Enjoying the view at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Visitors enjoy a small alcove in Carlsbad Cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
NPS / Dale Pate
- By Rebecca Latson - September 6th, 2019 11:28am
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Parks Traveler Episode 9: Isle Royale's Wolves And Caving In The National Parks
Dr. Rolf Peterson, a long-time wolf biologist at Michigan Tech University, discusses Isle Royale National Park's wolf recovery program in this week's episode, while host Kurt Repanshek reviews a book on butterflies you might encounter in national parks and another on marine life photography, and ends the program with a look at the many national parks with caves you can explore.
Teaching Closed Parks In Texas
Though the National Park Service makes up only one-tenth of 1 percent of the federal budget, it takes up a much larger share of the public imagination. The parks are also prominent in media coverage on the federal government. That’s especially true during one of our regular government shutdowns, when the media tells stories of closed parks, disappointed visitors, vandals, and piles of trash.
Running National Parks On Shoestrings Brought Varied Economic Results
With the National Park Service now tasked with bringing the park system quickly back to normalcy, the economic impacts to the communities that rely on them are not soon going to be forgotten.
- By NPT Staff - January 27th, 2019 2:00am
BLM Defers Oil And Gas Leases Near Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to put 31 oil and gas leases near Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico to bid this September has been put off, according to watchdog groups.
- By NPT Staff - July 25th, 2018 2:00am
Carlsbad Caverns National Park Restores Elevator Service Into Caves
More than a month after three visitors were stranded 740 feet below the surface, elevators are back in service at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico after a new cable was installed.
- By NPT Staff - April 30th, 2018 1:15am
NPCA: Ten Days To Comment On Energy Development Near Carlsbad Caverns Too Short
A ten-day window given by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for public comment on plans to lease nearly 200 parcels near Carlsbad Caverns National Park for energy development is too short, maintains the National Parks Conservation Association.
- By NPT Staff - April 21st, 2018 1:30am
Another Elevator Breakdown At Carlsbad Caverns National Park, With Visitors On Board
What goes down, should come back up. But it doesn't always work that way. That's what three visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park discovered the other day when the elevator they were in ground to a halt 740 feet below the surface.
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- By NPT Staff - March 29th, 2018 1:49am
First Impressions, A Reader’s Journey To Iconic Places Of The American Southwest
This is not a book for light reading. It is, though, one that takes a historical approach to examining the hallmarks of the Southwestern landscape. Canyon de Chelly, El Morro, Rainbow Bridge, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Grand Canyon are among the destinations to which we are reintroduced through the writings of the first non-natives who encountered.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 11th, 2018 1:15am
A Day In The Park: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
As beautiful as above-ground landscapes are in the National Park System, if you head underground you'll find stunning caves that will leave you breathless. Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico is, arguably, the biggest cave draw in the park system, and perhaps the most beautiful.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2018 2:45am
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