Has Winter's Unusually Cold Weather Tamped Down Python Population in Everglades National Park?
Has this winter's unusually cold weather in Florida tamped down the python population in Everglades National Park?
By the Numbers: Yosemite National Park Visitor Use
Yosemite entertains millions every year with alpine wilderness, sequoia groves, and a glacier-carved valley of unmatched beauty. Let’s take a look at some interesting visitor use statistics for this big, gorgeous park.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 1st, 2010 3:58am
Road Work Will Snarl Traffic In Yosemite National Park Near South Entrance
Spring brings raging waterfalls, wildflower blooms, and a renewed landscape to Yosemite National Park. This year it also will bring road work near the park's south entrance that will snarl traffic for most of the year.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 1st, 2010 2:50am
Reader Participation Day Bonus Survey: What Do You Think Of The President's Off-Shore Drilling Plan?
President Obama's announcement that he will pursue off-shore drilling along much of the Eastern Seaboard spurred this week's "bonus" Reader Participation Survey.
Debris Avalanche Blocks Road at North Cascades National Park – Some Visitor Access Affected
A large debris avalanche has covered an "administrative road" at North Cascades National Park Complex, and some visitor access will be affected for several months. Hikers and boaters intending to portage between Diablo Lake and Ross Lake need to take notice.
Though Revered As America's Iconic Long-Distance Trail, the Appalachian Trail Could Use Some Help
The focus of many long-distance hikers' dreams, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail can be a life-long end-to-end goal ... or a weekend outing. It knits together both a slice of Americana, and a society of folks who set off in search of adventure.
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Great Progress Means Loop Road around Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Will Reopen Early
Earlier this year we heard that good contracting saved the National Park Service millions of dollars on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects. And now the folks at Great Smoky Mountains National Park say the laying of a new road around Cades Cove will finish about a month ahead of schedule!
National Park Quiz 80: Water
All of these statements about National Park System water bodies are true except one. Can you find the ringer? The answer and explanations are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “If there is any magic on this planet, it is water.”
- By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 4:32pm
Reader Participation Day: Which National Park Are You Heading to This Year?
If you've been to Yellowstone, Yosemite or the Grand Canyon, just to name three examples, in summer, you know they can be crowded. So, to help minimize overcrowding at parks this summer, tell us which parks you plan to visit so the rest of us can plan accordingly.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 31st, 2010 2:55am
National Park Service, Alaska Game Officials Publicly Settle Differences Over Wolf Killings
In a joint release, officials for the National Park Service and the Alaska Fish and Game Department have publicly resolved their differences over the killings of radio-collared wolves that roamed in and out of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
