Help Friends Of Acadia Land An $18,000 Challenge Grant
Friends of Acadia has been offered an $18,000 grant...if they can match it. Should be easy, right?
- By NPT Staff - October 4th, 2019 2:00am
Cape Lookout National Seashore Still Dealing With Dorian's Impacts
While Cape Lookout National Seashore has reopened to the public in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, some parts of the national seashore could be tricky to navigate due to breaches in the barrier islands, and some facilities won't be available until next year.
- By NPT Staff - October 4th, 2019 1:45am
Oil Company Agrees To Relinquish Oil Lease Near Glacier National Park
A Texas oil company has agreed to relinquish an oil and gas lease that covers more than 7,500 acres in the Lewis and Clark National Forest not far from Glacier National Park in Montana.
- By NPT Staff - October 4th, 2019 1:30am
More National Parks Opening Access For eBikes
Owners of eBike are gaining more access in the National Park System, as parks are changing their rules under order from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
- By NPT Staff - October 4th, 2019 1:30am
Dorian Tosses Up Two-Pound Fossilized Clam Shell Onto Cape Lookout National Seashore Beach
Hurricanes typically toss a great many seashells up onto the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but Dorian outdid most storms, tossing a 2-pound shell up onto Cape Lookout National Seashore's beaches. And that was just half of the entire shell.
- By NPT Staff - October 3rd, 2019 2:00am
Steamtown's "Big Boy" Out Of Sight For Cosmetic Restoration
Thirty years' of weather have taken a toll on Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 2012, a crowd-drawing steam locomotive at Steamtown National Historic Site that has been pulled to a siding for some much need cosmetic restoration work.
- By NPT Staff - October 3rd, 2019 1:30am
Operator Sought For Iconic Bluffs Restaurant Along Blue Ridge Parkway
The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway is ready for the next big step on its path to revitalization. Renovations to the restaurant will begin this fall, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is seeking an operator for the iconic restaurant, which is slated to reopen in 2020. The Bluffs is located at milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- By NPT Staff - October 2nd, 2019 2:00am
No. 1,000 Has Passed Its Flight Test At Zion National Park
It was a short flight, and the landing was "ungraceful," according to onlookers, but condor chick #1,000 has stretched its wings and figured out how to fly at Zion National Park.
- By NPT Staff - October 2nd, 2019 1:45am
Arches National Park To Return To Traffic Management Efforts
Months after a proposal to establish a reservation system for visiting Arches National Park in Utah was discarded, National Park Service staff are ready to return to discussions with the public on how best to manage traffic and congestion at the iconic park.
- By NPT Staff - October 2nd, 2019 1:45am
Off-Roader Runs Over Threatened Silverswords At Haleakalā National Park
A joyriding scofflaw driving off-road near the roof of Haleakalā National Park in Hawai'i killed several threatened Haleakalā silversword plants and damaged a historic trail built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934, according to the National Park Service.
- By NPT Staff - October 1st, 2019 2:14pm
