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What do you envision when you enter a national park? What do you expect to experience? Why do we visit these places?
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 29th, 2019 1:30am
Yellowstone National Park
Updated | 9-Year-Old Survives Being Tossed Into Air By Yellowstone Bison
A 9-year-old Florida girl avoided serious injury when tossed into the air by a bison bull at Yellowstone National Park.
- By NPT Staff - July 24th, 2019 9:26am
Updated|Lightning Strike Burns Down Historic Yellowstone National Park Fire Lookout
In a bit of backcountry irony, a lightning strike led to a fire that burned down the historic Mount Holmes Fire Lookout in Yellowstone National Park.
- By NPT Staff - July 18th, 2019 2:16pm
RVing The Parks | Top Tips For National Parks With RV Hookup Campsites
During our 20s and early 30s, we carried a pack into the woods. But after one taste of the RV life, we were hooked. Sleeping on the ground became a thing of the past once my husband and I discovered the joys of camping in spectacular settings with the option to enjoy water, electric and sewer utilities. If you’ve ever considered doing the same, here’s what you need to know about plugging into America’s national parks with RV hookup campsites.
- By Rene Agredano - July 17th, 2019 2:00am
Lessons From A Previous Environmental Catastrophe
In June of 1894—125 years ago—Sequoia National Park superintendent James Parker journeyed northwards to inspect the Sierra Forest Reserve. This mountainous country (now called the Sierra National Forest) had been set aside sixteen months previously to protect its watersheds from overgrazing by sheep and over-cutting by timber interests. Parker entered a disaster zone.
- By NPT Staff - July 14th, 2019 1:45am
Op-Ed | President Trump Targeted In Video Defending Amtrak’s Long-Distance Trains
What started as a campaign to save the long-distance passenger train has suddenly gotten personal. Just weeks ago, President Trump threw down the gauntlet, insisting he would veto any appropriations bill containing them.
- By Alfred Runte - July 11th, 2019 1:45am
Op-Ed | Is Tribal Hunting Coming To Yellowstone National Park?
Could a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning Native American rights to hunt on federal lands open up Yellowstone National Park to hunting?
- By NPT Staff - July 10th, 2019 2:00am
How Secure Is Wilderness In The National Park System?
Seemingly endless wilderness exists in the National Park System -- 44 million acres, officially -- but how secure are the other 26 million acres that are considered to hold wilderness qualities but haven't gained official designation?
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 5th, 2019 1:45am
Photography In The National Parks: Where Will That Trail Take You? Creating A Theme
When you visit national parks, do you find yourself focusing on a particular aspect of those parks? Maybe you are concentrating your photography on cactus blooms, or wildflowers, or the results of glacial geology, or a particular specimen of wildlife. What you are doing, in fact, is creating a theme to your national park photographic story. Photographer Rebecca Latson discusses themes and how they can improve your powers of observation as well as your photographic skills.
- By Rebecca Latson - June 18th, 2019 2:00am
Vice President Calls For Legislation To Repair National Park System Infrastructure
Vice President Pence used Yellowstone National Park as a backdrop Thursday to call for Congress to pass legislation to make inroads on the National Park System's roughly $12 billion maintenance backlog.
- By NPT Staff - June 13th, 2019 4:38pm
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