Fall's Arrival Means Fewer Open Roads and Campgrounds To Use at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Some roads and campgrounds soon will be gated closed in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as crews ready the park for winter.
Mammoth Cave National Park Harbors More Than A Few Ghost Stories
With more than 150 documented paranormal events, many of them experienced by credible witnesses such as rangers and scientists, Mammoth Cave National Park easily qualifies for the title “most haunted natural wonder in the world.” Park rangers Colleen O’Connor Olson and Charles Hanion have recorded many of the park’s creepiest tales in their book Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave, a must read for anybody intrigued by the park’s supernatural history.
- By haunted hiker - October 30th, 2009 4:03am
Congress Boosts National Park Service Budget by $130 Million to $2.7 Billion
Congress on Thursday gave the National Park Service a 9 percent budget bump, one that translates into a $130 million boost above the appropriation sought by President Obama. If signed by the president, which is expected to prevent the government from grinding to a halt this weekend, the Park Service's Fiscal 2010 budget will stand at $2.7 billion.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 6:16pm
Search Under Way for Missing Hiker on Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park
Ground and air teams were searching Thursday for a missing 73-year-old hiker who failed to return from a day hike to the summit of Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 5:38pm
Yellowstone National Park's Interior Roads Close For Winter on Monday
If you're planning to visit Yellowstone National Park in the coming days, you better hurry. On Monday all roads through the park's interior will be closed to wheeled vehicles.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 9:39am
Yosemite Fund Provides Nearly $6 Million For Yosemite National Park Improvements
It's well-known that the National Park Service doesn't have all the funding it needs to protect the national parks. That's why contributions, such as the $5.8 million check the Yosemite Fund handed over to Yosemite National Park officials the other day, are so important.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 5:18am
Bison Will Soon Roam Again at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Thirteen bison fresh from Wind Cave National Park will soon be released in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Destined to become one of the preserve's main attractions, the charismatic animals restore an important element of biodiversity and historical character to a national park that was established to protect one of America’s last remaining large tracts of tallgrass prairie.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2009 4:30am
The Ghosts Of Yellowstone National Park
There is perhaps no more ethereal place than the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. There, when the night skies are thick with scudding clouds, ghostly phantoms promenade on the geysers' drifting zephyrs.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 4:16am
It's Official - Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is the Newest NPS Unit
It's a long way from the big city with the same name, and the park's history may not be familiar to many Americans, but Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial has a compelling story, and it's now the newest addition to the National Park System.
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- By Jim Burnett - October 29th, 2009 4:11am
Glacier National Park Officials Working on Wildlife Viewing Plan for Many Glacier Area
Bears jams are pretty cool. The first time you're stuck in one. They get old kinda quickly. Which is one reason why the folks at Glacier National Park are developing a wildlife viewing plan for the Many Glacier area.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2009 4:03am
