There are a little more than five weeks left in 2025, and it's hard not to wonder what else will befall the National Park System or National Park Service this year.
How the Trump administration is restructuring the federal government in general and affecting the National Park Service specifically are stories we've covered since January.
More recently,the National Parks Traveler has looked into who is providing oversight for abandoned oil and gas wells in the park system. We've addressed changes the Trump administration has proposed for the Endangered Species Act, changes that critics say will jeopardize the future of countless species. We've also begun to look into how visitor facilities on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be rebuilt.
Those are just three stories we've brought you in the past week. Unlike most other media outlets that try to cover a broad spectrum of news, at the Traveler we focus solely on national parks and protected areas. We strive throughout the year to produce hundreds of stories that keep you informed on how the national parks that your tax dollars pay for are managed and to explain the threats they face.
We'll soon tell you about threats to Cape Canaveral National Seashore posed by SpaceX rocket launches from nearby Kennedy Space Center, and provide an update on reforestation efforts of giant sequoia trees in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. We're also preparing our year-end 5th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks package of stories that will highlight some of the challenges the parks and the Park Service face.
There is no other news organization that covers the parks from coast to coast on a daily basis to ensure that you're aware not only of the health of the park system, but also of news flowing out of the parks. Such as our recent story on the latest storm damage to Death Valley National Park, the article on a rare mussel being found at Obed Wild and Scenic River, or the one on communities from across the West urging Congress not to allow public lands to be sold.
Reader and listener support makes it possible for the Traveler to bring these stories to you. Your continued support, and the support of first-time donors, will help both broaden and deepen our coverage.
We are a little more than five weeks from the end of our biggest fund-raiser of the year, and have a long way to go. But with your support, we'll reach that goal. And along the way, you can help us land a $5,000 matching grant from the National Parks Conservation Association. It's a vital donation that, with your matching dollars, will move us closer to our year-end goal. Please, if you appreciate our coverage, donate today.
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Our app is packed with RVing- specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 national parks.
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