Spring Arriving At Grand Teton National Park
With winter losing its grip, staff at Grand Teton National Park is working to open up access for visitors.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 4th, 2025 2:30am
UPDATE | Interior Secretary Orders National Parks To Be Open And Accessible
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday ordered that the National Park Service ensure that the National Park System "is properly staffed to support the operating hours and needs of each park unit."
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2025 6:46pm
Parts Of Cataloochee Area At Great Smoky Mountains National Park Opening
Portions of the Cataloochee Valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina are scheduled to open at noon local time Friday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2025 11:59am
White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed At Rocky Mountain National Park
White-nose syndrome, a disease that is fatal to bats and which has been moving across the country in recent years, has been detected in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2025 11:16am
Crater Lake National Park Boat Tours Shuttered For Two Or More Years
A number of repair projects will require Cleetwood Cove at Crater Lake National Park to be closed for two or more years, meaning there will be no boat tours of the lake during that period.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2025 2:30am
UPDATE | Isle Royale National Park's Ferry Stuck In Dock Without Engineers
Reaching Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior could be hard this summer, as the National Park Service's ferry that normally takes visitors to the park is stuck in dock without an engineering crew.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 2nd, 2025 12:21pm
What We're Hearing From Yosemite National Park
A lack of staffing at Yosemite National Park, and the decision to open campgrounds, has raised the prospect of existing staff being unable to maintain restrooms as visitors head to the park for some R&R.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 2nd, 2025 10:45am
UPDATE | Army Troops Sent to Big Bend Region, Including National Park, For Border Patrol
U.S. Army troops, supported with ponderous, eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles, could soon be deployed inside Big Bend National Park, if they are not there already, to support Border Patrol agents working to secure the border.
Tennessee's Secret City Has A Nuclear Story To Tell
To be honest, I have no clue what I’m looking at beyond the fact that it’s a key object in the World War II-era race to develop the world’s first atomic weapons before Nazi Germany. There is a giant wall full of holes that reminds me of a Lite-Brite toy, mannequin men with rods and a legend that talks about donut, iodine and uranium fuel slugs.
- By Jennifer Bain - April 2nd, 2025 2:30am
Big Bend's Water Woes
Spring-break crowds, drought conditions, and a poor water source recently created quite the problem at Big Bend National Park, a problem that required the Big Bend Conservancy to bail out the National Park Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 1st, 2025 12:09pm
