National Park Mystery Spot 32 Revealed: A Domed Domicile
Sacagawea once lived in one like this.
- By Bob Janiskee - December 15th, 2011 11:07am
Information Sought In Case of Deer Poached At Monocacy National Battlefield
Someone with a taste for venison poached a majestic whitetail buck at Monocacy National Battlefield in Maryland, where authorities are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever did the deed.
- By NPT Staff - December 15th, 2011 3:00am
Supporters Of a Mount St. Helens National Park Want National Park Service To Study That Possibility
Another request has been made on Congress to direct the National Park Service to study the possibility of transferring Mount St. Helens from the U.S. Forest Service so it can be designated a national park.
- By NPT Staff - December 15th, 2011 3:00am
BASE Jumpers Cited For Illegal Leap at New River Gorge National River
The annual Bridge Day event each October draws thousands of spectators and hundreds of BASE jumpers to New River Gorge National River. Four jumpers who decided to conduct an unauthorized nighttime leap from the famous bridge last week were apprehended and face a variety of charges.
- By Jim Burnett - December 15th, 2011 3:00am
NPS Director Jarvis Allows Parks To Ban Disposable Plastic Bottles
Those seemingly ubiquitous disposable plastic bottles, the ones that generated a storm of controversy over their proposed ban at Grand Canyon National Park, may now be banned by park superintendents nationwide.
Policy on Disposable Plastic Water Bottles.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 14th, 2011 8:11pm
National Park Mystery Spot 32: At the Mouth of a Feeder
What is located at the mouth of a feeder of a famously roiled feeder of a river that is not a feeder?
- By Bob Janiskee - December 16th, 2011 8:00am
Reader Participation Day: Rewrite a National Park Warning Sign
Can haiku, limericks, and poems improve on national park warning signs? We're inviting national park travelers to give it a try.
- By [email protected] - December 14th, 2011 3:00am
Biologists Studying Cascade Fox At Mount Rainier National Park
The diminutive Cascade fox, which is though to live only at Mount Rainier and Mount Adams, has developed a nasty habit of begging from visitors to Mount Rainier National Park.
- By NPT Staff - December 14th, 2011 3:00am
Yellowstone National Park To Open For Winter Thursday, With Or Without Snow
The gates will open Thursday for winter traffic at Yellowstone National Park, but it's likely a key ingredient will be in short supply: snow.
- By NPT Staff - December 14th, 2011 3:00am
Congressman Dusts Off 1913 Law In Battle To Get Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley Drained
A California congressman has dusted off a nearly century-old law in a bid to see the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park drained and restored.
- By NPT Staff - December 14th, 2011 3:00am
