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Backcountry areas of Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota will be closed to hikers from January 17 to February 17, twenty-four hours a day except on weekends. This closure will allow park staff to undertake a management operation to reduce the presence of chronic wasting disease in the park’s Rocky Mountain elk population.

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By Compiled From N... - January 12th, 2023 2:30am

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Acquires Almost 200 Acres

Nearly 200 acres of rolling, forested landscape has been obtained by the National Park Service at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.

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By Compiled From N... - January 12th, 2023 2:30am

California Storms Impacting Multiple Park Units

The ongoing series of storms that has dropped more than 400 percent of the normal amount of rain California might expect has impacted multiple National Park System sites in the state. Here's a glance of some of the impacts and closures:

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By Compiled From N... - January 11th, 2023 4:16pm

Parks Canada Searches For Nááts'įhch'oh Superintendent

Parks Canada is looking for a new boss for Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve in Tulita, Northwest Territories who is keen to work in an isolated community and comfortable taking float planes and helicopters to the fly-in park.

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By NPT Staff - January 11th, 2023 3:00am

Florida Governor Proposes $3.5 Billion Towards Everglades Restoration

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposal to commit $3.5 billion over the next four years towards the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem drew praise from The Everglades Foundation as well as the Everglades Trust.

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By NPT Staff - January 10th, 2023 3:03pm

New Management Plan For Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site

The Trent–Severn Waterway National Historic Site and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site have a new joint management plan.

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By NPT Staff - January 10th, 2023 2:45am

Peering Into Kīlauea Volcano's Maw At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Earth art, the natural kind, is on display at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park where the renewed eruption of the Kīlaeau volcano is flashing artworks worthy of your living wall.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 10th, 2023 7:19am

California Storms Close National Parks

The atmospheric rivers that have been bringing torrential rains to California have led to the closure of at least one unit of the National Park System, Pinnacles National Park.