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2025 Year In Review | Photography In The Parks

It’s almost a wrap for 2025. During this year, Traveler contributing photographer Rebecca Latson traveled to nine different units of the National Park System. She’s written about her travels over the year in the monthly photo columns, and now it’s time for a year-end recap of that park photography.

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By Rebecca Latson - December 30th, 2025

National Park Service Seeks Operator For Great Basin Restaurant And Gift Shop

The National Park Service issued a prospectus on December 1 seeking proposals for operation of a combination restaurant/gift shop in the Lehman Caves Visitor Center in Great Basin National Park.

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By David and Kay Scott - December 30th, 2025

5th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | A Rundown National Park Service

The long-held notion that working in the National Park Service was a promising, even noble, career has been shaken to its core.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 28th, 2025

2025 Year In Review | Some Of The Top Stories From Around The National Park System

Upheaval across the National Park Service, censorship of history, grizzly death rates, and Grand Canyon's devastating wildfire were among the top stories from across the National Park System in 2025. Here, in no particular order, is a look back at the year's top stories from the parks.

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By NPT Staff - December 28th, 2025

Visual Guide Reveals Stunning Fossil Discovery At Lake Powell

A new visual guide reveals the unlikely fossil discovery of a rare reptile-like mammal very rarely seen in North America thanks to low water levels at Lake Powell.

A Visual Paleontological Inventory of Utah's National Park Service Areas

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By Jennifer Roberts - December 26th, 2025

National Parks Traveler's 5th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks

National parks and the National Park Service face another year of potentially harmful managerial decisions by the Trump administration.

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By NPT Staff - December 26th, 2025

National Park Sites Along Colorado River Grappling With Declining Water

Ongoing declines in water flowing through the Colorado River basin has National Park Service officials striving to respond to dropping water levels, which in turn are costing the agency tens of millions of dollars to enable boaters to reach lakes Powell and Mead.

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By NPT Staff - December 26th, 2025

Yellowstone Grizzly Range Contracts, Northern Continental Divide Bears Gain Ground

The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s grizzly population continues to stagnate geographically, a relatively new trend that wildlife managers say is related to bears saturating “suitable habitat” where the species is tolerated.

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December 25th, 2025

Park Service Investigating Deer Poaching In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Park rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are investigating a deer poaching incident.

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By NPT Staff - December 24th, 2025

Halema’uma’u Eruption Hits One-Year Mark As Episode 39 Ends

Episode 39 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 2:13 a.m. on December 24 after 5.9 hours of continuous fountaining.

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By NPT Staff - December 24th, 2025

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