Denali National Park and Preserve

Scientists Take Exception To Interior Secretary's Push To Liberalize Hunting Regulations

More than 100 scientists have written to oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's push to liberalize hunting regulations on National Park Service lands in Alaska so as to reduce wolves and bears while boosting moose and caribou populations for hunting.

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By NPT Staff - August 31st, 2018 11:16am

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Bodies, Plane That Crashed In Denali National Park Will Not Be Recovered

A "flightseeing" plane that crashed into a ridgeline in Denali National Park, killing all five aboard, will not be recovered because of the precarious position it is in and the threat that poses to potential rescuers, the National Park Service has decided.

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By NPT Staff - August 12th, 2018 9:30am

All Presumed Dead In Denali National Park Plane Crash

A plane carrying four visitors from Poland and the pilot was spotted on the flanks of Thunder Mountain in Denali National Park, with all occupants either confirmed or presumed dead, the National Park Service said.

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By NPT Staff - August 7th, 2018 10:20am

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Search Resumes For Plane That Crashed On Thunder Mountain In Denali National Park

Search-and-rescue crews returned to the skies over Denali National Park on Monday in a bid to reach a flight-seeing plane that crashed near the summit of Thunder Mountain, a craggy ridge that tops out at nearly 11,000 feet.

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By NPT Staff - August 6th, 2018 12:53pm

Park Service To Reverse Ban On ‘Barbaric’ Hunting Practices In Alaska National Preserves

Bowing to pressure from the Interior Department, the National Park Service plans to reverse a 3-year-old ban on hunting and trapping practices in Alaska national preserves that conservation groups deem “barbaric” and “cruel.”

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By NPT Staff - May 23rd, 2018 1:45am

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Where In The National Park System Should You Pitch Your Tent Or Park Your RV?

Land a site in one of the park campgrounds our writer points to and you’ll be a happy camper

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By NPT Staff - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

Here Comes The Sun, Denali Style

Sunrises soften the ruggedness of Denali National Park's Teklankia River.

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By NPT Staff - April 16th, 2018 6:33pm

Is There Alaskan Gold At The End Of The Denali Rainbow?

Gold can be found in many places in Alaska, including the sunsets at Denali National Park and Preserve.

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By NPT Staff - April 4th, 2018 7:03pm

Hunting Decimating Wolf Populations At Denali National Park

Wolf hunters, some possibly using AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles, have so decimated wolf populations outside Denali National Park in Alaska that the state has shut down hunting and trapping in areas adjacent to the park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 3rd, 2018 11:05am

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Birds And Climate Change: Study Predicts Upheaval In National Park Bird Species

They were not supposed to be there, but they were: More than 100 brown-hooded, white-breasted seabirds, along with four nests, at chilly Channel Islands National Park off California's coast. This was not balmy Baja California, which normally is the northern-most range for tropics-loving Brown boobies, but rather a windswept chain of islands with average high temperatures in the mid-60s and water temperatures in the 50s.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

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