The gate on the ten-foot-tall fence opened easily, and inside the wire exclosure the willows were even taller. Beyond the wall of leaves and branches were the sounds of rushing water, backed up by a complex of beaver dams, cascading down, hidden beneath the brush. The beavers were back.
A new species of Triassic reptile discovered at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has been named after the park's former superintendent and his wife.
Post-tropical storm Fiona has damaged the dunes of Prince Edward Island National Park, causing erosion to the dunes and areas inland from the dunes up to and including some roadways and paved trails.
Hurricane Ian, which came ashore in South Carolina on Friday afternoon, was prompting a number of parks in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina shut down all or some of their operations to prepare for the remnants of the storm.
With Hurricane Ian lining up for a direct hit on South Carolina, National Park System units in Florida on Friday were recovering from the storm's impacts and slowly reopening.
One of the most endangered fish species on the planet, one that calls a tiny water-filled canyon home, has undergone a population boom. National Park Service biologists recently surveyed the Devils Hole pupfish colony at Death Valley National Park, and counted 263 individuals, the greatest number recorded in 19 years.
With Hurricane Ian expected to come ashore Friday in Georgia and South Carolina as a tropical storm and continue on up the coast, National Park System units are instituting closures or urging visitors to be mindful of the storm.
An infusion of $27 million from the Great American Outdoors Act will enable the National Park Service to tackle much-needed restoration projects at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts.