Reader Participation Day: Should The Hetch Hetchy Valley In Yosemite National Park Be Drained And Restored?
Should the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park be drained of its reservoir and restored?
Fish Barrier Installed In Glacier National Park To Block Non-Native Fish From Reaching Quartz Lakes
The Quartz Creek Fish Barrier Modification and Improvement Project in Glacier National Park was recently completed on Quartz Creek to prevent additional non-native fish from reaching Quartz Lake.
- By NPT Staff - September 26th, 2012 2:52am
Can't Make It To Glacier Bay National Park? Check Out The Bartlett Cove Webcam!
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a hard place to reach any time of year, let alone the fall. But that doesn't mean you can glimpse this beautiful corner of Alaska.
- By NPT Staff - September 26th, 2012 2:03am
Hiker Dies On Bright Angel Trail In Grand Canyon National Park
An unidentified man collapsed and died Tuesday morning on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park.
- By NPT Staff - September 25th, 2012 6:22pm
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
