White-Nose Syndrome Turns Up At Carlsbad Cavern National Park
White-nose syndrome, a disease often fatal to bats, has turned up in Carlsbad Cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.
- By NPT Staff - May 31st, 2024 2:30am
On The Ground On The Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Somewhere in the ten miles from the visitor center at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area in St. Paul, Minnesota, across the river to Minneapolis, I crossed an invisible line. It would have risen like a wall of ice, perhaps a mile high, just 15,000 years ago – a line demarcating the extent of the last glaciation.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 31st, 2024 2:30am
Stranded Denali Climbers Hunkered Down In Snow Cave Awaiting Rescue
Two climbers, exhausted and battling hypothermia, remained stuck Thursday high on Denali where they were awaiting rescue in a "crude snow cave." Climbing rangers from Denali National Park were awaiting a break in the weather at a high camp at 17,200 feet on the 20,310-foot mountain, roughly 2,400 feet below the stranded climbers.
- By Compiled From N... - May 30th, 2024 2:34pm
Rocky Mountain National Park Sticking With Timed-Entry Reservations Plan
The use of timed-entry reservations to enter Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado during the busiest months of the year has been made permanent by park officials.
- By Compiled From N... - May 30th, 2024 1:29pm
Two Climbers Stranded On Denali By Frostbite, Hypothermia, A Third Airlifted Off
Two climbers were stranded Wednesday high on Denali by frostbite and hypothermia, while another member of their team who had managed to descend part of the way from the 20,310-foot summit was rescued.
Shooting On Blue Ridge Parkway Leads To Road Closure
A shooting Wednesday on the Blue Ridge Parkway wounded an individual and led to closure of a roughly 12-mile stretch of the famed roadway while officers searched for the shooter.
- By Compiled From N... - May 29th, 2024 3:38pm
In a National Park Devoted To Jazz, The Rangers Are Musicians
Halfway through a one-hour set, the Arrowhead Jazz Band stops for 15 minutes and invites questions from the audience. It’s an unusual move from an even more unusual band made up partly of park rangers.
- By Jennifer Bain - May 29th, 2024 3:00am
U.S. Poet Laureate To Launch Nationwide Poetry Project During Visit To Cape Cod
Seven national parks, including Cape Cod National Seashore, were selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to be part of her signature project “You are Here: Poetry in Parks.”
Scotts Bluff National Monument Summit Closure for Herbicide Application
Trails atop the bluff at Scotts Bluff National Monument offer a great view of the landscape early settlers passed through. If you're hoping to enjoy that view, don't plan to visit the national monument on June 5-7, when crews will be spraying invasive plant species.
- By Compiled From N... - May 29th, 2024 2:30am
Another House Collapses At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Crews were expected Tuesday afternoon to begin cleaning up the debris from an unoccupied house that collapsed into the ocean at Rodanthe, North Carolina, in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It marked the sixth time in the past four years that the ocean has claimed a house on the seashore.
- By Compiled From N... - May 28th, 2024 1:17pm
