Anthrax Outbreak Strikes Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park is grappling with an anthrax outbreak in northern Canada.
- By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2022 2:15am
Yellowstone Flood Recovery Update
In the park’s continuing efforts to expand visitor access, effective Aug. 3 through Oct. 31, 2022, visitors with a day-use ticket will be able to drive the road corridor from Tower Junction to Slough Creek to park and hike, fish and watch wildlife.
- By Compiled From N... - July 30th, 2022 10:31am
Fishing Advisory Due To High Water Temperatures At Grand Teton
During the peak summer season, hot weather causes elevated water temperatures that are stressful for coldwater fish such as trout. Fishing compounds this stress and hampers the fish’s ability to recover when caught and released.
- By Compiled From N... - July 30th, 2022 3:49pm
Vandalism Closes Cavate on Pueblo Loop Trail At Bandelier
Early this week, Bandelier National Monument Rangers and Preservationists discovered damage in a highly visited and very popular area on the Pueblo Loop Trail known as Cave Kiva.
- By Compiled From N... - July 30th, 2022 8:00am
Senate Legislation Stands To Benefit National Park System
The National Park Service, which has struggled to fully staff the National Park System and cope with climate change, would benefit from passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 by Congress.
- By NPT Staff - July 29th, 2022 2:30am
Damascus Trail Center Along The A.T. To Open In Late August
The Damascus Trail Center along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Virginia will officially open to the public on Saturday, August 27, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
- By NPT Staff - July 29th, 2022 2:30am
Kayaker Drowns At Lake Mead National Recreation Area
A 31-year-old man drowned at Lake Mead National Recreation Area while try to retrieve an inflatable kayak that blew away from him in high winds.
- By Compiled From N... - July 28th, 2022 4:19pm
Trails I've Hiked: Shadow Mountain Lookout
On the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, where the Colorado River drains out of Shadow Mountain Lake and heads down a short course to fill Lake Granby, is a path that leads to the shoulder of Shadow Mountain. There, in an opening in the piney forest, stands a fire lookout built in the 1930s.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 28th, 2022 2:30am
Mystery Photo 62 Revealed: Josie Morris's Home
For more than 50 years Josie Bassett Morris made this log cabin on Cub Creek home. Now part of Dinosaur National Monument, the cabin is the legacy of a woman who, during her long life, knew Butch Cassidy and lived a rough, rugged, and independent live.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 28th, 2022 2:30am
Exploring The Parks: Fort Larned National Historic Site
There are no walls around Fort Larned on the Kansas prairie, which makes it easy for your eyes to roam across the surrounding countryside that was home to soldiers from 1860 to 1878 when they were tasked with guarding travelers along the Santa Fe Trail, helping with mail deliveries, and negotiating with area tribes that grew increasingly concerned with growing numbers of settlers.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 10th, 2024 4:24pm
