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A Winter Sunset Over Chihuahuan Desert and Chisos Mountains Landscape, Big Bend National Park

Sunset over the dry landscape of the Chihuahuan Desert and Chisos Mountains beneath a blue sky wtih white wispy clouds, Big Bend National Park

Winter is coming. No, wait, winter is already here! But you can't always tell it by the look of the landscape in some national parks. While Big Bend National Park does, on occasion, have some snow and ice, for the most part, it's just cooler temperatures and sparse, even stark, vegetation.

Rebecca Latson

Photography In The National Parks: Winter Is Coming

Winter is coming. Thursday, December 21, 2023, is the first day of winter. Are you ready for the season? Is your camera ready for the season? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson tells you how to prepare your camera for a season of great shots, with tips and techniques for correcting color cast issues and capturing beautiful compositions.

National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 242 | 2023 Government Shutdown

A night time image of the Roosevelt Arch in Yellowstone National Park

For the second time in five years, and the third time in the past decade, the United States government was poised to shut down this weekend because of an impasse in the House of Representatives over how to fund the government. And, as a result, the National Park System was poised to shut down. 

However, an 11th-hour compromise was reached that will keep the government funded for another 45 days before it again might be poised for a shutdown.

NPCA, Others Sue EPA Over Clean Air Act Reductions Of Regional Haze

A coalition of environmental groups, including the National Parks Conservation Association, has sued the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the Regional Haze Rule required by the Clean Air Act. That failure could lead to "continued release of preventable haze-causing emissions that harm the health of our communities and blur landscapes at our most scenic national parks and wilderness areas," the groups maintain.

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