Washed away roads, damaged water and sewer systems, and other significant infrastructure and unknown trail damage from what might have been a "once-in-a-thousand-year-storm" greatly complicates how soon Yellowstone National Park can reopen, and in what condition, and the odds are long that it will fully return to normal this year, Superintendent Cam Sholly told a national audience of journalists Tuesday during an hour-long Zoom call.
John Ware was a Black cowboy who built a successful ranching career in Canada despite having been enslaved in America and then enduring racism and rough frontier conditions. Now he has been designated as a person of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration.
A Tennessee woman who had hiked down to Phantom Ranch on the floor of Grand Canyon National Park to join a river trip died when she was pulled into the Colorado River.
An escalation in covid cases in Teton County, Wyoming, has prompted Grand Teton National Park officials to require that face masks be worn inside buildings in the park. Park buildings include, but are not limited to visitor centers, administrative offices, lodges, gift shops, and restaurants in the national park.
Yellowstone National Park closed all entrances Monday as flooding and rock and mud slides chewed away at park roads, forcing the evacuation of visitors in northern areas of the park due to "extremely hazardous conditions." With the potential for severe flooding in the southern half of the park, officials made the decision to shutter the entire park. Dramatic aerial footage captured by the park's helicopter manager demonstrated the damage being inflicted on the park.
National parks have been and continue to be the victims of graffiti. Yosemite National Park is just the latest and park staff are asking for the public’s help.
There’s always something to learn about the park units within the National Park System. Take this latest National Parks Traveler quiz and trivia piece and see just how much you really know, while maybe learning a little in the process.
When two, young grizzly bear siblings spotted in Jasper townsite couldn’t be deterred by hazing recently, Jasper National Park wildlife specialists had to translocate the three-year-old bears — a step that’s only used when absolutely necessary.