Death Valley National Park is still recovering from flash floods in August and September. While the National Park Service (NPS) opened parts of Badwater Road and Wildrose late afternoon on September 21, many roads are still closed, leaving no road connecting the eastern and western parts of the park.
The House Committee on Natural Resources announced House passage of several Natural Resources bills under suspension of the rules, a procedure the House of Representatives often uses on the floor to expedite legislation. These particular bills designate sites which will be units of the National Park System.
A donation of land has pushed the total acreage of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia to near 2,000 acres. The contribution from Macon-Bibb County comes roughly seven months after a land purchase added 906 acres to the park.
Tectonic shuddering triggered by Mexico's earthquake this week traveled 1,500 miles in less than 30 minutes to send 4-foot-tall waves through Devils Hole, a limestone cavern at Death Valley National Park that is home to a rare species of pupfish.