Reader Participation Day Bonus: How Many National Park-Designated Units of the National Park System Have You Visited?
To help you with your tally, here’s a list of all 58.
Traveler’s Checklist: Congaree National Park
What can you say about a place that’s an International Biosphere Reserve, a Globally Important Bird Area, a National Natural Landmark, a federally designated Wilderness Area, and an Outstanding National Resource Waters designee? Well, for one thing, you can say “Go visit it!”
- By Bob Janiskee - April 19th, 2010 3:55am
Crews Searching For Fishers in Yosemite National Park
Olympic National Park has been a relatively successful landscape for a program to restore a stable population of fishers on the landscape. Against that success, biologists are wondering how Yosemite National Park's fisher population is doing.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 19th, 2010 2:27am
Free Shuttle into Grand Canyon National Park from Neighboring Tusayan a Plus for Visitors
If you're visiting the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park this summer, the NPS wants to help you avoid waiting in a line of cars at the park entrance—and wasting time looking for a parking space once you get in the gate. Here's what you need to know about the free shuttle to and from the neighboring town of Tusayan
Spring Is A Good Time To Be Thinking About River Trips In the National Park System
Snowmelt's running around the National Park System, which makes it a perfect time to start thinking about paddling trips in the parks. Here are some ideas, and contacts, that can help you get wet in the months ahead.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 19th, 2010 2:08am
Training for Volunteer Weed Watchers Coming Up at Point Reyes National Seashore
If you mention the terms "weed" and "California" in the same sentence, some people will make an assumption about the subject at hand. NPS areas in the San Francisco area are looking for some volunteer "weed watchers," and the purpose of this project may be different than you expect.
- By Jim Burnett - April 19th, 2010 2:01am
Grand Canyon National Park to Host Third Annual "Celebrate Wildlife Day” on May 1st
On May 1, Grand Canyon National Park’s annual “Celebrate Wildlife Day” will offer great opportunities for visitors to learn about the park’s fascinating wildlife and the work of the biologists who study them.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 18th, 2010 2:55am
Listen To the Interview: Trevor Thomas Heading North on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
Taking on the 2,650-mile-long Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail is a tough challenge for anyone, and doubly so for a blind hiker. Trevor Thomas, who already has thru-hiked the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, is up to the challenge. In this interview with the Traveler, he explains how he lost his sight and his ambitions as a long-distance hiker.
Blind Hiker Trevor Thomas Tackles Pacific Crest Trail One Step At A Time
Next time you head out for a hike, either close your eyes tightly or wrap a bandana around your head and see how far you can make it down the trail without straying or falling down. Then imagine doing that for 2,650 miles. Trevor Thomas, a blind hiker, hopes to cover that distance on the Pacific Crest Trail before the autumn snows pike up.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 18th, 2010 2:14am
Jane Goodall, Tom Mangelsen Choose Hope Over Spite
In the language of conservation biology, there is a term called “the Lazarus Syndrome.” It pertains to a species, written off as extinct, that later is found to exist. Today, ornithologists are debating and hoping that the near-mythical Ivory-billed woodpecker might qualify.
- By Todd Wilkinson - April 18th, 2010 2:11am
