Rocky Mountain National Park

UPDATED: Aerial Operation Plucks Military Personnel Off Longs Peak In Rocky Mountain National Park

A band of military personnel training on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado encountered unspecified problems and rangers were trying Friday to arrange an aerial rescue if the climbers could reach the peak's summit.

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By NPT Staff - June 3rd, 2016 7:40pm

Within National Parks There Is Room -- Glorious Room -- Room In Which To Find Ourselves

Enos Mills learned at a young age how beneficial the outdoors could be. The “father of Rocky Mountain National Park” was just 15 years old in 1885 when he made his first climb to the top of Longs Peak in what later would become the national park.

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By NPT Staff - April 24th, 2016 2:30am

Rocky Mountain National Park Crews To Resume Battling Bark Beetles

The seemingly never-ending battle against bark beetles in the forests of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado will continue this spring and summer as crews spray an insecticide on stands of trees thought to be at risk from the beetles.

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By NPT Staff - April 13th, 2016 3:00am

Park Rangers From Around The World Set To Convene In Colorado

Hundreds of rangers representing dozens of countries will focus on “Connecting Parks, Rangers, and Communities” at the eighth World Ranger Congress from May 21-26 at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.

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By NPT Staff - March 30th, 2016 3:00am

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Public Invited To Analyze Proposed Trail Reroutes, Repairs At Rocky Mountain National Park

Proposed repairs and reroutes of Rocky Mountain National Park hiking trails damaged or washed away by storms in September 2013 are now available for public review.

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By NPT Staff - March 27th, 2016 2:00am

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Red Tides At Cape Cod National Seashore Put Under Microscope

While algal blooms that turn water red may look cool, they pose a risk to humans and the shellfishing industry at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.

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By NPT Staff - March 19th, 2016 3:00am

National Park System Had 307.2 Million Visitors In 2015, According To National Park Service

After receiving year-end numbers from around the National Park System, visitation to the parks last year reached a record 307.2 million, according to the National Park Service. A number of parks attracted some staggering numbers of visitors, such as Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain, which each surpassed 4 million for the first time, and Grand Canyon which tallied more than 5 million, the agency said.

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By NPT Staff - February 18th, 2016 3:00am

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Climate Change Offers Mixed Bag For Pikas In Western National Parks

At Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, diminutive but outspoken pikas likely will endure what climate change brings to the park. At Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, however, they probably will not, according to a five-year study of the tiny rodent's Western populations.

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By NPT Staff - January 31st, 2016 2:30am

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UPDATED: Body Recovered Of Missing Floridian In Rocky Mountain National Park

A Florida man who ventured out into the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park for a day hike was killed in an apparent 200-foot fall from a cliff above Peacock Pool, park officials reported Friday evening.

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By NPT Staff - January 22nd, 2016 6:13pm

Rocky Mountain National Park Sets Visitation Record For 2015

Add Rocky Mountain National Park to the 4 million club. Four million visitors, that is.

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By NPT Staff - January 21st, 2016 2:00am

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