Port Windsor Relinquishes Land For Ojibway National Urban Park
A proposed national urban park in Windsor is one step closer to reality.
- By NPT Staff - March 27th, 2023 2:45am
Bandelier National Monument Proposing Jump In Campground Fees
Higher nightly fees are being proposed for the picturesque Juniper Family Campground and the Ponderosa Group Campground on the rim of Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.
- By Compiled From N... - March 27th, 2023 2:45am
Winter Storm Damage Leaves Reopening Of Kings Canyon And Sequoia National Parks Weeks Away
Winter storm damage to roads and facilities in Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks in California has reopening dates for those adjacent parks weeks, and months in some cases, away.
Op-Ed | The Douglas Fir National Monument Proposal
Some of the most spectacular forests of Douglas fir in the West are found on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Though heavily logged by the timber industry for its straight-grained wood over the years, some important examples of these once-extensive old-growth forests can still be found in western Oregon.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2023 2:30am
Battle Looming Over Endangered Species Act Protections
An effort to remove Endangered Species Act protections for wolves and grizzly bears has been launched in the U.S. House of Representatives, a move opponents say aims to jettison "the best tool for tackling the worsening extinction crisis."
- By NPT Staff - March 26th, 2023 2:45am
Congaree National Park Announces 2023 Synchronous Fireflies Viewing Event Dates
Congaree National Park's synchronous firefly viewing events are scheduled for May 13-16 and May 19-24. Passes will be required to enter the park located in South Carolina on event nights and will be made available through a lottery hosted through recreation.gov.
- By Compiled From N... - March 26th, 2023 2:30am
Court Rules Jemez Pueblo Can Use Part Of Valles Caldera National Preserve
A split 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given the Jemez Pueblo rights to use a portion of Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico as their ancestors did, a ruling that raises the prospect that tribes elsewhere in the United States will seek to regain their traditional homelands.
vall-jemez_pueblo_10th_circuit.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 24th, 2023 10:21am
Lessons From A Métis-Led Snowshoe Through Elk Island National Park
Keith Diakiw deftly wraps a red-striped Métis sash over my winter coat and around my waist, tying it loosely on the left to signify that I’m taken and not single. One of my fellow “geo-explorers” opts to have her sash tied in the middle as a hard-working Voyageur would have during the fur trade era. Another chooses to be a Métis princess with the sash wrapped over her left shoulder across her heart.
- By Jennifer Bain - March 24th, 2023 2:45am
Plan To Fight Avian Malaria At Haleakalā National Park Approved
The National Park Service at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii is moving ahead with a plan aimed at reducing the transmission of avian malaria to threatened and endangered forest birds by suppressing invasive mosquito populations.
- By Compiled From N... - March 24th, 2023 2:30am
Yellowstone Awards $118 Million Contract To Replace Yellowstone River Bridge
Yellowstone National Park recently awarded an approximately $118 million construction contract to replace the structurally deficient Yellowstone River Bridge on the Northeast Entrance Road near Tower Junction. Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act, this project will preserve year-round public access to and from the park’s Northeast Entrance and communities of Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana.
- By Compiled From N... - March 24th, 2023 2:30am
