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Photography In The National Parks: Always Be A National Parks Traveler

Contributing photographer and writer Rebecca Latson has spent the past 11 years with the National Parks Traveler, writing about tips and techniques for getting the best national park photos – no matter what camera you use. In her final article for the Traveler before it goes dark on December 31, 2023, Rebecca recaps some of those tips and techniques.

Coalition To Protect America's National Parks Relies On National Parks Traveler

In addition to the National Parks Traveler's audience of roughly 2.5 million readers and podcast listeners, there are more than a few organizations that turn to the Traveler to stay on top of news and issues from around the National Park System and involving the National Park Service.

Over A Century Of Yellowstone River Streamflow Measurements At Corwin Springs, MT

John Wesley Powell, the second Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1881 to 1894 and explorer of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, recognized that water availability was a significant challenge in the western United States. During Powell’s USGS tenure, systematic inventorying of streams and their flows in the USA began in earnest.

Next Solar Eclipse, In April, Expected to Attract Upwards Of 4 Million Tourists

While this year's annular solar eclipse didn't attract as many folks as some chamber bureaus along the route expected, the upcoming total solar eclipse that arrives in April could prompt as many as 4 million people to travel to areas in the eclipse's path of totality hoping to catch the event.

A Pūpū Platter Of Earthquakes

A pūpū platter is an assortment of appetizers commonly served at social gatherings in Hawaii. During one week in December 2023, Island of Hawaiʻi residents and visitors were treated to an assortment of earthquakes resulting from a variety of different geologic processes, like a pūpū platter of earthquakes!