NPS Comptroller Named Acting Director
Jessica Bowron, a National Park Service veteran who has been serving as the agency's comptroller, has been named acting director of the agency.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 23rd, 2025 10:08am
$1000 Reward Now Offered For Help Finding New River Gorge Vandal
Local nonprofits are joining forces to offer a reward leading to the conviction of the person who recently vandalized New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
- By justin.housman - January 23rd, 2025 2:30am
Appalachian National Scenic Trail To Be Featured On Forever Stamps
You'll soon be able to mail the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 23rd, 2025 2:30am
Cape Lookout National Seashore Seeks Pony Patrol Volunteers
Now's your chance to learn all about the wild horses at Cape Lookout National Seashore while serving as a member of the volunteer Pony Patrol.
- By justin.housman - January 22nd, 2025 2:45am
Acadia Releases Reservation Schedule For Driving To Cadillac Mountain
If you've been waiting to make reservations to drive to Acadia's Cadillac Mountain, the NPS has just announced opening dates for the summit road.
- By justin.housman - January 22nd, 2025 2:30am
Resort Planned Just Outside Zion NP Has Conservationists Watching
The historic Trees Ranch, just outside Zion's southern boundary, has been rezoned for a planned resort.
- By justin.housman - January 22nd, 2025 2:10am
President Trump Orders That Denali Be Renamed Mount McKinley
President Trump has given the Interior Department 30 days to rename the highest point in North American Mount McKinley, although he's not ordering that Denali National Park be renamed.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 21st, 2025 11:44am
Trump Reverses Biden On Natural Resource Protections In Alaska
The partisan divide over natural resource protections took a hard shift to the right with the inauguration of President Trump, who reversed moves the Biden administration took to protect natural resources in Alaska from mining and energy development and hunting bears with baits,
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 21st, 2025 10:20am
Photography In The National Parks: My 11 Favorite Images From 2024
Happy New Year! Continuing a tradition begun in 2015, Traveler contributing photographer Rebecca Latson discusses her 11 favorite shots captured during her 2024 national park visits. She tells the why, the where, and the how for each image.
- By Rebecca Latson - January 21st, 2025 3:00am
The Lasting Contributions Of Yellowstone National Park Naturalist George Marler
Ranger naturalist George D. Marler meticulously documented changes in hydrothermal activity in the geyser basins of Yellowstone National Park for more than three decades in the mid-20th century. His work was especially useful in understanding the significant changes in hydrothermal activity following the August 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 21st, 2025 2:30am
