Jasper National Park 2024 Resident Passes Now Available
The Jasper National Park Resident Pass for 2024 is now on sale.
- By NPT Staff - December 18th, 2023 2:30am
Your Support Can Create An Enduring News Operation Focused On National Parks
With year-end right around the corner, I’ve been spending time looking back across the National Parks Traveler’s stories from 2023 to compile ourtop stories of the year – those that demonstrate the Traveler’s reach, impact, and close coverage of breaking news.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 18th, 2023 2:30am
Potent Storm Prompts Delayed Opening At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
A potent storm rolling up the East Coast has prompted Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial to schedule a delayed opening on Monday.
- By Compiled From N... - December 17th, 2023 3:52pm
Ranching The LBJ Way In Texas Hill Country
In an open-air barn in Texas Hill Country, a bull named Domino and a cow named Miss Battle patiently tolerate visitors transfixed by the fact the initials “LBJ” are branded on their right horns. Only their offspring, an unnamed calf born Sept. 23 and so far identified as 635, plays hard to get and dozes in the back of a stall.
- By Jennifer Bain - December 17th, 2023 3:00am
Readers Comment On The Future Of The National Parks Traveler
Many of the readers and listeners who have contributed to the effort to ensure the National Parks Traveler's future have sent comments along with their donations. Below are some of them.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 17th, 2023 2:45am
Black Intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois Found Inspiration And Hope In National Parks
In his collection of essays and poems published in 1920 titled “Darkwater,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about his poignant encounter with the beauty of the Grand Canyon, the stupendous chasm in Arizona.
- By NPT Staff - December 17th, 2023 2:30am
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #69
National Park Service Instagram and Facebook accounts, along with other reliable websites, provide so much quiz-and-trivia-worthy information that there will always be interesting quiz questions and trivia on which you can test your national parks knowledge.
- By Rebecca Latson - December 16th, 2023 3:00am
Scientists Sequence Genome For Threatened Whitebark Pine
A breakthrough in the fight to save whitebark pines has been reached through the sequencing of the species' genome, a milestone scientists say could help the high-altitude tree endure environmental challenges.
- By NPT Staff - December 15th, 2023 2:45am
Green Light Given For Data Center Across From Manassas National Battlefield Park
Apparently not even Ken Burns could prevent a massive, energy-thirsty data center from being built across from Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.
- By NPT Staff - December 15th, 2023 2:30am
Sunday On National Parks Traveler's Podcast: Coral Disaster At Virgin Islands National Park
While Virgin Islands National Park might seem idyllic from above water, beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea the once vibrant coral reefs rimming the park have been impacted by a bleaching caused by abnormally high ocean temperatures and by a disease that combined could have devastating consequences.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 15th, 2023 2:30am
