Body Found Below Cliff At Mount Rainier National Park
A body was found Monday at the base of a cliff in Mount Rainier National Park, marking the tenth fatality in the park this year.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2012 6:16pm
Birding In The National Parks: Rare Bird Shows Up At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
So, you’re a birder looking to add a nifty pelagic species like the Great Shearwater to your list. Where do you go? Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, perhaps?
- By Kirby Adams - September 25th, 2012 2:58am
Full "Harvest Moon" Tours Of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse This Saturday
If thunderstorms in the forecast vanish, a climb up the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse this Saturday night could be spectacular thanks to the rise of a full harvest moon over Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2012 2:34am
Deer Culling To Resume Next Month In Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site
Deer culling operations will resume next month in Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site as officials continue to reduce the white-tailed deer population to prevent over-browsing of vegetation.
Fall In Yellowstone ... Means Winter And Road Closures Aren't Far Off
Fall visits to national parks can often turn out to be some of the best of the year. You can smell the seasonal change in the air, see it in the reds, browns, yellows and golds flecking the hillsides, feel it in the leaves crunching beneath your feet, and hear it in the bugling elk.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2012 2:03am
Blue Ridge Parkway Closure Points To Source Of Past Failures
Another Blue Ridge Parkway road closure this fall and winter points to the aging infrastructure that undermines this scenic road, the most visited unit of the National Park Service.
- By Randy Johnson - September 24th, 2012 2:57am
Op-Ed: Park Service Finds Support For Protecting Marine Wilderness After Lengthy Drakes Estero Assessment
The recent National Research Council (NRC) report on the National Park Service’s draft environmental plan of Drakes Estero’s future has provided Interior Secretary Salazar with even further support to protect this valuable estuary in Point Reyes National Seashore
Man Fined, Banned From Grand Canyon National Park, For Guiding Without A Permit
A man who was guiding backpack trips in Grand Canyon National Park without a permit has been fined and banned from visiting the park for a year.
- By NPT Staff - September 24th, 2012 2:32am
Campfires Banned In Parts Of North Cascades National Park Complex
The National Park Service has placed a ban on campfires in portions of Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park.
- By NPT Staff - September 24th, 2012 2:25am
Joshua Tree National Park Peak Named In Honor Of Minerva Hoyt
A mountain in Joshua Tree National Park has been officially named after Minerava Hoyt in honor of her efforts to see the park designated.
- By NPT Staff - September 24th, 2012 2:19am
