Badlands National Park

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #54

With 423 units of the National Park System from which to choose, there will never be a shortage of questions and interesting trivia to test your knowledge and provide you with a fact or two you can use to impress family, friends, and colleagues.

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By Rebecca Latson - October 15th, 2022 10:45am

Badlands National Park Rated The Most Accessible Park In The United States

Badlands National Park in South Dakota has been ranked as the most accessible park in the National Park System, though that ranking is somewhat deceiving.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 19th, 2022 2:30am

Badlands National Park Seeking Comments On Proposed Air Tour Plan

A month-long comment period has opened for alternatives the National Park Service is considering as it works on an Air Tour Management Plan for Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

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By Compiled From N... - September 8th, 2022 2:30am

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Group Says National Park Service Will Miss Deadlines For Air Tour Plans

National parks across the country continue to lag behind a court-ordered schedule to complete air-tour management plans and are failing to conduct environmentally required studies as they develop those plans, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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By NPT Staff - July 26th, 2022 2:30am

National Park Service, FAA Ordered To Explain Delays With Air Tour Plans

A federal appellate court has given the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration until late July to explain why they are so behind in crafting air-tour management plans for many units of the National Park System.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 28th, 2022 3:06pm

Aramark To Acquire Forever Resorts National Park Operations

A consolidation of national park concessions operators is underway, with word that Aramark has signed an agreement to acquire destination properties managed by Forever Resorts.

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By NPT Staff - April 16th, 2022 2:30am

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FAA, NPS Running Behind On Finalizing Air Tour Management Plans For Parks

Despite more than two decades to get the task accomplished, and almost two years after a federal judge ordered the Federal Aviation Administration and National Park Service to get the job done by this summer, air tour management plans for eight national parks will not be completed on schedule, according to court documents filed by the two agencies.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 10th, 2022 12:36pm

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #42 – November Notables

Over the years, five national parks were established during the month of November. See how much you know about Badlands, Congaree, Theodore Roosevelt, Arches, and Zion national parks with this latest National Parks Quiz And Trivia piece.

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By Rebecca Latson - December 13th, 2021 2:00am

National Park Traveler Episode 139: Wildlife Extinctions, Recoveries, And Futures

There is no shortage of wildlife news, and little of it lately seems to be positive. We’re in a world-wide extinction crisis. Here in the United States, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just announced that nearly two dozen species, from the Ivory-billed woodpecker to two freshwater fish species, are extinct.

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Biden Administration Seeking Nearly $57 Million For National Park System Land Acquisitions

Preserving historic battlefields, purchasing inholdings, acquiring wildlife habitat, and purchased water rights are among the National Park Service projects the Biden administration wants to tackle with nearly $57 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for Fiscal 2022.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 11th, 2021 11:14am

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