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What Does Four Million Visits Mean To Acadia?

Whether you visited Acadia once or many times in 2021, chances are you noted an uptick in the number of visitors in the park. Now, that uptick is quantified: Acadia National Park set a record of 4.07 million estimated visits in 2021.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 4th, 2022 2:30am

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Protect Aquatic Species And Habitats In Montana, Wyoming And Utah

Two dams in the Virgin River inside Zion National Park in Utah will be removed to improve fisheries with funds from the Biden administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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By NPT Staff - May 4th, 2022 2:30am

Authorities Seek Information On Human Remains Found At Lake Mead

Dropping water levels at Lake Mead National Recreation Area have revealed a barrel with human remains tied to an apparent murder possibly dating to the 1970s.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 3rd, 2022 3:51pm

Halifax Citadel Ready To Open New Signature Exhibit

The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site — one of Canada’s most-visited national historic sites and a Halifax tourism icon — has a new $5 million ($3.9 million USD) signature interpretive exhibit.

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By NPT Staff - May 3rd, 2022 2:45am

Aggressive Stallion Moved From Assateague Island National Seashore

A stallion that got too used to human handouts and became aggressive in his pursuit of them has been moved from Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland to a wildlife sanctuary in Texas.

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By Compiled From N... - May 3rd, 2022 2:45am

A 10,000-Year History Of Geo-Ecological Change In Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin

Today, Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone is a treeless plain characterized by steaming ground, geysers, and mudpots. But thousands of years ago, it was heavily forested with less hydrothermal activity. Lake sediments tell the tale.

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By NPT Staff - May 3rd, 2022 2:30am

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Gros Morne Trail Closes To Protect Rock Ptarmigan

The summit of Gros Morne Mountain, which includes the 8-kilometre (5-mile) Summit Trail, is closed May 1 to June 23 to protect rock ptarmigan, caribou and arctric hare in Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park during critical weeks of reproduction and growth.

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By NPT Staff - May 2nd, 2022 2:45am

Montezuma Well Trail Closed To Protect Maternity Habitat For Townsend's Big-Eared Bat

So as not to disturb Townsend's big-eared bats that breed at Montezuma Well, a unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, the trail to the Swallet Caves at the well will be closed through July.

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By Compiled From N... - May 2nd, 2022 2:45am

NPS Moving Ahead To Rebuild Portion Of Road At Theodore Roosevelt National Park

The National Park Service has decided to move ahead with rebuilding a roughly 6-mile stretch of the South Unit Loop Road at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

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By Compiled From N... - May 2nd, 2022 2:30am

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National Parks Traveler Webinar: An Independent National Park Service

Jonathan and Destry Jarvis have been fighting for the national parks for more than 50 years and have now co-authored a book that details their battles, inside and outside the National Park Service. On Tuesday May 17 the two will sit down with the National Parks Traveler Editor Kurt Repanshek to discuss their new book, National Parks Forever, Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case For Independence.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 2nd, 2022 2:30am

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