UPDATED | Senate Confirms Sams As National Park Service Director
Charles 'Chuck' Sams was confirmed by the U.S. Senate late Thursday as the next director of the National Park Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 19th, 2021 12:40pm
Help National Parks Traveler Reach Its Fundraising Goal To Keep You Informed
As a nonprofit news organization, we rely heavily on readers and listeners to support our newsgathering. Your financial support goes directly towards putting writers, photographers, and broadcasters into the National Park System to keep you informed about how your national parks are being managed. Please help us reach our $100,000 goal by December 31.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 19th, 2021 2:00am
Camping, Daily Fee Hikes Proposed For Rocky Mountain National Park
Fee increases likely are coming for some visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park, where staff is proposing a $5 hike in daily entrance fees as well as for camping.
- By Compiled From N... - November 19th, 2021 1:45am
Alligator Juniper Trees Poached From El Malpais National Monument
A number of unique trees in the pinyon-juniper forests of El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico have been stolen, prompting the National Park Service to ask for information that could lead to the arrest of the thieves.
- By Compiled From N... - November 19th, 2021 1:45am
Utah Man Charged With Creating Fictitious Emergency To Be Rescued From Denali
A Utah man created a fictitious story of climbers in a medical emergency and needing a helicopter rescue from high atop Denali so he could get airlifted off North America's tallest mountain.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2021 2:00am
More Than 40 Bison Removed From Grand Canyon's North Rim
More than 40 bison have been removed this fall from the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, where the size of the resident herd has been growing uncontrolled.
- By Compiled From N... - November 18th, 2021 1:45am
Secretaries Of Interior, Transportation To Work On Improving National Park Access
Improved access to national parks -- more transportation options, EV charging stations, and clean energy shuttle bus fleets -- is a key goal of a memorandum of understanding signed by the secretaries of Interior and Transportation.
- By Compiled From N... - November 18th, 2021 1:45am
National Parks Quiz and Trivia #41 – October Notables
This National Parks Quiz and Trivia #41 features eleven national parks established over the years during the month of October.
- By Rebecca Latson - November 17th, 2021 4:00am
Traveler Profile: Jennifer Bain
The National Parks Traveler has operated with only one full-time staffer since its inception, but has a core team of freelance writers, photographers, broadcasters, and sound recording engineers that are relied upon heavily to provide content. They're being introduced to you in a series of short profiles.
Restoring Grassland Habitat In Kootenay National Park
Mountains and oceans may be the most visible features of British Columbia’s national parks, but grasslands are some of its most important habitats. Home to thirty percent of the province’s species at risk, grasslands cover only one percent of the province’s land area and are endangered landscapes. Wildfires that renew grasslands were suppressed for decades as people protected forests and built structures.
- By Jennifer Bain - November 17th, 2021 2:00am
