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Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Endangered Species Act, Species In National Parks Could Suffer

In the wake of a report stating that nearly 30,000 species worldwide are at risk of going extinct, the Trump administration on Monday announced changes to the Endangered Species Act that opponents warned would weaken protections for species in danger of being lost.

Quick Thinking By Group Leader Helps ID Rabies In Bat That Bit Grand Teton National Park Visitor

It's highly unlikely to happen to you, but when a bat fell out of a tree and bit a visitor at Grand Teton National Park, the leader of the group was quick enough to capture the bat in a plastic bag and contact rangers. Subsequently, testing identified rabies in the bat, and the visitor was able to begin treatment to ward off the disease.

Mountain Lion Succeeds In Crossing 405 Freeway In Santa Monica Mountains

A key reason, if not the reason, why the mountain lion population in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California struggles to maintain a healthy population is the number of surrounding highways with their high traffic volumes that can be deadly for lions traveling into and out of the NRA. Which makes it all the more remarkable that in July a male lion safely navigated the 405 Freeway near Sepulveda Pass without getting hit.

Debris Flow At Mount Rainier National Park Causes Minor Damage

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park's Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes are the two National Park System volcanoes that have garnered most news during the past year, but the volcano that is Mount Rainier National Park isn't without activity. Just the other day it released a "debris flow" that, while not uncommon, is not an everyday occurrence at the park.

The Grand Canyon: Between River And Rim

An estimated six million people visit the Grand Canyon annually. Most visitors look in from the South Rim or through the window of a helicopter, and roughly 26,000 float the Colorado River through all or part of the canyon. Very few in the recorded history of Grand Canyon exploration have walked its length (fewer than have walked on the moon, Kevin Fedarko tells photographer Pete McBride). Likely no one with the photographic skills of National Geographic photographer McBride have made this arduous journey, which covered 750 miles from Lees Ferry to the Grand Wash Cliffs at the canyon’s western end.