Paddling The Huron River National Water Trail
A watery urban trail, the Huron River Water Trail that arcs around Detroit offers a human connection to the environment.
- By Barbara 'Bo' Jensen - August 2nd, 2024 7:36am
North Carolina Man Plunges 400 Feet To His Death At Grand Canyon National Park
A 20-year-old North Carolina man fell from the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park about 400 feet to his death
- By Compiled From N... - August 1st, 2024 12:14pm
Rocky Mountain National Park Bans Open Fires
A park-wide ban on open fires was put in place Thursday in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, where a number of wildfires were burning.
- By Compiled From N... - August 1st, 2024 11:59am
Pioneer Fire Leads To Evacuation Order For Stehekin In North Cascades National Park
Firefighters in North Cascades National Park were working to protect facilities in and around Stehekin Landing from the Pioneer Fire, a nearly 34,000-acre blaze that was just 12 percent contained as of Thursday morning.
- By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2024 11:14am
Tracking Climate-Change Impacts In The National Park System
Across the National Park System, climate-change impacts are reaching into virtually all of the more than 420 units. But a 2022 study of how parks were reacting to those impacts found a lack of cohesiveness in evaluating vulnerabilities to those impacts.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 5:36am
Next Up On National Parks Traveler's Podcast: Manatees
Florida manatees, an endangered species that frequents the waters of Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and Cumberland Island National Seashore, are the topic in this coming Sunday's podcast from the National Parks Traveler.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 2:30am
Free Park Entrance On August 4 To Celebrate Great American Outdoors Act
The Great American Outdoors Act is making a huge difference by funding over $6 billion in maintenance and repair projects in national parks throughout the country. On August 4, all National Park Service entrance fees will be waived to celebrate the 4-year anniversary of the historic legislation.
- By Compiled From N... - August 1st, 2024 2:30am
Rebuilding Zion National Park's South Entrance Is A Long Way Off
While the National Park Service has given the go-ahead for the south entrance to Zion National Park to undergo a redesign, it's not going to happen any time soon.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 31st, 2024 2:30am
Information On Elk Poachers Sought By Redwood National And State Park Rangers
Authorities are seeking information that can help them track the poachers who shot and killed four elk near Williams Ridge in Redwood National and State Parks in California.
- By Compiled From N... - July 30th, 2024 12:28pm
The Machines Tell Stories At This Former B.C. Salmon Cannery
On tours of a restored salmon cannery that’s 130 years old, the interpreters dance around a racial slur that the Chinese-Canadian community wants acknowledged but nobody wants to say aloud.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:54am
