Acadia National Park Opens $3.3 Million Employee Housing Project
Acadia National Park, with help from Friends of Acadia, opened new housing facilities for seasonal park employees.
- By justin.housman - October 10th, 2024 3:45am
Election Day 1864: Black Soldiers Vote On The Front Lines
On Saturday, November 2, Richmond National Battlefield Park will commemorate the anniversary of the 5th United States Colored Troops (USCT) voting in the 1864 presidential election at Fort Harrison.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 10th, 2024 2:30am
Fat Bear Champ Is Mama Bear Who Defeated Her Cub-Killing Rival
This year's winner was also last year's winner, a huge female named Grazer.
- By justin.housman - October 10th, 2024 11:20am
Meeting The Signal Hill Dog On Canada’s Best Urban Hike
The unofficial ambassador of Signal Hill National Historic Site is basking in the late summer sun and being fawned over by strangers. He's getting pats galore, and even some hugs and kisses, while while posing for too many photos to count.
- By Jennifer Bain - October 9th, 2024 2:30am
Coast Guard Says It's Not Responsible For Hazardous Wastes At Cape Hatteras
U.S. Coast Guard officials say that agency is not responsible for hazardous wastes found at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina that need to be cleaned up.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 9th, 2024 2:30am
Newfound Gap Road Across Great Smoky Mountains National Park Open 'Round The Clock
The National Park Service at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is able to keep the Newfound Gap Road open 24 hours a day thanks to assistance from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Government and Sevier County (The Cities of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville and the Sevier County Government).
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 9th, 2024 12:35pm
UPDATE | Artists Paintpots In Yellowstone National Park Closed To Public
Quick work involving repairs and improvements to access from the parking lot to the boardwalk allowed the reopening Friday of the Artists Paintpots area of Yellowstone National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 11th, 2024 10:47am
Grand Canyon's North Rim And North Kaibab To Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations
Fire managers to begin prescribed fire operations on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and North Kaibab.
- By justin.housman - October 9th, 2024 2:05am
Landslides, Thousands Of Downed Trees, Undercut Roads Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Tens of thousands of downed trees littering roadways and forests. Landslides. Mud slides. Undercut roads. Those are the situations National Park Service crews have found as they worked there way along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 8th, 2024 7:40pm
UPDATE | More National Parks In Florida, Georgia Close As Hurricane Milton Grows
Biscayne and Dry Tortugas national parks were among the latest units of the National Park System that closed to brace for Hurricane Milton, a historically large storm that forecasters say could become "one of the most damaging" hurricanes ever to hit Florida.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 8th, 2024 7:17pm
