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National Park Service Quiet About Record 2024 Visitation

There was no press release, no sparkling quote from the National Park Service's acting director, no agency public conversation about the record 331.9 million people who explored the National Park System in 2024.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 6th, 2025 1:34pm

Genetic Analysis Shows Just One Interbreeding Bison Population In Yellowstone National Park

A new round of genetic analysis has concluded that there is just one interbreeding bison population in Yellowstone National Park, not two genetically distinct populations.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 6th, 2025 2:30am

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Federal Employee Terminations

A coalition of organizations, including the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists, have sued the Trump administration over the firings of thousands of federal workers, arguing that it risks visitor safety and wildlife protection in national parks and forests.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2025 1:37pm

Cashless Lawsuit Revived Against National Park Service

Efforts to end the National Park Service's growing policy not to accept cash at sites in the National Park System have been revived with an amended complaint filed in federal court in Washington.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2025 1:04pm

National Park Facilities From Alaska To Florida Targeted For Closure

National park headquarters facilities, visitor centers, archaeological centers, and even storage facilities for historic artifacts are among the National Park Service facilities targeted for closure by the Trump administration, according to a list provided by U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 4th, 2025 1:15pm

Park Employees Lose Jobs Despite Excellent Performance Reviews

On the cusp of careers envisioned to last decades, fired National Park Service employees are left wondering about what might have been.

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By Lori Sonken - March 4th, 2025 11:11am

Remains Of Missing Hiker Found At Mesa Verde National Park

A little more than a year after an Indiana man failed to return from a hike on the Petroglyph Point Trail at Mesa Verde National Park, his remains have been found.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 4th, 2025 10:36am

A Day In The Park: Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky celebrates the world’s longest known cave system at over 426 miles (686 km), home to unique wildlife (eyeless fish and transparent cave shrimp), unique history (saltpetre mining and TB huts), and unique geology (karst topography, speleothems, and fossil sharks).

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By Rebecca Latson - March 3rd, 2025 3:00am

The Nose Knows When Volcanoes Stir

Though equipment couldn't detect the gassing of a volcano, nearby residents smelled it.

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By justin.housman - March 3rd, 2025 2:45am

Association Of National Park Rangers Voices Concerns Over Impacts To National Park Service

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged to reinstate positions the National Park Service lost through the Valentine's Day mass termination of federal employees, to fill the positions lost through those who opted to take the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, and to not "decimate the world’s most prestigious National Park System."

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 3rd, 2025 2:30am