$16.2 Million Awarded To Help Preserve African American Civil Rights History
More than $16 million in grants have been awarded to help preserve sites associated with the African American Civil Rights movement in the United States.
Joshua Tree National Park Mulling Use Of Climbing Anchors In Wilderness
Whether climbing anchors are appropriate in wilderness is a controversial issue Joshua Tree National Park staff is dealing with as it crafts a climbing management plan.
- By NPT Staff - May 12th, 2022 2:30am
Quake Shakes Yellowstone, All Normal
A "light" earthquake shook Yellowstone National Park gently Wednesday morning, but geologists say there was nothing unusual about it.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 11th, 2022 12:14pm
Manassas National Battlefield Park Considered Threatened By Proposed Data Center
A proposal to build a sprawling digital data center next to Manassas National Battlefield Park has landed the park on the 2022 list of Virginia's "Most Endangered Historic Places."
National Park Service Corps Programs Benefit From National Park Foundation Investment
Myriad programs addressing everything from climate-change impacts in the National Park System to trail building and environmental stewardship are gaining traction through $4.1 million in grants from the National Park Foundation.
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How Horace Kephart Found His 'Back of Beyond’
Horace Kephart found both himself and his inspiration in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and it was there that he became one of the fiercest proponents for saving the mountains from logging companies.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 11th, 2022 2:30am
Another House Claimed By Atlantic At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Another house has been claimed by the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and it's likely that more will be claimed as the ocean continues to churn against the barrier islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- By Compiled From N... - May 10th, 2022 9:59am
Summer Of '22 Expected To Be Smoky In Western National Parks
It took only a handful or two of days between the disappearance of snow in the Santa Fe National Forest and the start of the Cerro Pelado fire, a growing blaze that has intruded into two units of the National Park System in New Mexico in an early season signal that the coming summer months will be smoky in many parts of the park system west of the Rockies.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 10th, 2022 2:30am
Mount Rainier Lahars – They Can’t Be Predicted, But They Can Be Simulated
Mudflow (aka lahar) damage can be costly and even deadly to the populace living along river drainage systems within and outside of Mount Rainier National Park. Lahars cannot be predicted, but USGS scientists and mathematicians have created scenarios demonstrating lahar speed, reach, and depth using a numerical simulation application called D-Claw.
- By Rebecca Latson - May 10th, 2022 2:30am
UPDATE | National Park System's Deferred Maintenance Bill Nearly $22 Billion
In the roughly three years since the National Park Service under the Trump administration decided it wasn't helpful to announce the dollar amount of deferred maintenance in the National Park System, that number has nearly doubled, to roughly $22 billion, in part due to a new calculation formula.
