Interest In RVing Grows Exponentially During Coronavirus Pandemic
Just as campers are getting antsy about getting back out into campgrounds, so are folks who want to explore the country by RV.
- By NPT Staff - May 15th, 2020 1:30am
First Days In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On Saturday May 9, Great Smoky Mountains National Park partially reopened. The announcement stated that some main roads and most trails would be available to visitors. Crowds were anticipated at the popular spots mostly on the Tennessee side of the park. Mother’s Day Weekend was going to attract more people but the cold, windy weather might mitigate the crowds.
- By [email protected] - May 14th, 2020 2:00am
Event Cancellations Sprouting Across National Park System
While President Trump plans to head to Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3 to see the memorial's first fireworks display in 11 years, some parks across the nation are canceling summer events due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and advice from local and federal health officials.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 14th, 2020 1:45am
Yellowstone National Park Trespasser Burned By Fall Into Thermal Feature
A woman who illegally ventured into Yellowstone National Park with hopes of photographing Old Faithful without throngs of milling tourists somehow stumbled into a thermal feature and sustained burns that required her to be helicoptered to a hospital.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 13th, 2020 9:14am
Diving With Purpose—How Veterans Are Healing Their Wounds By Helping The National Park Service
When veterans retire from the military—whether voluntarily or from injury—it can be a difficult transition. Gone is the camaraderie that gave their lives structure and often lost is a sense of purpose. A partnership with the National Park Service is helping wounded warriors to heal and restore connections by giving them a mission underwater.
Lewis And Clark National Historic Trail Now Stretches East To Pennsylvania
Faithful students of American history know that Lewis and Clark started out from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for their historic trek across the West to the Pacific Ocean. And now the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail reflects that fact.
- By NPT Staff - May 13th, 2020 1:45am
Coronavirus Closures Could Lead To A Radical Revolution In Conservation
In the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, social media was flooded with reports of animals reclaiming abandoned environments. According to one widely shared post, dolphins had returned to the canals of Venice. While many of those stories have since been debunked, conservationists are providing legitimate reports of cleaner air and water, and wildlife reclaiming contested habitats.
- By NPT Staff - May 13th, 2020 1:45am
Special Survey Of Homebound Campers Shows They're Eager To Camp
A survey commissioned during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic shows that camping rates very highly when Americans and Canadians are asked what they're looking forward to once life regains some normalcy, something more than half of those questioned think will take another month to reach.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 12th, 2020 2:00am
Moon Fish Fire In Big Cypress National Preserve 10 Percent Contained
Light rain and "burnout operations" used to deprive the Moon Fish fire of fuels in key areas helped firefighters keep the blaze in Big Cypress National Preserve from growing its footprint, though only 10 percent of the fire had been contained.
- By NPT Staff - May 11th, 2020 10:55am
UPDATE | PEER Sues Over "Acting" Positions For National Park Service, BLM Directors
David Vela, the de facto director of the National Park Service, and William Perry Pendley, the e facto director of the Bureau of Land Management, have been kept in their positions unconstitutionally, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
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- By NPT Staff - May 11th, 2020 10:19am
