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Lost Valley Road Area Of Buffalo National River Closing For Improvements

The National Park Service will close the Lost Valley Road and day-use area at Buffalo National River in Arkansas on Monday for a 10-week-long improvement project that will relocate a portion of Lost Valley Road, parking area, and trailhead out of the immediate flood zone of Clark Creek. The purpose of this project is to provide safe vehicular access to the Lost Valley Trailhead while minimizing adverse impacts to Clark Creek, the Buffalo River, and the surrounding environment.

Assateague Island Habitat Restoration Project

Sometimes, when a national park is established it occupies land that previously might have been considered for another purpose. For instance, at Assateague Island National Seashore there was a plan to build nearly 6,000 homes on the land before the park was established. Today, park staff continues to work at restoring acres damaged by infrastructure related to that development.

Around The Parks: Higher Fees, Winter In Yosemite, Good Work In Grand Teton

Higher fees are coming your way for touring the Delta-O1 launch facility at Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite National Park is open for winter, and friends of Cuyahoga Valley National Park have raised millions for a new visitor center. Those are just some of the stories from around the National Park System.