UPDATE: Missing Hiker Walks Out Of Olympic National Park Backcountry
A backpacker missing in Olympic National Park since Thursday turned up Monday morning in good condition.
- By NPT Staff - September 8th, 2014 8:31am
Half Dome Hikers Evacuated Via Helicopter Due To Wildfire In Yosemite National Park
Nearly 100 hikers who made their way to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park received helicopter rides down to the Yosemite Valley floor due to a wildfire that has spread into the Little Yosemite Valley below the iconic dome.
- By NPT Staff - September 8th, 2014 8:16am
New Date Tagged To "Great Gallery" At Canyonlands National Park
Just how old is the artwork in the "Great Gallery" of Canyonlands National Park? It's a question that long has dogged archaeologists, and which recently produced a new, much more recent, time period assigned to it.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 8th, 2014 3:17am
Glacial Outburst Noted At Kenai Fjords National Park
On Friday, August 15th, Kenai Fjords National Park staff received numerous reports that water from Bear Glacier Lagoon had breached the moraine separating the lagoon from the mouth of Resurrection Bay, also referred to as the Harding Gateway. Subsequent reports indicated that water levels peaked in the lagoon on August 14th and breached the moraine on August 15th.
- By NPT Staff - September 8th, 2014 3:10am
Star Show Coming To Capitol Reef National Park In Utah
Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute are partnering later this month for the annual Heritage Starfest. The weekend will be full of special events, guest speakers, stargazing, telescope viewing, storytelling, and more.
- By NPT Staff - September 8th, 2014 2:03am
Search Underway For Missing Hiker At Olympic National Park
A search is ongoing for a hiker overdue in the backcountry of Olympic National Park in Washington state.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 8:33am
National Park Service Looking To Reduce Illegal Predator Hunting In National Preserves In Alaska
Annual problems with predator hunting in national preserves in Alaska have prompted the National Park Service to propose a permanent federal prohibition against certain hunting practices.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 3:28am
Volunteer Labor At Olympic National Park And Outsourcing Ranger Tours At Cumberland Island National Seashore
National parks, strapped for funding, are turning more to volunteer labor and outsourcing jobs previously conducted by rangers to make ends meet.
A Fall Escape Into Grand Canyon National Park
My 10-year-old daughter, Alex, and I follow the steep and rugged New Hance Trail on a nearly 5,000-vertical-foot march down into the Earth’s most-famous hole in the ground. The sky seems to levitate steadily higher above us, but it’s just a trick played on the eyes by the severe topography of the Grand Canyon: As we slowly descend deeper, burgundy rock walls creep higher, pushing the cerulean dome overhead farther away from us.
- By Michael Lanza - September 7th, 2014 2:49am
Collecting Marine Debris At Everglades And Biscayne National Parks
Earlier this year we shared a video of a garbage cleanup at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Today we have a video of garbage -- marine debris -- collected at national park landscapes in south Florida.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 2:46am
