Shenandoah National Park Backcountry Reservations Moving To Recreation.Gov
Reservations for Shenandoah National Park backpacking permits will move to recreation.gov early next year.
- By Compiled From N... - December 12th, 2023 2:30am
How Yellowstone Thermal Features Get Their Names
How did many of Yellowstone National Park's hot springs, mud pots, geysers, and perpetual spouters come to bear their colorful and descriptive names? How do newly found or described thermal features receive a name today?
- By NPT Staff - December 12th, 2023 2:30am
Transparency | National Parks Traveler By The Numbers
What is the cost of keeping the National Parks Traveler open?
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 11th, 2023 2:30am
Bison Return To The Landscape Near Batoche National Historic Site
Twenty-five Plains bison have been successfully transferred from Parks Canada to Métis Nation–Saskatchewan.
- By NPT Staff - December 11th, 2023 2:30am
Cape Breton Highlands Road To Become Hiking Trail
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is closing Mary Ann Falls Road to vehicles because of more frequent extreme and damaging weather events and turning it into a sustainable hiking and mountain biking trail.
- By NPT Staff - December 10th, 2023 2:30am
New Boardwalk Will Take You To Cape Lookout Lighthouse
The stretch of boardwalk that leads you to the lighthouse and keeper's quarters at Cape Lookout National Seashore is currently being replaced, a process that is limiting access to the area, especially for those with mobility issues, a release from the seashore says.
- By Compiled From N... - December 9th, 2023 2:30am
Late Nester Spotted At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Sure, the calendar says December, but that didn't stop a green sea turtle from crawling up on a beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina to lay her eggs.
- By NPT Staff - December 8th, 2023 2:30am
Three National Scenic Trails Are Country’s Newest National Parks
The National Park System has grown by three units, as the Ice Age, New England, and North Country national scenic trails have been officially designated parts of the system.
- By NPT Staff - December 8th, 2023 2:30am
"Global Mass Coral Bleaching And Mortality Event" Expected To Hit Caribbean Parks Hard
The pace of warming oceans is pointing to "a global mass coral bleaching and mortality event over the next 12 to 24 months," with much of the damage being done to coral reefs within national parks in the Caribbean.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 7th, 2023 1:01pm
Tribes Want Government To Review 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, Return Lands
A treaty negotiated more than 150 years ago between the Standing Rock and Oglala Sioux tribes at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, needs to be reviewed and enforced, particularly the section that called for a "Great Sioux Reservation" for the two tribes for their "absolute and undisturbed use and occupation," say the tribes.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 7th, 2023 2:30am
