Reader Participation Day: What Was Your Most Memorable Ranger-Led Experience in the National Parks This Year?
What was your most memorable ranger-led activity in the National Park System this year?
Photographer Shive Honored With Ansel Adams Award
Ian Shive, who has traveled the National Park System to capture its unique and spectacular landscapes in his cameras' viewfinders, has been honored with the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 14th, 2011 2:33am
History To Be Made With Dismantling Of Dams Impacting Olympic National Park Watershed
Nearly a century after they rose up and blocked the Elwha River to generate power, two dams on the river with headwaters in Olympic National Park will begin to be removed this weekend in a historic event aimed at restoring the watershed.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 14th, 2011 2:12am
Flash Floods Cause Extensive Damage In Joshua Tree National Park
Flash-flooding Tuesday morning caused extensive damage in parts of Joshua Tree National Park, where parts of roads and the Cottonwood Campground were washed away. No visitors or park employees were injured and no vehicles were damaged, officials said.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 7:14pm
Firefighters Staying Busy In Yellowstone National Park
Firefighters are staying busy this month in Yellowstone National Park, where they have successfully contained one fire while fire bosses are keeping an eye on several others.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 12:08pm
Florida Man Killed In Fall Into Christine Falls At Mount Rainier National Park
Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park worked today to recover the body of a Florida man who fell from a cliff above Christine Falls while taking pictures with his son.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 11:33am
A Photographer's Path, Images of National Parks Near the Nation's Capital
Natural beauty in the National Park System is not harbored solely in the Rocky Mountains, the High Sierra, or the Cascades. Drift through the pages of a new book that revolves around the nation's capital and you'll be treated to snow drifts and Swallowtail butterflies in perhaps the most unexpected places.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 2:59am
Biscayne National Park Working On Update To Its General Management Plan
Biscayne National Park officials are working on revising their General Management Plan to address a range of issues, from climate change and sea-level rise to declining fisheries and coral reefs.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 2:39am
Yosemite Conservancy Provides $10.5 Million For Trail Restoration In Yosemite National Park
A years' long $13.5 million campaign to restore hiking trails in Yosemite National Park has concluded, with improvements seen from the Yosemite Valley to the park's spectacular high country.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 13th, 2011 2:20am
Bio-Blitz Coming To Sandy Hook At Gateway National Recreation Area
Just how many species of animals, birds, plants, amphibians, reptiles, etc., are there at Sandy Hook in Gateway National Recreation Area? A 24-hour "Bio-Blitz" later this week will provide some insights to that question.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 12th, 2011 2:49am
