Traveler's View: Don't Gravel Over Paradise
Yosemite Valley is so crowded, why not build a temporary gravel lot in Cook's Meadow that could handle 75 vehicles?
- By NPT Editors - March 23rd, 2017 3:01am
Huge Increase In Tour Bus Traffic At Yellowstone National Park
They're ponderous, pavement clogging, and capable of disgorging more than 50 visitors at a time; leg-stretching, camera-toting pedestrians who often will swarm en masse onto the boardwalks ringing Yellowstone National Park's geyser basins. And in 2016, those commercial tour buses would have stretched roughly 108 miles if you had parked them end-to-end-to-end.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2017 2:00am
Design Contest Underway For The 2017 Brooks Camp Bear Pins
Katmai National Park rangers at Brooks Camp routinely issue pins to arriving visitors upon their completion of “bear school,” a required safety orientation. This year, members of the local community are invited to enter their designs in a public competition for the 2017 pin—a first in the history of the 20+ year old Brooks Bear Etiquette Program.
- By NPT Staff - March 23rd, 2017 1:01am
Big Cypress National Preserve Fire Covers 11,000+ Acres
Ground and air resources were being used Wednesday to battle a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida that has spread to cover more than 11,000 acres.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2017 4:12pm
Rep. Grijalva Wants Interior Secretary To Testify On Trump Budget
How will Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spread a 12 percent budget cut, if directed so by Congress, across his department and its agencies, including the National Park Service? That's a question U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva wants an answer to "as soon as possible," and he's made that point in a letter asking House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop to call the secretary before the full committee.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 22nd, 2017 12:21pm
David Rockefeller, Benefactor Of Acadia National Park, Passes At 101
David Rockefeller, who continued his family's long-running love affair with national parks, died the other day at 101. The last surviving grandchild of oil baron John D. Rockefeller, Mr. Rockefeller had a particular keenness for Acadia National Park, which his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., helped established in 1916.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2017 3:02am
Two Loggerhead Sea Turtles Brought Back To Health, Released At Canaveral National Seashore
In one of the year's feel good stories, two ailing loggerhead sea turtles have been nursed back to health by the Florida Aquarium's Center for Conservation and released back into the Atlantic at Canaveral National Seashore.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2017 2:00am
Crystal Cave Area At Sequoia National Park To Get Improvements
Improved visitor services at Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park have been approved by the National Park Service.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2017 2:00am
Big Cypress National Preserve Fire Over 6,000 Acres
A wildfire burning on the west side of Big Cypress National Preserve covered more than 6,000 acres Tuesday and forced additional closures in the park.
- By NPT Staff - March 21st, 2017 4:56pm
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Celebrates 20 Years
Twenty years ago, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation started as a simple idea: Give the people who care deeply for the Blue Ridge Parkway the power to protect and guide its future. Whether they cherished the trails, overlooks, ties to mountain history and culture, wildlife, or just the drive itself, they were invited to support the historic scenic route.
- By NPT Staff - March 21st, 2017 4:00am
