Around The Parks | Events You Can Attend
With summer unofficially here, events around the National Park System that you can attend are popping up.
- By Compiled From N... - June 7th, 2023 2:30am
Traveler's View | Expanding The National Park System
Raise the prospect of expanding the National Park System and you'll like illicit one of two responses, either, "That's great!," or, "Why bother, the National Park Service doesn't have the staffing or funding it needs to properly maintain what it has."
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 6th, 2023 3:00am
What To Expect At Parks Canada's Mainland Nova Scotia Sites In 2023
Four Parks Canada sites in mainland Nova Scotia have opened for the season and two more are poised to open this month.
- By NPT Staff - June 6th, 2023 2:45am
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Unveils New Campground Plant Walk
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve has opened camping for this year’s summer visitor season, with reservable campsites available until Sept. 30.
- By NPT Staff - June 5th, 2023 2:45am
Dragonflies: The Canaries For Mercury In National Parks
It was a warm, sunny day at Veterans Lake in Chickasaw National Recreation Area: butterflies fluttering, frogs hopping, and birds singing. I stepped to the edge of the lake, a long-handled net in my hand. I poked it into the algae-filled water, jabbing at plants rooted in the muck. I pulled the net up and peered insid
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 4th, 2023 3:00am
Op-Ed | It's Time To Designate A National Petroglyph
If one looks to distant continents, they will see deserts and mountains, many similar to ours. Carved in stone are wildlife figures, some 10,000 years old. The inscriptions celebrate the essence of being – spirit, animal, earth, and sky.
- By NPT Staff - June 4th, 2023 3:00am
Parks Canada Collaborates With Innu First Nation Of Ekuanitshit
Parks Canada has announced that it acquired l’Île du Havre de Mingan last year, one of three private islands that had not yet been annexed to Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve during its establishment in Quebec.
- By NPT Staff - June 4th, 2023 2:45am
Halls Crossing Boat Ramp At Lake Powell Open To All Watercraft
Spring runoff continues to raise the elevation of Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, where National Park Service staff say the Halls Crossing Boat Ramp can now be used by all watercraft.
- By Compiled From N... - June 4th, 2023 2:30am
Interior Officials Urged To Support NPS Rule On Hunting And Trapping In Alaskan Preserves
Top Interior Department officials have been urged by former National Park Service managers in Alaska to support the Park Service's proposed changes to hunting and trapping regulations in national preserves in the state.
Trails I’ve Hiked: Delicate Arch Trail
There are must-do hikes in many parks and Delicate Arch Trail in Arches National Park is one of them. This 3-mile (4.8 km) roundtrip hike up and over slickrock to a sandstone arch so famous it’s on the Utah state license plate is extremely popular and with good reason. It’s a trail contributing photographer Rebecca Latson has hiked and it’s one you can hike, too.
- By Rebecca Latson - June 3rd, 2023 3:00am
