Jewel Cave Visitor Center To See Periodic Shutdowns This Winter
Jewel Cave is undergoing maintenance on the visitor center and as a result there will be periodic closures.
- By justin.housman - November 10th, 2024 2:30am
National Park Service Passes On Wilderness For Big Cypress National Preserve
The National Park Service, although identifying more than 190,000 acres that would qualify as official wilderness at Big Cypress National Preserve, has passed on recommending any of it for official wilderness in its Backcountry Access Plan.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 10th, 2024 5:24am
Heavy Rains Damage Roads, Facilities At Buffalo National River
Heavy rains have flooded roads and facilities at Buffalo National River in Arkansas.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2024 10:02am
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #80
We travel to units of the National Park System to see beautiful landscape, learn about history, view amazing wildlife, and to simply learn new things. We take that knowledge (and photos) back with us to impress family, friends, and coworkers. Just how much of that park knowledge stays with you? Maybe more than you realize.
- By Rebecca Latson - November 9th, 2024 3:00am
In The Aftermath Of Helene
While sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina are being reopened, the economic damage to towns along the parkway won't be as easily overcome.
- By Kim O'Connell - November 11th, 2024 5:15pm
Wyoming Officials Agree To Sell Kelly Parcel To Grand Teton National Park
15 years in the making, Wyoming officials have agreed to sell the controversial Kelly Parcel to the Department of Interior for incorporation into Grand Teton National Park.
- By justin.housman - November 8th, 2024 11:30am
Tallgrass Prairie To Host Nighttime Lantern Tours
Tallgrass Prairie is talking reservations for their popular lantern-lit tours.
- By justin.housman - November 8th, 2024 3:24pm
On A Collision Course: National Parks, Project ‘25, And President Trump
Will aspects of Project 2025, a conservative plan for running the federal government, surface during a second Trump administration, and if so, how might it impact national parks and other federal lands?
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 7th, 2024 7:13am
Proposed Land Exchanges At Cumberland Island National Seashore Raise Concerns Over Development
On its face it sounds like a good move: engineer land swaps to remove private parcels from within Cumberland Island National Seashore. But that proposal is raising fears the exchanges could accelerate development on the barrier island off the coast of Georgia.
nps_cuis_land_exchange_newsletter_20240905.pdf copy_of_wc_2024_land_exchange_comment_draft.pdf cumberland_island_ns_land_exchange_comments_-_cpanp_10.16.24.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 7th, 2024 2:35am
Yucca House National Monument Gains 160 Acres
A 160-acre addition to Yucca House National Monument is expected to help strengthen preservation of the site that protects an ancient community of around 600 rooms surrounding a life-giving spring that supported the area's agriculture and daily life.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 7th, 2024 2:30am
