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Where Will You Explore Winter In The National Park System?

Winter, the season with cold, snow, short days and long nights, can be a challenging season to explore the National Park System. Yet it also holds surprises that reveal themselves in shimmering lights darting across the night sky, in tracks of what passed the night before across the snowscape, and in congregations of wildlife.

Add More National Parks To Battle Climate Change, Improve Biodiversity

That headline packs a wallop. There are those who either disagree the climate is changing due to human behavior, or that there's nothing that can be done regardless of the driver, as well as those who would love to see more national park lands and those who believe such a move would tie up federal lands from multiple resource activities, such as logging or mining.

Billions of stars above the night landscape, Voyageurs National Park

Voyageurs National Park at night underneath a sky of millions of sparkling stars

Comprised of over 40% water, this national park is a "maze of interconnected water highways" with a wide-open sky perfect for nighttime star gazing. Just remember to bring your boat, reserve a boat, or take a park ranger boat tour. And yes, there are plenty of hiking trails and wildlife viewing opportunities too.

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Billions of stars at Voyageurs in night

Voyageurs National Park Seeks Input On Development Of Kettle Falls Historic District

Can the National Park Service do a better job of managing the Kettle Falls Historic District in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota? That's a question the agency is exploring as it looks to the future, and your input is being sought for how best the area can be managed.

National Parks Traveler Episode 32: Breaching Cape Lookout, Glacier's Shrinking Glaciers, Wintering Voyageurs

Hurricane Dorian literally sliced up Cape Lookout National Seashore, creating more than 50 breaches in the park's barrier islands. At Western Carolina University, Professor Rob Young says the hurricane's damage was astonishing. How that damage will impact recreation on the seashore remains to be seen. Traveler also discusses this summer's uproar over glacial predictions at Glacier National Park, and invites a winter visit to Voyageurs National Park.

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