Repeat Photography Exposes Changes Around Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
How have the landscapes and natural features around Skagway and Dyea, Alaska changed in 115 years?
- By NPT Staff - October 19th, 2014 2:16am
Jumping, Even A Little Bit, Can Be Dangerous In Zion National Park
Jumping, even just a little bit, can be dangerous in Zion National Park. Two park visitors discovered that in two different incidents in a ten-minute period that left them with broken legs.
- By NPT Staff - October 18th, 2014 2:26am
Op-Ed|The National Park Service And Wilderness: 50 Years Of Neglect
After 50 years, you would expect that the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), which administers the largest inventory of wilderness in the world, would have the best wilderness management program in the world. But, you would be very wrong.
- By NPT Staff - October 17th, 2014 3:00am
Hunters In Grand Teton National Park Likely To Kill More Grizzlies
Federal biologists believe elk hunters in Grand Teton National Park and on the National Elk Refuge in the next nine years will kill six more grizzly bears than originally anticipated.
- By NPT Staff - October 17th, 2014 2:59am
Exploring The Parks: Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Archaeologists for years have puzzled over the scale and range of prehistoric activities that created the remarkable flint quarry sites at Alibates, Texas. No doubt some Native Americans, in search of flint, merely picked up exposed chunks or cobbles lying on the ground. Others chiseled boulders directly from the bedrock.
- By NPT Staff - October 17th, 2014 2:34am
Higher Fees Coming To Your Favorite National Parks As Officials Search For Cash
As we told you last month, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis has given his superintendents the OK to increase entrance and other fees in their parks once they've conducted the requisite public outreach and engagement. While many fees are likely to increase by $5 or $10, there could be more creativity into fee collections aimed at generating more money for the parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 16th, 2014 3:20am
Rabies At Grand Canyon National Park
A rabies alert has gone up at Grand Canyon National Park, where a bat with the disease has been found in the Inner Gorge along the Colorado River.
- By NPT Staff - October 16th, 2014 2:13am
A Visit To Missouri National Recreational River
The Missouri River, often referred to as the “Big Muddy” due to the large amount of sediment it carries, once served as the country’s major thoroughfare to the West, first by trappers and traders, and later by Lewis & Clark as the Corps of Discovery searched for a water route to a western ocean. Today it offers an incredible waterscape for paddlers in search of beauty.
- By David and Kay Scott - October 16th, 2014 2:04am
Reader Participation Day: How Much Extra $$ Do You Send The National Park Service?
After you've purchased your annual parks pass, or paid your week-long entrance fee to your favorite national park, how much more money do you send to the National Park Service?
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 15th, 2014 3:22am
Yosemite Nature Notes: Monarchs And Milkweed
Take a microcosmic safari through a field of milkweed and discover a whole world of life, from bees to wasps to hummingbirds to butterflies. The charismatic Monarch butterfly is completely dependent on milkweed for its survival, and places like Yosemite National Park offer protection for this often overlooked plant.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 15th, 2014 3:14am
