Gateway Towns Grateful For National Park Visitors, But...
National park gateway towns often put up with a lot when high season brings floods of tourists, but they also profit quite a bit, too.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
National Park Service Works To Preserve Rare Pillar Coral Genetics
At Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida, pieces of a rare coral have been taken from different colonies for preservation in a maintained and monitored aquarium setting at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami.
- By Compiled From N... - September 8th, 2021 1:45am
Op-Ed | The Nation's Parks Are At A Crossroads
The United States Senate will soon consider the nominee to be director of the National Park Service. America's Best Idea - the National Park System - is at a crossroads. Return The National Parks To The Tribes demanded an article in Atlantic Magazine on April 12, 2021. The curious title presumes that tribes once had national parks. “Returning the parks” would end the “National Park System.” Here are three reasons why.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 7th, 2021 5:48pm
Traveler's View: Study Air Tour Management Plans Carefully
Though we had paddled halfway down Yellowstone Lake into an area of Yellowstone National Park that is managed as wilderness and where it would take you a day or more to reach on foot, we hadn't entirely escaped the 21st century. From time to time throughout our five days on the lake the throb of planes fell down upon us from high overhead.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 6th, 2021 2:15am
Condor Nestling At Zion National Park Takes Flight
Two years after Zion National Park saw its first wild-hatched condor take to the skies, another has accomplished the same feat.
- By Compiled From N... - September 6th, 2021 1:45am
Body Of Climber Recovered At Grand Teton National Park
The body of a climber who died in Grand Teton National Park has been recovered by rangers, and an investigation into the accident is under way.
- By Compiled From N... - September 6th, 2021 1:45am
Body Of Virginia Woman Spotted In Glacier National Park
Searchers spotted the body of a Virginia woman in a rugged area of Glacier National Park on Sunday, but weather conditions prevented them from recovering it.
- By Compiled From N... - September 5th, 2021 6:14pm
Construction Delays And Crowded Roadside Parking Along Yosemite’s Tioga Road
If you are planning a trip to Yosemite National Park between now through the 2022 visitor season, make sure to pack your patience and carry a Plan B with you, as you might not be able to find any parking for a particular spot, or that particular spot might be totally closed off due to construction and restoration projects around the park.
- By Rebecca Latson - September 5th, 2021 2:15am
Drought Is Reshaping The National Park Landscape In Unprecedented Ways
Hot, dry weather caused by climate change is reshaping the landscape in many Western national parks, and bringing with it an uneasiness over how plants, animals and visitors will be impacted.
- By Jonathan Horwitz - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Please, No Pool Toys
You know those foam "noodles" and plastic inflatable inner tubes you see in backyard pools: leave them home when you head for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, where officials are concerned about the number of drownings associated with those items.
- By Compiled From N... - September 4th, 2021 1:45am
