Blue Ridge Parkway

Help Preserve Moses H. Cone Memorial Park On The Blue Ridge Parkway

When you stop this summer at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway and enjoy the beauty and history of the park and the manor, leave a donation behind before you leave. The estate created by Moses and Bertha Cone needs a lot of TLC, and your support can make it happen.

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By NPT Staff - July 29th, 2019 1:30am

National Parks Traveler Episode 20: Everglades' Python Problem

Burmese pythons long have presented a significant problem for native wildlife in Everglades National Park. Erika Zambello talks to a contractor hired to study and remove these invasive snakes. We also take a look at Acadia, Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and review Ramble On: A History of Hiking.

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Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Seeks Support For Projects To Improve National Park

Supporting your favorite national park sometimes means more than simply visiting and enjoying the vistas. Along the 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway there are more than a few projects that need to be tackled, and your donation to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation could help make that possible.

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By NPT Staff - June 4th, 2019 2:00am

Traveler's View: Parks Promoted As Economic Engines, But They're Struggling

You might have heard the news. The National Park System was behind a $40 billion bump in the nation's economy last year. What that jubilant news released by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt overlooked was the dire state of the park system.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 26th, 2019 1:30am

Blue Ridge Parkway Announces 2019 Pavement Preservation Work

Summer usually is the peak season for national park vacations and, unfortunately. it's also the peak season for road work. If you're planning to travel the Blue Ridge Parkway, know that more than 100 miles of the scenic road will be resurfaced in the coming months. And that means there will be some lane closures that will slow things down.

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By NPT Staff - May 16th, 2019 1:30am

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Blue Ridge Parkway Prepares for Interstate 26 Widening Project

The National Park Service has announced it intends to adopt the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for the widening of Interstate 26 in Buncombe and Henderson County, North Carolina.

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By NPT Staff - March 25th, 2019 1:30am

New Year, New Projects On The Blue Ridge Parkway

Giving threatened and rare plants a chance to thrive. Keeping the big wheel turning at a historic mill. Sharing the photographic history of the Blue Ridge Parkway with the world. These are just a few of the projects the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s Community of Stewards will bring to fruition in 2019.

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By NPT Staff - March 17th, 2019 10:20am

Consolidation In Managing The National Park Lodges

Who really does manage most national park lodgings? For the big operations in places such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Shenandoah, corporations. Not surprisingly, while many of the 500 management contracts administered by the National Park Service, such as providing firewood or operating a bicycle rental operation, are relatively straightforward, those for large commercial facilities such as lodging in Yosemite or Yellowstone are extremely complicated. David and Kay Scott bring some clarity to this issue in their latest article pertaining to lodging in the National Park System.

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By David and Kay Scott - March 15th, 2019 10:29am

Preview This Summer At The Blue Ridge Parkway

If you live somewhere close to the 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway, you can get a preview of the upcoming season by attending one of the open house events the park staff is staging to highlight activities and upcoming programs.

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By NPT Staff - March 14th, 2019 1:30am

UPDATED | National Park System Visitation Dropped 13 Million In 2018, To 318.2 Million

Volcanics, no solar eclipse, and wildfires no doubt all played a role in the decline of visitation to the National Park System in 2018, when slightly more than 318 million visits were recorded, a drop of 13 million from the year before.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2019 12:07pm

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