Roadwork Will Slow Your Drive To Paradise
Unfortunately, roadwork will slow your drive to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park beginning early next month and running through the summer.
- By NPT Staff - February 20th, 2014 2:06am
Kenai Fjords National Park Beach Cleanup, The Video
The Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance has been removing marine debris from the beaches around Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, and even Prince William Sound for more than a decade. This new video gives their volunteers, many of whom have been on multiple beach cleanups, a chance to express their feelings about marine debris, about cleaning it up, and about their personal connections to the ocean.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 19th, 2014 2:53am
Reader Participation Day: Should A National Park Ever Host Winter Olympics Events?
With all the current attention on the Winter Olympics, we have a two-part question for this week's Reader Participation Day. In an earlier era, a U. S. National Park was one of three finalists vying for the right to host the 1932 Winter Olympics. Do you know which park was in contention then...and should a NPS site ever be considered for some events for a future Winter Games?
- By Jim Burnett - February 19th, 2014 2:43am
Essential Paddling Guide: Paddling The Buffalo, America's First National River
Massive, water-stained bluffs soaring over 500 feet above your canoe or kayak; the highest waterfall between the Appalachians and the Rockies; potential campsites on gravel bars along over a hundred miles of clear, free-flowing river; all this and more make the Buffalo National River a worthy addition to your list of must-do float trips.
- By Jim Burnett - February 19th, 2014 2:07am
Zion National Park Searching For Better Way To Manage Desert Bighorn Sheep
Desert Bighorn sheep just might be the wildlife attraction at Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. And while the herd has grown quite a bit in recent years, park officials want to get a better grip on managing the animals.
- By NPT Staff - February 18th, 2014 3:06am
Photography In The National Parks: Put People In Your Shots For Perspective And Interest
I am a natural born writer but did not realize my passion for story-telling until finding photography with which to illustrate my words. Personally, I don't see the point in telling a story if it can't be punctuated by images.
- By Deby Dixon - February 18th, 2014 3:01am
Time To Sign Up For Summer Field Courses In The National Parks
Sure, it's winter, but you shouldn't be neglecting your summer fun. Now's the time to be signing up for field courses in the national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 18th, 2014 2:48am
2014 Point Reyes Birding And Nature Festival Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the 5th Annual Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival, which will be held in April, go on sale to the general public on Thursday.
- By NPT Staff - February 18th, 2014 2:23am
Traveler's View: National Park Service Needs To Improve Its Transparency
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis' thoughts on a range of topics that are of interest to both the general public and the National Park Service staff deserve transparency and response from the director.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2014 2:56am
Essential Paddling Guide: Keeping Our Paddling Waters Clean And Healthy
We look to national park vacations as a healthy lifestyle ingredient, one filled with fun, laughter, and lasting memories. Not on our agendas is worrying about mercury in the fish we pull from mountain streams, droughts that would beach our boats, or industrial and agricultural pollution that impairs the very waters we enjoy in the parks. Sadly, those issues aren’t foreign to the National Park System.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2014 2:49am
