Search Under Way For Missing Hiker At Mount Rainier National Park
A search continued Friday for an overdue day hiker at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
- By NPT Staff - June 20th, 2014 12:27pm
14th Annual Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival Right Around The Corner
There are few better places to stare into the dark starry skies than Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. OK, Natural Bridges National Monument on the eastern side of the state isn't too shabby for star-gazing, either. But it doesn't have an astronomy festival, and Bryce Canyon's 14th Annual Astronomy Festival arrives next week.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 20th, 2014 3:01am
Mesa Verde National Park Working On Plan For Better Managing Visitors
Spread out on the fingers of mesas, with visitation greatly restricted, Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado can be a conjested place at times of peak visitation. Knowing that, park officials are embarking on a plan to better handle visitor distribution and transportation in the park.
- By NPT Staff - June 20th, 2014 2:58am
Traveler's Gear Box: Weekend Warriors For Hauling Camp With You
Backpacks are getting smaller, both out of recognition that aging Baby Boomers don’t have the backs to carry all they once did, and that Millennials wouldn’t think of carrying what their parents once did.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 20th, 2014 2:56am
Great Strides Made In Recovery Population Of Endangered Island Fox At Channel Islands National Park
The island fox, once thought to be ready to vanish from Channel Islands National Park, has made a stunning recovery and now counts more than 2,500 individuals. Park officials say the fox population overall is at or approaching biological recovery following its near-95 percent decline in the 1990s.
Avalanche Danger At Glacier National Park In Wake Of Stunning Storm
Heavy snowfall in Glacier National Park this week has heightened avalanche danger along the Going-to-the-Sun Road and prompted officials to limit access to the road, which has yet to be cleared from end-to-end from winter's snows.
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2014 5:23pm
Black Bear Put Down In Glacier National Park For Breaking Into House, Rummaging For Food
A black bear at Glacier National Park that developed a habit of searching out human food, in one case breaking into a house, has been put down by rangers.
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2014 2:14pm
Historic Agreement Aims To Restore, Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed
A cleaner Chesapeake Bay watershed. That's the goal of a multi-state agreement written to focus on restoring and protecting the bay and its feeder streams. If it succeeds, it would benefit a good number of National Park System units, foremost the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail that touches parts of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
- By NPT Staff - June 19th, 2014 2:45am
Yosemite National Park: Past And Present
Yosemite National Park: Past and Present is first and foremost a picture book, each page a mosaic of historic postcards juxtaposed with recent photographs of Yosemite National Park. The book’s key strength lies in the postcards, which offer entertaining and informative glimpses into Yosemite’s past.
- By Barbara Moritsch - June 19th, 2014 2:26am
Exploring The Parks: Musings From The Needles District In Canyonlands National Park
It’s hot here. Welcome to the beginning of summer in the Southwest. Two days ago it was raining and near freezing and I was complaining about it at Mesa Verde and now it’s sweat time. But those rains have turned the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park into a veritable flower garden. Everywhere I look there are blooms.
- By Lee Dalton - June 19th, 2014 2:02am
