Some Roads In Yellowstone To Open April 16
Barring a major snowstorm, most roads into Yellowstone National Park will open to the public at 8 a.m. on Friday.
- By NPT Staff - April 13th, 2021 1:45am
Quebec Site Gets Funding Injection To Showcase Canada's First Steel Industry
The Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site in Quebec is getting $613,000 to rehabilitate its access road, redesign its Grande Maison reception area and install new interpretive panels along its interpretation circuit.
- By Jennifer Bain - April 12th, 2021 2:30am
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- By Kurt Repanshek - April 12th, 2021 2:00am
Big Spring Lodge, Cabins Rehabilitation Lags At Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Delays continue to swirl around rehabilitation of the historic lodge and cabins in the Big Spring District of Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri.
- By NPT Staff - April 12th, 2021 1:30am
Horse Pasture Fire At Theodore Roosevelt National Park 90 Percent Contained
Firefighters on the 5,000-acre Horse Pasture Fire at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota on Sunday received aid from light rain.
- By NPT Staff - April 11th, 2021 11:26am
Big Bend Wildfire Leads To Evacuation Of Chisos Basin
A wildfire in the backcountry of Big Bend National Park has prompted the evacuation of the popular Chisos Basin as firefighters were challenged Sunday by warmer and and drier conditions.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 11th, 2021 10:52am
Stalking The Carnivorous Plants Of Big Thicket National Preserve
Bayou country is a hard place to live sometimes. It’s home to tough survivors. Locals in beat-up pickup trucks roar past me up highway 69/285, the Big Thicket National Preserve Byway, as I turn off at the visitor center. I’m looking for just that kind of adaptability to harsh conditions. Specifically, I have come to find Big Thicket’s carnivorous plants. More generally, I want to learn how life survives here. Because, as I look around, the Thicket seems undaunted by the recent storms.
- By Barbara 'Bo' Jensen - April 11th, 2021 2:00am
Major Road Work At Yellowstone National Park This Summer
Travelers heading to Yellowstone National Park will have to be strategic in touring the park, as three major road projects will disrupt travel.
- By NPT Staff - April 10th, 2021 1:45am
Wildfires Burning In Theodore Roosevelt, Big Bend National Parks
Dozens of firefighters on Friday were battling flames in Big Bend and Theodore Roosevelt national parks, marking a somewhat early start to the wildfire season.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 9th, 2021 4:56pm
Haaland's Utah Visit Leaves Her Much To Ponder Over Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Boundaries
For the third time in less than five years an Interior secretary has visited southern Utah to try to grasp the significance of a landscape with a cultural heritage that reaches back thousands of years, one that also entombs paleontological remains millions of years old, in a bid to determine the appropriate size of two national monuments.
