Bar Harbor Sued Over Effort To Reduce Cruise Ship Traffic
Bar Harbor, the main gateway to Acadia National Park in Maine, has been sued over local efforts to reduce cruise ship arrivals.
- By NPT Staff - January 4th, 2023 5:13am
Forillon National Park Unveils New Management Plan
Forillon National Park has a new management plan for the first time since 2010.
- By NPT Staff - January 4th, 2023 4:58pm
Hunters Asked To Help Rid Axis Deer From Big Thicket National Preserve
Hunters who hold a valid license in Texas and have a permit for hunting in the Big Sandy Creek Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve can take as many nonnative axis deer that they come across.
- By Compiled From N... - January 3rd, 2023 2:30am
A Mammoth Walk Along Door County's Ice Age Trail Segment
Woolly stands resolutely in a tiny waterfront park near a pizzeria and historic steel bridge in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, posing for endless photos and subtly trying to encourage people to hike the Ice Age National Scenic Trail a few miles in one direction to the eastern terminus or almost 1,200 miles in the other direction to the western terminus on the Minnesota border.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:55am
New Philadelphia National Historic Site
The patch of rural Illinois holds no visible clues to the pre-Civil War history of the landscape, but it is enveloped in stories of aspiration, self-determination, and independence. Here, in western Illinois, not far from the Mississippi River, was where Frank McWorter envisioned a new life for former slaves like himself.
- By Compiled From N... - January 2nd, 2023 2:30am
Dramatic Decline In Winter Bird Populations In Acadia National Park
Since 1971 there has been a drastic decline of the winter bird populations seen in Acadia National Park in Maine, according to a new study.
- By NPT Staff - January 2nd, 2023 2:30am
Several Hundred Cuban Migrants Land At Dry Tortugas National Park
Approximately 300 migrants hoping to reach the United States by boat landed the past few days at Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida, where authorities plan to close the park Monday while law enforcement and medical personnel evaluate the individuals, provide care where necessary, and coordinate their transport to Key West.
- By NPT Staff - January 1st, 2023 2:21pm
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks
As societies around the globe recognize with great concern the declines, drastic in some cases, of wildlife and wild places, the National Park System, a key to preserving nature and its life forms in the United States, is facing a confluence of challenges that could jeopardize efforts to reverse those declines.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Water Worries: Threatened and Endangered Cultural Sites
The cascading effects of climate change, including increasing rain events and rising seas, are causing challenges for cultural resource managers throughout the national park system.
- By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
Working With The Inuit, Parks Canada Resumes Franklin Wreck Research
Piliriqatigiingniq — the Inuit societal value or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) of working together for a common cause — was put into practice by Parks Canada and Inuit in Gjoa Haven with the resumption of research on the wreck of HMS Erebus. The field work continues to provide insights into the conditions of the wreck and its surrounding environment, and further advances understanding of the evolving story of the 1845 Franklin Expedition.
- By NPT Staff - January 1st, 2023 4:57am
