National Park Service Considering New North Entrance Road For Yellowstone
A search is beginning for an environmentally sensible route for a new North Entrance Road to Yellowstone National Park.
- By Compiled From N... - February 5th, 2024 2:30am
Warm Temperatures Disrupt Wolf-Moose Studies At lsle Royale National Park
Unseasonably warm temperatures led to a halt in this winter's study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park as weak ice conditions made it too dangerous to try to land planes there.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 4th, 2024 2:30am
Applications Being Accepted For Noncommercial Float Trips Through Grand Canyon
The National Park Service is accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park for specific launch dates within calendar year 2025.
- By Compiled From N... - February 4th, 2024 2:30am
Everglades National Park Wilderness Stewardship Plan Being Developed
Nearly all of Everglades National Park is official wilderness, some underwater, most above. With that in mind, the park staff is seeking public comment on a wilderness stewardship plan that will guide the preservation, management, and use of the 97 percent of the park that is designated wilderness.
- By Compiled From N... - February 4th, 2024 5:03am
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #71
It’s time again to test your knowledge about sights, science, and history you might experience while visiting units of the National Park System. Test your knowledge with the 10 questions here. You may know more than you think and you will definitely learn something new through the questions and the trivia.
- By Rebecca Latson - February 3rd, 2024 3:00am
Live Online Program With Four Paleontologists At Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
A special live online program from Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in western Nebraska on February 11 will feature four female paleontologists discussing their current research on fossilized mammals found in or near the national monument or Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
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- By Compiled From N... - February 2nd, 2024 2:45am
Construction Project Begins To Deal With Volcano-Damaged Buildings At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Five years after the eruption of the Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park damaged facilities near the volcano's crater, work has begun to deal with the buildings.
Mammoth Cave Continues To Surprise With Fossilized Sharks
Two new shark species have been identified through fossilized remains discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park, with the news coming just a handful of months after the park announced another new shark species had been described from fossils there.
- By Compiled From N... - February 2nd, 2024 2:30am
Contract Awarded For Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Visitor Center
Canada has announced more than $37 million ($27 million USD) in federal funding for the contract award to construct the Administration and Visitor Centre for Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area.
- By NPT Staff - February 2nd, 2024 2:30am
African Burial Ground National Monument Explores New York's History Of Slavery
For all those who were lost
For all those who were stolen
For all those who were left behind
For all those who were not forgotten
In a sacred sliver of outdoor space near City Hall in Lower Manhattan, those four sentences are etched onto a 24-foot-tall green granite monument alongside a heart-shaped Sankofa, a Ghanian symbol that means “learn from the past to prepare for the future.”
- By Jennifer Bain - August 28th, 2024 6:07am
