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Fall Elk Rut Means Meadow Closures At Rocky Mountains National Park

With the fall elk mating season on hand, daily meadow closures will be put in place at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado beginning Monday.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 31st, 2025

No Water At Logan Pass In Glacier National Park

Too many visitors and not enough water has prompted the National Park Service to turn off the water at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park in Montana.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 30th, 2025

Iowa Woman Dies In Fall At Glacier National Park

A 73-year-old Iowa woman hiking with a group at Glacier National Park died when she tripped and tumbled about 450 feet down from the Highline Trail in the park.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 29th, 2025

Blue Ridge Parkway Completes Another Helene Recovery Road Project

The National Park Service announced Friday that a landslide repair project on the Blue Ridge Parkway located at milepost 422, near Devil’s Courthouse in North Carolina, has been completed.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 29th, 2025

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park's South Rim Road To Open Friday

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park's South Rim Road, closed for much of the summer due to a wildfire, is set to reopen to the public on Friday.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - August 28th, 2025

Employees Vote To Unionize At Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Yosemite National Parks

More than 97 percent of employees at Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks voted to unionize.

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By NPT Staff - August 28th, 2025

Annual Bear Captures For Research Set To Start In Yellowstone National Park

An annual effort to capture bears and collect research data is set to begin in Yellowstone National Park.

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By NPT Staff - August 28th, 2025

National Parks Could Suffer From Rescinding Of Roadless Rule

Discarding the "roadless rule," which was adopted in 2001 with much public support, would place Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Kings Canyon, Yosemite, and other national parks at risk from having their surrounding forests opened to logging and energy development, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 27th, 2025

The Ecological Benefits Of Far-Ranging Bison Herds

Bison once moved across North America in herds that blackened the landscape in all directions, in numbers estimated not in the hundreds but in the tens of thousands.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 28th, 2025

Support Urged For New Visitor Center At Vicksburg National Military Park

The American Battlefield Trust is asking supporters to sign an online letter to boost plans for a new visitor center at Vicksburg National Military Park.

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August 26th, 2025

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