Mesa Verde National Park

Wildflower Week Coming To Mesa Verde National Park In June

As mesmerizing as the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado are, that doesn't mean there's no time to smell, or photograph, the park's wildflowers.

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By NPT Staff - May 27th, 2017 3:00am

NPCA: House Measure Would Weaken Rules For Energy Drilling Inside National Parks

A congressman from Arizona is pushing legislation that would reduce National Park Service oversight of oil and gas drilling in units of the National Park System where it is allowed, according to a parks advocacy group.

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By NPT Staff - February 1st, 2017 3:00am

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Mesa Verde National Park Raises Entrance Fees, Extends High Season

At the beginning of the year, Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado followed through on its proposal to raise entrance fees and extend the park’s summer season, when rates are higher, by nearly three months.

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By NPT Staff - January 23rd, 2017 2:30am

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High On Life Group Plead Guilty To National Park Violations

Three Canadians from the group High On Life on Thursday entered guilty pleas to damaging resources in Yellowstone, Zion, Death Valley, and Mesa Verde national parks.

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By NPT Staff - January 19th, 2017 7:25pm

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Learn How Ancestral Puebloans Endured Winter At Mesa Verde

A special program at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado later this month will examine how Ancestral Puebloans endured winter on the plateau.

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By NPT Staff - January 10th, 2017 2:30am

Snowshoe Hike And Cross-Country Skiing At Mesa Verde National Park Planned For January 6

The snow gods willing, there will be a snowshoe hike and cross-country skiing event at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado on January 6.

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By NPT Staff - December 28th, 2016 2:00am

Photography In The National Parks: Put Some Humanity In Your Photos

Most landscape photographers tend to roll their eyes at the thought of putting people in their national park images. Photographer Rebecca Latson explains why placing a person here and there in some national park shots adds, rather than detracts, from the image.

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By Rebecca Latson - December 13th, 2016 2:00am

Mesa Verde National Park Cancels Luminaria Event Over Concern Of Falling Rock

Worries that the rock ceiling in Spruce Tree House might peel off have prompted Mesa Verde National Park officials to cancel their annual open house and luminaria event scheduled for December 8.

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By NPT Staff - October 30th, 2016 2:00am

Mesa Verde National Park Proposes Entrance Fee Increases, Longer High Season

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is taking input on a proposal that both raises entrance fees and extends its summer season, when rates are higher, by nearly three months. Tour fees are not changed in this plan.

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By NPT Staff - August 23rd, 2016 2:30am

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UNESCO Report Warns Of Collision Of Climate Change, Tourism Impacts

Tourism impacts and climate change stressors are on course to greatly affect Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, the Statue of Liberty and other UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to a UNESCO report just out.

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By NPT Staff - June 13th, 2016 2:30am

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