Big Meadows Fire At Rocky Mountain National Park 95 Percent Contained
At Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado the Big Meadows Fire is 95 percent contained, according to park officials.
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2013 9:57am
Reader Participation Day: What Tops Your National Park Bucket List?
If costs and scheduling didn't get in the way, what would be the national park trip that would top your bucket list? Want to float the Colorado through Grand Canyon National Park, or climb Mount McKinley in Denali?
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2013 3:10am
Traveler's Gear Box: The Lowepro SlingshotTM 202 AW Camera Pack
When I first heard about Lowepro’s sling-type camera backpack, I rolled my eyes. Yeah, I’m so sure carrying that thing around would feel good. I’m used to hefting my gear in backpacks with regular shoulder straps… which have a habit of slipping off my small rounded shoulders.
- By Rebecca Latson - June 19th, 2013 2:56am
Essential Friends + Gateways: High Tech Means High Touch With National Parks
As people become more and more wedded to mobile devices, the National Park System is trying to keep up—and so are its friends. To engage visitors and potential supporters, national park friends groups and foundations are enticing the public with high technology. Here are some savvy ways that’s happening.
- By Haley Hepburn - June 19th, 2013 2:21am
Amid Accusations Of "Political Pressure," Yellowstone National Park Officials Asked To Strengthen Winter-Use Plan
"Political pressure" has forced the National Park Service to soften its approach to minimizing the impacts of over-snow traffic in Yellowstone National Park, a coalition of groups charges in comments submitted on the park's latest winter-use plan.
Saguaro National Park, Other Park Units, Ban Campfires
Fire danger in the Southwest has gotten so bad that a ban on campfires is being implemented in a handful of national park units, including Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2013 2:20am
Groups Criticize Senate Bill That Would Require Park Service To Reassess ORVs At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
A Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would require the National Park Service to reassess how to manage off-road vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a measure that conservation groups said was unnecessary and would lead to a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Trust For Public Land Buys Land To Protect Access To Zion Narrows Trail At Zion National Park
To reach the start of the Zion Narrows Trail, a 16-mile-long route that enters Zion National Park through a slender rift in the Earth carved by the Virgin River, you need to cross a ranch. While developers were eyeing that ranch for plots of homes, the Trust For Public Land has purchased it to preserve it as is.
Birding In The National Parks: Interesting Numbers From Acadia Birding Festival
The numbers are in from the 15th annual Acadia Birding Festival, and two of them are very impressive: 151 and 200,000.
- By Kirby Adams - June 18th, 2013 3:40am
Climate Change Workshop For Teachers Coming To Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Next Month
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be participating in the 2013 Parks Climate Challenge program using national parks as classrooms to educate students about climate change, thanks to funding provided by the National Park Foundation.
