National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 300 | Wildlife at Play
Humans like to play, right? We play cards, we play baseball and basketball, we go fishing or take a hike into the mountains. It’s our play time, time to recharge, refocus, relax.
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Kicking Off National Park Week By Getting Dirty At Joshua Tree National Park
National Park Week arrived in Southern California with hot, dry, sunny weather, and a volunteer effort indicative of the good that can be done for national parks when the need is demonstrated.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - May 11th, 2011 5:51pm
End of Season Coming For Shenandoah National Park
As fall colors drift across the lower elevations of Shenandoah National Park, they signal not only the height of fall but the end of the park's high season.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 18th, 2010 1:15am
What Is The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory?
In this, the second of a three-part USGS video series on the dynamics of Yellowstone National Park's geothermal basement, the role of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is explained.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 22nd, 2009 9:45am
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Announces Opening Dates for Campgrounds
Winter is still raging in some parts of the country, but that doesn't mean a respite isn't in the offing. Proof of that is news of the opening dates of the campgrounds at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 19th, 2009 11:00am
Park Rangers, Active and Retired, Lament Change in Gun Rules for National Parks
How will families with youngsters feel about attending interpretive programs in national parks when the person next to them might be armed? Will the National Park Service have to install metal detectors in parks to ensure gun owners don't enter buildings with their sidearms?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 9th, 2009 2:48pm
Former NPS Director George Hartzog Passes
George Hartzog, long revered by many in the National Park Service for the way he managed the agency and defended the National Park System, has died. The seventh director of the agency and the first to be fired, passed away Friday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 28th, 2008 5:09pm
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