Fire Danger Rising In Rocky Mountain Parks
It's early July, and the high heat that's been baking the Southwest is slowly moving north and increasing the fire danger in a number of national parks.
- By NPT Staff - July 10th, 2020 1:30am
New Cycling Route Stretches From Yellowstone To Minnesota
Looking for a new road cycling adventure? There's now an Adventure Cycling Association route from Yellowstone National Park east to Minnesota that takes you pedaling past Devils Tower National Monument, Mount Rushmore National Memorial and into Badlands National Park.
- By NPT Staff - July 10th, 2020 1:30am
How Chamizal National Memorial Came To Be
When the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican-American war that was waged over the United States’ annexation of Texas, it contained an agreement that the Rio Grande River defined the international border between the United States and Mexico. However, this treaty also created the Chamizal dispute.
- By Consuelo Martinez - July 9th, 2020 3:07pm
La Historia Del Monumento Nacional De Chamizal
Cuando el Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo de 1848 puso fin oficialmente a la guerra mexicano-estadounidense que se libró por la anexión de Texas por parte de los Estados Unidos, contenía un acuerdo de que el río Río Grande definía la frontera internacional entre los Estados Unidos y México. Sin embargo, este tratado también creó la disputa Chamizal.
- By Consuelo Martinez - July 9th, 2020 2:46pm
Flying Fish Bolstering Bull Trout Populations At Glacier National Park
It wasn't a long trip, as the crow flies, and it required the help of a helicopter and a hatchery, but so far it appears that efforts to bolster the bull trout population in Glacier National Park in Montana are proving successful.
- By NPT Staff - July 9th, 2020 2:00am
Covid-19 Concerns Shut Down Public Transportation At Stehekin In North Cascades National Park
It's going to be somewhat difficult to get around the Stehekin area of North Cascades National Park following the decision to discontinue transportation services there this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Raise A Pint For National Parks Conservation Association
From now through September you can raise money for the National Parks Conservation Association simply by raising a pint of beer.
- By NPT Staff - July 9th, 2020 1:30am
9th Circuit Agrees Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies Can't Be Delisted
Politics and a lack of sound science played roles in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's attempt to remove Endangered Species Act protections from Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzlies, a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court ruled Wednesday in upholding a lower court's decision that blocked the delisting.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 8th, 2020 12:42pm
An Abnormal Summer At Acadia National Park
It's an unusually quiet summer at Acadia National Park, where the coronavirus pandemic has ended the streams of cruise ships and out-of-towners, for the most part, have been staying out of town.
- By NPT Staff - July 8th, 2020 2:00am
Condors Return To Sequoia National Park After Nearly 50 Years
A few of the country's most iconic birds decided recently to take in the sights from Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, making it the first time in nearly 50 years that California condors have been spotted there.
- By NPT Staff - July 8th, 2020 1:45am
