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Time Running Out To Comment On Plan To Liberalize Predator Hunting Regs In Alaska Preserves

Little more than a week remains to comment on an environmental assessment the National Park Service has written to ease back on protections for predators in national preserves in Alaska. The Park Service's latest position is a wholesale reversal from where it stood in 2015 when it pushed back against Alaska's requests to allow for the killing of more wolves and bears from national preserves and refused to back down.

Verizon Wants To Disguise A Cellphone Tower As A Pine Tree In Sequoia National Park

If a scrawny looking pine tree towered above other pines near Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park, would you figure out that it was a cellphone tower? And would you then care that your backcountry hikes might be interrupted by someone chatting loudly on their phone or streaming Drake?

New Video Traces This Year's Volcanic Activity At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

For those who have closely followed this year's volcanic activity at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, or are simply interested in earth geology, the park staff has created a new video that traces the history of this year's eruptions from the Kīlauea Volcano specific to Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō , Halema‘uma‘u and the East Rift Zone in lower Puna.

Reader Participation Day: Where's Your Go-To National Park Destination For Fall?

If there's a problem with visiting a national park in fall, it's that the days are too short. The weather usually is incredible, the crowds, and bugs, minimal, and wildlife usually visible. With those givens, where is your go-to national park destination for fall?

Cape Cod Modern House Trust Signs Lease For National Seashore's Kohlberg Property

Along with pristine beaches and miles of sand dunes, Cape Cod National Seashore also protects a dozen mid-20th century modern homes that are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. One of those, the Kohlberg House, will be taken care of for the next decade by the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, which also will utilize the home for its scholar-in-residence programs and architectural studies.

Shenandoah National Park Crowdsources "Then And Now" Photo Gallery

Back in 2016, for the centennial of the National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park staff chose about 50 historic photos from the park's archives and recruited volunteer photographers to re-create each photo. Most of the historic photos date to the 1930s so the 2016 photos document ~75 years of change in the landscape. The resulting photo gallery is amazing, and incredible.