Peregrine Falcon Nesting In Acadia National Park Prompts Closures
Several trails will be closed beginning March 1 in Acadia National Park to protect nesting peregrine falcons.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:30am
Park Advocacy Groups Join Legal Battle To Protect Wilderness Battlefield
More than 160 years after blood was spilled at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War, another battle is ramping up to prevent the hallowed grounds at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park from being sullied by a massive development that would overshadow the Wilderness Battlefield with residential and commercial development, including a massive data processing center.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
Working To Preserve Cashes Ledge, ‘Yellowstone Of The North Atlantic"
An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed the Yellowstone of the Atlantic needs better protection, maintain marine ecologists.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
Wilderness Watch Advocates For New Vision Of Grizzly Bear Protection
Conservation groups have banded together to release a plan for grizzly management.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
NPS Rangers Saved A Man's Life In My Camp
Cuts to NPS and USFS may put public lands users in danger.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
Appalachian Trail Will Suffer From Federal Firing Surge
The Appalachian Trail stands to be impacted by the recent and shocking cuts to the Park Service and the Forest Service.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
More Than 700 National Park Service Staff Quitting
More than 700 National Park Service staff are quitting to take up the Trump administration's offer to resign now but be paid possibly through September, according to an agency memo.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 25th, 2025 2:34pm
Photography In The National Parks: Yellowstone’s Grand Loop Road Part 1
What if you only had a day or two, to spend in Yellowstone National Park? Where would you go? What would you photograph? If you decide to travel the park’s 142-mile Grand Loop Road, a figure-eight shaped route through the park interior, you’ll see (and photograph) plenty. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson gives you an idea of what you might capture with your camera.
- By Rebecca Latson - February 25th, 2025 5:26am
Big Bend National Park Staffers Discover Entirely New Plant Species
A brand new plant species has been discovered in Big Bend National Park.
- By justin.housman - February 25th, 2025 5:26am
Traveler's View | What We Know, What We Don't Know, And What We've Heard
There continue to be many unknowns in terms of National Park Service staffing and operations heading into the busy spring and summer seasons, more unknowns than knowns, unfortunately.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 25th, 2025 5:25am
