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With Tropical Storm Debby continuing to strengthen Sunday and expected to reach the Big Bend of Florida as a Hurricane, the threat of more than a foot of rain and a storm surge of maybe four feet prompted Fort Pulaski National Monument and Cumberland Island National Seashore, both in Georgia, to announce they would close Monday to prepare for the storm.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 4th, 2024 1:45pm

Grand Canyon Returns To Water Conservation Measures

Grand Canyon National Park's up again, down again water system is down again, forcing water conservation measures for the South Rim.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 4th, 2024 1:20pm

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National Park Service Working To Reduce Whale Collisions At Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve staff, worried about injuries and deaths relating to humpback whale collisions with ships, are working to reduce the number of collisions.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 4th, 2024 2:30am

Review | The Heart Of The Wild: Essays On Nature, Conservation, And The Human Future

As the human species floods Earth, changing the climate, driving species to extinction, exploiting and degrading the natural world in many ways to provide for the needs and wants of eight and soon ten billion people, questions rise like mosquitoes out of wet summer grass.

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By John Miles - August 4th, 2024 5:28am

PEER: House Interior Department Budget Would Further Gut NPS LE Rangers

The Interior Department appropriations bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would further gut the ranks of law enforcement rangers in the National Park Service, putting both visitors and natural resources in the park system at greater risk, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 5th, 2024 4:13pm

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UPDATE | Tropical Storm Debby Has Parks Bracing For Weather

A tropical depression that transformed into Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday prompted Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Florida to close, while visitors to Dry Tortugas National Park were warned that the bad weather could delay emergency response.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 3rd, 2024 7:47pm

BASE Jumper Falls 500 Feet To His Death At Grand Canyon National Park

A man who tried to BASE jump from the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park fell hundreds of feet to his death in the attempt.

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By Compiled From N... - August 2nd, 2024 4:12pm

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Acadia National Park Seeking Three Who Violated Wildlife Closure

Acadia National Park rangers are hoping to learn the identities of three individuals who violated a closure order in place to protect nesting peregrine falcons on the east face of Champlain Mountain.

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By Compiled From N... - August 2nd, 2024 12:08pm

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National Park Foundation Gives $2 Million To Help Build Housing For Acadia National Park Employees

The National Park Foundation is contributing $2 million to the effort to build housing for Acadia National Park employees.

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By NPT Staff - August 2nd, 2024 2:30am

Isle Royale National Park Opens Marine Debris Exhibit

Isle Royale National Park, with support and funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, has unveiled an exhibit in the Rock Harbor Auditorium about the impacts of marine debris on the park and Lake Superior.