National Parks Traveler

This week’s quiz will find out just how much you remember about one of the most influential programs in National Park Service history. Answers are at the end. If we catch you guessing we’ll make you explain how the visitor center design strategies employed by Los Angeles-based Neutra and Alexander differed from those of San Francisco-based Malone & Hooper.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2011 1:43pm

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Yosemite National Park Rockfall Sprays Cars Near The Ahwahnee Hotel

Eight-hundred tons of rock plunged to the ground behind the Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park the other day, injuring no one but damaging a windshield in a parked car.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 3rd, 2009 11:06am

What's Up Next For Voyageurs National Park's Book Club?

What do you do to pass winter in Minnesota's north country? Why, read books, of course. And if you live close to Voyageurs National Park, you become involved in the park's book club.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2009 7:03pm

How Can Yosemite National Park's Magnificent Vistas Be Preserved?

To say Yosemite National Park is an eyeful is an understatement. Everywhere you look it seems there's something to fix your gaze on -- Half Dome, Glacier Point, El Capitan, Tenya Lake. But how can we preserve those vistas for future generations?

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 3rd, 2009 9:31am

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Mammoth Cave National Park Still Reeling From Ice Storm

Crews at Mammoth Cave National Park have their hands full trying to clean up the park after last week's powerful storm, which downed trees and power lines throughout the park. For the time-being, the park is open under "emergency status."

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2009 3:12pm

On Stimulus Packages, Lobbyists, and Congressfolk

If you've been paying any attention to how Congress is treating the National Park System in terms of the economic stimulus package, you'd have to agree there are a few interesting, and possibly even amusing, side stories.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2009 2:56pm

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"Inland Tsunami" at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area Wasn't the First of Its Kind

What some media reports have referred to as an "inland tsunami" occurred on January 16, 2009, at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area —and this impressive wave was not the first of its kind at the lake.

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By Jim Burnett - January 31st, 2009 8:04pm

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Having a Bad Day? Consider the Plight of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

If you think you're having a tough day at work, perhaps a look at the challenges facing the staff at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will provide a little perspective.

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By Jim Burnett - October 29th, 2011 10:55am

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Pruning the Parks: Papago Saguaro National Monument (1914-1930)

Proclaimed on January 31, 1914, Arizona’s Papago Saguaro National Monument became the first national monument to be abolished. It was transferred out of the National Park System in 1930, basically because it was being trashed.