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Wind Cave Tours To Resume With Upgraded Elevator

If you like to explore the underbelly of the National Park System, you can now do that at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, where work to upgrade the elevator system that drops you down into the cave has been completed.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 1st, 2025 2:30am

Safety Concerns Raised Over Loss of NPS Employees To Deferred Resignation

Public safety in the National Park System could be jeopardized if a significant number of key National Park Service personnel decide to take the deferred resignation offer being dangled by the Trump administration as a way to reduce the federal workforce.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 31st, 2025 2:30am

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Will Host Open House For Volunteers

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the NPS, are looking for volunteers.

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By justin.housman - January 31st, 2025 2:15am

NPS Is Investigating Vandalism At Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument

The National Park Service is investigating a troubling act of vandalism and theft at Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Kentucky.

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By justin.housman - January 30th, 2025 2:45am

Recalling A Tragedy That Led To Mammoth Cave National Park

Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave a century ago today to explore its prospects as a visitor site and became trapped in a passageway not much wider than his chest, dislodging a 27-pound rock that pinned his leg.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 30th, 2025 2:30am

Will National Park Service Lose Workers To Trump Buyout Offer?

An offer by the Trump administration to pay federal employees to quit is being viewed suspiciously by some in the National Park Service, with some initial thoughts labeling it a scam.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 29th, 2025 10:35am

What The EXPLORE Act Has In Store For Adventure Cyclists

The newly passed EXPLORE Act contained the BOLT Act, which offers the chance for more long-distance bike trails on public lands.

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By justin.housman - January 29th, 2025 2:50am

Operator Sought For Lodging, Food And Retail Business At Badlands National Park

The National Park Service recently issued a prospectus seeking bids for management of Cedar Pass Lodge, the only lodging facility at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 29th, 2025 2:30am

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Effort To Wipe Out Civil Service Protections

President Trump's move to eliminate civil service protections for a wide number of federal employees was challenged Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which maintained the effort exceeds the president's authority.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 4:54pm

UPDATED | Funding Freeze Affects A Wide Range Of Interior Department Projects

A wide array of Interior Department programs, from tribal assistant programs and climate resilience projects to cultural resources management and threatened and endangered species programming, have had their funding frozen by order of the White House budget office.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 2:59pm