Need For Glacier National Park Reservations Going Away
With the peak travel season over, the need for a reservation to enter Glacier National Park in Montana will end on Sunday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 6th, 2024 2:30am
Death Valley National Park Notches Hottest Summer On Record
Death Valley National Park this year recorded the hottest meteorological summer (June-August) on record, with an average 24-hour temperature of 104.5°F (40.3°C). This surpasses the previous record of 104.2°F (40.1°C), set in 2021 and 2018, according to a release from the park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 6th, 2024 2:30am
Slovenia’s Triglav National Park, Where A Flower Symbolizes Nature’s Power And Ability To Avenge
Slovenia’s most famous legend explains the unusually jagged peaks, about a dozen lakes, glacier-carved valleys and gorges in Triglav National Park, its only national park, as well as the Triglav rose.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 12th, 2024 2:06am
Petroleum Contamination Leads To Beach Closure At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Wave action has brought to the surface petroleum-contaminated soils at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, prompting the National Park Service to temporarily close a section of beach.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024 3:34pm
Traveler's View: National Park Service Has Its Blinders On At Cumberland Island
A decade after the National Park Service acknowledged feral horses at Cumberland Island National Seashore are a nonnative species that has damaged natural, cultural, and historical resources and that a management plan needed to be developed for them, the agency still lacks such a plan and has endorsed a defense of legal technicalities to oppose emergency food and water for them.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024 4:43am
Congaree National Park To Remove Feral Hogs
Feral hogs will be removed from Congaree National Park in South Carolina this fall by park staff along with staff from the U.S. Agriculture Department's Animal and Plant Inspection Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024 2:30am
SCA Crews To Remove Invasive Species At Indiana Dunes National Park
A five-person team from the Student Conservation Association will work this fall at Indiana Dunes National Park in Indiana to remove invasive vegetation.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024 2:30am
Plein Air Competition Coming To Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Nearly two dozen established artists will be in Great Smoky Mountains National Park later this month to demonstrate their skills during the annual Plein Air Smokies event staged by Friends of the Smokies.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 4th, 2024 2:30am
Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim Hotels To Reopen Thursday
Hotels on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park have been told they can reopen Thursday following repairs to the aged waterline that carries water to the rim.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 3rd, 2024 2:02pm
DOJ: Judge Should Deny Emergency Food And Water For Cumberland Island Horses
A request that emergency food and water be provided feral horses at Cumberland Island National Seashore should be denied because the court hasn't yet ruled on motions to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the horses are malnourished and damaging the seashore's environment, Justice Department lawyers wrote in opposing the request.
cuis-emergency_feed_response.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 3rd, 2024 1:40pm
