Plane Missing Since December Found In Yosemite National Park Backcountry
A single-engine plane and its pilot missing over Yosemite National Park since last December have been found.
- By NPT Staff - July 8th, 2013 7:19pm
Traveler's Five Picks For New National Parks
Creating national parks doesn't happen every day. Lately, it seems the quickest way to create one is to legislatively redesignate a national monument as a national park. But it doesn't hurt to dream, does it? Here are five picks from the Traveler for new national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 8th, 2013 2:56am
Alaska National Parks Helping Inventory Permafrost To Monitor Climate Change
In Alaska, where about 80 percent of the landscape has been identified as being permafrost, National Park Service scientists are working with several partners to inventory those lands to better monitor climate-change impacts.
- By NPT Staff - July 8th, 2013 2:34am
Exploring The Parks: Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site tells the story of President Carter's humble rural beginnings and his life after his presidency. Plains, Georgia is also a fun place to visit.
- By [email protected] - July 8th, 2013 2:20am
Volunteers Honored At Great Smoky Mountains National Park For Thousands Of Hours Of Service
Volunteers are a large part of the national park community, donating time and sweat to help improve their favorite park. At Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials recently honored some volunteers who eclipsed 5,000 hours of service to the park.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Rangers On Mission To Keep Plants From Going Extinct
As lush and overgrown as the landscape at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park might appear, there are some plants that are at risk of going extinct. To prevent that from happening, park rangers have been working to collect seeds of four extremely rare plants.
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- By NPT Staff - July 7th, 2013 2:52am
Sand Island At Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Closed To All Visitors Due To Bears
Continued aggressiveness by one or more black bears at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin have forced park officials to close Sand Island to all visitors until further notice.
- By NPT Staff - July 7th, 2013 2:40am
Inexperience, Poor Planning Tied To Canyoneering Accidents Outside Zion National Park
Inexperience and errors of judgment, two factors often cited in accidents and injuries in the National Park System, played a role in two recent canyoneering accidents just outside Zion National Park.
- By NPT Staff - July 7th, 2013 2:39am
The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming....To Salem Maritime National Historic Site
The calendar will be turned back a few centuries later this month when re-enactors stage a British encampment at Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts.
Fluke Fire Burning Atop Sequoia Tree Leads To Small Closure Of Congress Trail At Sequoia National Park
A fluke fire burning in the crown of a giant sequoia has prompted the partial closure of the Congress Trail at Sequoia National Park.
