The Best Of Glacier National Park
Alan Leftridge's guide to Glacier National Park is a well-organized, valuable resource for visitors
- By Patrick Cone - August 11th, 2014 2:37am
Made In America: National Park Concessionaires Offering More Items Made In America
Next time you find yourself in a gift shop at a national park, check out where the items were made. You just might be surprised that a majority of the items are made in America, with fewer and fewer bearing an oval gold-and-black 'Made in China' sticker on them.
- By Carli Jones - August 11th, 2014 2:09am
Staying Safe In Bear Country In The National Parks
How can you keep from running into a bear and an ugly situation in the backcountry of a national park? Check out this short video for some tips. Though produced by the National Park Service's Alaska branch, the tips can apply to any park where there are bears.
- By NPT Staff - August 10th, 2014 2:41am
Grant To Help Monitor, Protect Hawksbill Turtles At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
The hawksbill turtle, an endangered species, will receive some help from a National Park Foundation grant that will support efforts at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to protect the reptile and improve its habitat at the park.
- By NPT Staff - August 10th, 2014 2:15am
Traveler's View: Packrafting Deserves Consideration In Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks
At Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, the National Park Service should welcome a discussion into a form of backcountry travel that, if properly managed, need not alter the decades-long experience of visiting these two magnificent parks, but rather enhance it for a small number of wilderness travelers.
Biscayne National Park Rangers Go Wireless To Track Crime
Call it a sign of the times. Law enforcement rangers at Biscayne National Park in Florida have gone wireless with their computer systems in an effort to better track crime, and criminals, in the park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 9th, 2014 2:22am
Man Hopes To Run Entire Length Of Blue Ridge Parkway For Charity Fundraiser
A North Carolina man plans to begin an ambitious attempt to run the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway on August 9, and hopes to complete the 469-mile trip in only nine days. His purpose is to raise money for a camp that serves special needs kids and for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.
- By Jim Burnett - August 8th, 2014 2:56am
Cape Lookout National Seashore ORV Plan Open For Comment Through Early September
Off-road vehicles would be able to travel most of Cape Lookout National Seashore under a draft management plan, which also would create three "pedestrian only" areas on the seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 8th, 2014 2:27am
Survey Shows Visitors Would Support Higher Entrance Fees To See Yellowstone National Park Bears
Bears in Yellowstone National Park and visitors who watch bears cost money, both in terms of the park's approach to bear management, and its approach to "bear jams" on the park's roads. And, interestingly, a study shows that a majority of Yellowstone visitors would pay as much $50 extra dollars in entrance fees to ensure the opportunity to see bears in the park.
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Unmanned Drone Crashes Into Famous Hot Spring At Yellowstone National Park
A ban on the use of drones in National Park Service areas has become a hot topic this summer, and that was literally the case last weekend at Yellowstone National Park when one of the unmanned aircraft crashed into the largest hot spring in the park. Park officials now have to figure out what threat the debris may pose to the spring itself.
- By Jim Burnett - August 7th, 2014 11:41am
