Shenandoah National Park Cleaning Up After Storm
Crews were busy Monday in Shenandoah National Park cleaning up after Winter Storm Riley downed trees across the park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2018 1:34pm
50 Years Later, National Park Service Struggles With Many Of The Same Issues
The conundrum was as obvious in 1967 as it is today: "Of all the conservation and management problems facing the National Park System in 1967, balancing the claims of rapidly mounting public use and the requirements of preservation is probably the most pervasive and difficult."
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2018 2:45am
A Day In The Park: Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park can take a little getting used to. It can be ridiculously hot, incredibly arid, and seemingly devoid of much to see or do. But if you spend a little time in the park and give it a chance...
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2018 2:00am
Help Friends Of Acadia Help Acadia National Park
Anyone who's been following the national parks in recent years -- OK, a decade or two if not longer -- knows that the National Park Service is chronically short of money to take care of these incredible places. That's where groups like Friends of Acadia come in, and why you should donate to them this week, regardless if you plan to claim a tax deduction.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2018 1:30am
Hatteras And Ocracoke Islands At Cape Hatteras National Seashore Temporarily Inaccessible
Hazardous road conditions created by Winter Storm Riley as it roared up the Atlantic Coast left Hatteras and Ocracoke islands at Cape Hatteras National Seashore inaccessible Sunday.
- By NPT Staff - March 4th, 2018 1:02pm
Traveler's View: Corporate Welfare At Caneel Bay In Virgin Islands National Park?
A private equity firm with global operations that include luxury hotels, ski resorts, and transportation interests such as shipping and railcars is on the brink of what appears to be a sweetheart deal to operate a luxury resort inside Virgin Islands National Park for just about the rest of the century.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 4th, 2018 3:45am
Celebrating The CCC In The National Parks
“National Parks of the Country Will Ring with Sound of Conservation Workers.” So read a headline in the May 20, 1933, edition of the Happy Days newspaper, the official publication of the newly formed Civilian Conservation Corps. And it was true: Established in March of that year, the corps became the most popular and enduring of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal “make-work” programs.
- By Kim O'Connell - March 4th, 2018 1:46am
Proposed Gas Lease Auction Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park Dropped
A proposed auction of oil and gas parcels near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico has been put off for now, though it could come back to life, and there are other proposed leases in the region that are of concern to some environmental groups.
- By NPT Staff - March 4th, 2018 1:15am
Birds And Shoreline Hardening Aren't Compatible In Chesapeake Bay
In a finding likely to have widespread ramifications, U.S. Geological Survey researchers have concluded that structures built to protect Chesapeake Bay shorelines from storm surge and sea level rise are not good for waterbirds.
- By NPT Staff - March 3rd, 2018 2:07am
Donald J. Trump National Parks Highway
In a state, Utah, where most politicians would like to take over federal lands, and where President Trump's proclamation breaking up Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments was rousingly applauded, there's a move to designate a "Donald J. Trump National Parks Highway."
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 2nd, 2018 2:15pm
