Op-Ed | In The National Park Service, No Deep State, Only Deep Concern For The Future Of America’s Best Idea
Firing federal employees without regard for the importance of their work or the consequence of their loss is not smart - or justified.
What Do Volcanologists Learn From Ashfall Maps?
How do volcanologists determine the height of eruptive plumes from Yellowstone’s past explosive eruptions? Ironically, you have to dig into the ground to get the answer.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 25th, 2025 2:30am
Jamestown Is Drowning
Amid rising water levels, some of the country's oldest and most valuable historical artifacts are at risk of being lost forever.
- By Kim O'Connell - March 25th, 2025 2:30am
A Day In The Park: Yosemite National Park
Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But there is so much more to see and do within it’s 1,200 square miles of rivers, meadows, forests, and granite hills of the High Sierra.
- By Rebecca Latson - March 24th, 2025 3:00am
Great Smoky Mountains Heading Into High Season Without All Campgrounds Open
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which ranked third in visitation in 2024, is heading into the high season with a half-dozen of its campgrounds closed for unspecified reasons, but believed to be due to staffing levels.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 24th, 2025 2:30am
Congaree National Park Announces Details For 2025 Firefly Viewing Event
Congaree National Park in South Carolina will be the place to be in May if you want to watch hundreds of fireflies flickering in unison.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2025 2:30am
A Collapse At Mauna Loa's Summit In 1868, Like Kīlauea's In 2018?
March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Kaʻū district. However, this may not have been the only place that saw significant changes during the eruption, since new research suggests a simultaneous collapse at the volcano’s summit—similar to events at Kīlauea in 2018.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2025 2:30am
Ozark National Scenic Riverways Has Updated Its Campground Reservation System
All developed campgrounds and large group sites at Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri are now reservation-only.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 22nd, 2025 2:30am
Jewel Cave National Monument Tours To Halt Temporarily
The need to install an emergency generator at Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota will require a temporary halt in cave tours.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 21st, 2025 2:30am
$2.3 Million Awarded To Protect 172 Acres At Civil, Revolutionary War Battlefields
The National Park Service has awarded $2,289,880.56 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants through the American Battlefield Protection Program to protect 155.39 acres at Civil War battlefields in Mississippi and Virginia, as well as 16.2 acres at a Revolutionary War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 21st, 2025 2:30am
