Start Planning For The Shenandoah Scramble!
Take a hike and help out the Shenandoah National Park Trust. You can do that on September 22 when the annual Shenandoah Scramble takes off!
- By NPT Staff - August 28th, 2012 3:00am
Mount Rainier, North Cascades, And Olympic National Parks Share $300,000 In Grants
More than a quarter-million-dollars worth of grants have been distributed to Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic national parks from Washington's National Park Fund, which has contributed more than $1.4 million to the parks during the past five years.
- By NPT Staff - August 28th, 2012 3:00am
Wireless Allows Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site To Connect With Classrooms
Thanks to the arrival of wireless technology, an early 19th century setting on the plains of North Dakota can be transmitted to 21st century classrooms across the country.
- By NPT Staff - August 28th, 2012 3:00am
Trust For the National Mall Looking For A Few (Dozen) Good Volunteers
It's difficult to miss them on the National Mall: They're dressed in yellow shirts and khaki pants or shorts, wear ball caps with the National Park Service and Trust for the National Mall logos, and heft backpacks filled with information and, if you're thirsty, water.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 30th, 2012 12:25pm
Scientific Panel Calls On NPS To Recommit To, And Reemphasize, Science In The Parks
A year-long review of how wildlife management and other sciences are studied in the National Park System has produced a call for the National Park Service to both recommit its staff to the sciences and to reemphasize science in the park system.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 27th, 2012 11:46am
NPCA Issues New Graphic Depicting Hardships Budget Cuts Would Impose On National Park System
Imagine if more than a third of the 397 units of the National Park System had to shut down because the Park Service didn't have the money to operate them. That's one example the National Parks Conservation Association is using to illustrate the threat of impending budget cuts on the agency.
- By NPT Staff - August 27th, 2012 3:00am
Florida, Gulf Coast Parks Ready To Ride Out Tropical Storm Issac
With Tropical Storm Issac taking aim on the Gulf Coast, national parks and seashores in its path are battening down and getting ready to ride out the storm.
- By NPT Staff - August 26th, 2012 3:41pm
San Diego Man Identified As Victim Of Fatal Grizzly Mauling In Denali National Park
A 49-year-old San Diego man has been identified as the victim of a fatal grizzly bear mauling in Denali National Park and Preserve. Park officials also say the bear believed responsible was shot and killed by an Alaska state trooper.
- By NPT Staff - August 26th, 2012 10:01am
Parks Beyond Borders: NPS and Costa Rican Parks Sign Agreement, Deadly Park Drive in Australia
A round-up of global national park news.
- By Randy Johnson - August 26th, 2012 11:38am
Off-Beat And Unexpected—Assateague Island National Seashore
Most points along the Atlantic shorelines of the United States are polluted by the lights of crowded cities when the sun goes down. When sitting beneath the stars on the fine sands of Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, you can become distracted by the gleam of lights from Ocean City to the North. But if you peak above, the sky is a pure midnight black with the constellations brightly shining.
- By Brenda Boitson - August 26th, 2012 3:00am
