National Parks Traveler

Bears across Wyoming's Teton County are becoming active with the spring transition. Adult male grizzly bears begin emerging from their winter dens in March, while females with young generally emerge between April and early May. March 19 marked the first confirmed grizzly bear sighting of the 2025 season in Grand Teton National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2025 2:30am

Painting The National Parks With Wildflowers

Delicate trilliums, glorious columbines, and flamboyant redbuds are some of the harbingers of spring found across the National Park System. This is a favorite season for birds, bees, and photographers. Wildlife is more easily seen in the spring in many parks, too, making the coming three months idyllic for exploring the parks.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2025 2:30am

In New Children’s Book, One Girl’s Love For Caterpillars Proves Transformational

The first time Camilla saw a caterpillar, she mistook the creature for a more fantastical apparition: a dragon wearing sunglasses.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2025 2:30am

Elected Officials Across The West Urge Interior Secretary, Congress To Protect Public Lands

More than 300 elected officials from Colorado to California have signed off on a letter urging Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and members of Congress to protect public lands from being sold off, sullied by energy development or mining, climate-change impacts, and efforts to water down the Antiquities Act.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 26th, 2025 3:19pm

Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave To Reopen Following Repairs

Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave, which has been closed since 2021 due to damage related to a wildfire that year and then the hard winter of 2023, will reopen to the public this year.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 26th, 2025 2:30am

Wildflower Season About To Kick Off At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Wildflower season is about to bloom in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the National Park Service wants to remind visitors that there are group size limits at Whiteoak Sink.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 26th, 2025 2:30am

UPDATED | What's Closed, Canceled Around The National Park System

If you head out into the National Park System, you might find visitor impacts, both related and unrelated to the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the National Park Service. For instance:

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 26th, 2025 2:30am

Photography In The National Parks: Yellowstone’s Grand Loop Road Part 2

What if you only had a day or two, to spend in Yellowstone National Park? Where would you go? What would you photograph? If you decide to travel the park’s 142-mile Grand Loop Road, a figure-eight shaped route through the park interior, you’ll see (and photograph) plenty. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson gives you an idea of what you might capture with your camera.