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Reader Participation Day: What's the Most Important Part of Your National Park Trip?

There are so many components that go into a successful national park escape. Travel to the park of your choice, comfortable and reasonably priced lodging, well-marked trails to explore, good interpretive programs, and nutritious, tasty meals are just some of the most obvious aspects. What's most important in your estimation to a successful park trip?

Wayward Hikers Demonstrate How Easy It Is To Get Lost In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

There are places in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that the old timers called "hells" they were such a tangle of vegetation. Well, a young trio of hikers realized that the hard way when they wandered off a marked trail and quickly found themselves lost.

Only Snow Drought Likely To Block Your Access To Yellowstone National Park This Winter

With winter descending on the Northern Rockies, the staff at Yellowstone National Park is embarking on its second decade of trying to unravel a conundrum: How do you welcome the public during the year's harshest season without greatly impacting the park?

A Firefighter's Death Leads to Internal Analysis Of Protocols By National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service

It would appear from reading the investigative report into the death of an 18-year-old Olympic National Park firefighter could have been prevented on a number of fronts. What lessons did the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service take from this incident?