Search Underway For Missing Hiker At Olympic National Park
A search is ongoing for a hiker overdue in the backcountry of Olympic National Park in Washington state.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 8:33am
National Park Service Looking To Reduce Illegal Predator Hunting In National Preserves In Alaska
Annual problems with predator hunting in national preserves in Alaska have prompted the National Park Service to propose a permanent federal prohibition against certain hunting practices.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 3:28am
Volunteer Labor At Olympic National Park And Outsourcing Ranger Tours At Cumberland Island National Seashore
National parks, strapped for funding, are turning more to volunteer labor and outsourcing jobs previously conducted by rangers to make ends meet.
A Fall Escape Into Grand Canyon National Park
My 10-year-old daughter, Alex, and I follow the steep and rugged New Hance Trail on a nearly 5,000-vertical-foot march down into the Earth’s most-famous hole in the ground. The sky seems to levitate steadily higher above us, but it’s just a trick played on the eyes by the severe topography of the Grand Canyon: As we slowly descend deeper, burgundy rock walls creep higher, pushing the cerulean dome overhead farther away from us.
- By Michael Lanza - September 7th, 2014 2:49am
Collecting Marine Debris At Everglades And Biscayne National Parks
Earlier this year we shared a video of a garbage cleanup at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Today we have a video of garbage -- marine debris -- collected at national park landscapes in south Florida.
- By NPT Staff - September 7th, 2014 2:46am
Free Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Installed For Public Use At Point Reyes National Seashore
Visitors to Point Reyes National Seashore who drive electric vehicles (EV) can now get a literal charge out of their trip by using one of three new EV charging stations recently installed at the park. The chargers, which are operated on a first-come, first-serve basis, were placed in the park at no cost to the National Park Service.
- By Jim Burnett - September 6th, 2014 3:04am
Ancient Dinosaur Fossil Damaged By Thief At Dinosaur National Monument
Someone with a hankering for a prehistoric dinosaur bone, but with poor theft skills, did considerable damage to a fossilized bone on the Fossil Discovery Trail in Dinosaur National Monument. Anyone who provides information as to the thief that leads to their conviction will be rewarded with $750 from the National Park Service.
- By NPT Staff - September 5th, 2014 6:04pm
Cape Lookout National Seashore Extends Comment Period For ORV Management Plan
Off-road vehicle access, one of the most contentious issues in some corners of the National Park System, is the focus of a planning effort at Cape Lookout National Seashore, where officials have extended a comment period on the matter until September 19.
- By NPT Staff - September 5th, 2014 2:24am
Yosemite Meditations For Adventurers
Words, it long has been said, take a backseat to photographs, but a collection of messages tied to the landscape of Yosemite National Park rise above the pictures.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2014 2:17am
Everglades Foundation Works With National Park Service To Benefit Cape Sable
A grant of nearly $150,000 from the Everglades Foundation will help the National Park Service pay for the cost of an environmental assessment of canals that are harming the ecosystem of Cape Sable.
- By NPT Staff - September 5th, 2014 2:08am
