Op-Ed | What's Become Of The National Park Service's Focus On History?
We're losing touch with history in the National Park Service.
- By NPT Staff - March 2nd, 2020 2:00am
Australia’s National Parks Face Long Recovery After Bushfires
While the wildfires that swept Australia have been doused, the recovery of the country's national parks and their wildlife has a long way to go.
- By Kim O'Connell - March 1st, 2020 2:00am
Read To A Goat At Carl Sandburg Home
If you've always wanted to read to a goat, you can do that during the month of March at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in North Carolina.
- By NPT Staff - March 1st, 2020 1:30am
Peregrine Falcons Bring Temporary Close To Hiking Routes At Zion National Park
The annual arrival of peregrines to nest in the cliffs of Zion National Park is leading to a temporarry closure for some climbing routes in the park in southwestern Utah. Closures are implemented due to the falcon’s sensitivity to disturbance during the nesting season. If disturbed, the nesting pair may abandon their nest site and not nest again until the following year.
- By NPT Staff - February 29th, 2020 2:00am
Bote Mountain Tunnel To Cades Cove Reopens At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Though there will continue to be some delays, the Bote Mountain Tunnel that provides access to Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is set to reopen to traffic on Saturday.
- By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2020 10:29am
Steamtown National Historic Site Announces 2020 Rail Excursion Schedule
A wide range of daily excursion trips are available this year from Steamtown National Historic Site in Pennesylvania, with steam and diesel locomotives pulling vintage passenger cars across the landscape.
- By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2020 2:00am
NatureBridge Summer Backpacking Programs In Yosemite And Olympic National Parks For Teens
NatureBridge is seeking participants for its summer backpacking programs in Yosemite and Olympic national parks. Enrollment is open for students entering 7th-12th grade.
- By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2020 1:30am
UPDATE | National Park 2019 Visitation Reaches More Than 327 Million
More than 327 million visitors descended on the National Park System in 2019, a number that is seen as the third-highest single year tally dating to 1904, yet the head count comes at a time when some parks are overcrowded, National Park Service ranks are depleted, and Congress continues to fail to both adequately address year-to-year funding for the parks and attack the roughly $12 billion maintenance backlog.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 27th, 2020 9:59am
Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Searches For The Untold Stories In History
A ranger at Grand Canyon National Park who searches for untold stories from the past has received the 2020 Edwin C. Bearss History Fellowship.
- By NPT Staff - February 27th, 2020 2:00am
Aerial Gunners Killed Roughly A Third Of Grand Teton's Nonnative Goats Before Cull Was Halted
Airborne sharpshooters killed roughly one-third of the estimated 100 nonnative mountain goats in Grand Teton National Park before Interior Secretary David Bernhardt called off the hunt after Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon complained that ground-based volunteer shooters weren't used.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 25th, 2020 5:56pm
