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Yellowstone Earthquakes That Are Related To Ground Deformation

We know that Yellowstone is an active volcanic system due to the high rate of seismicity and the active ground deformation. What happens when those two things are happening simultaneously, like they are right now?

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By Yellowstone Volcano Observatory - February 3rd, 2026

Grand Canyon National Park Opens 2027 Noncommercial River Trip Lottery

The National Park Service is now accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park.

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By Compiled From NPS Releases - February 2nd, 2026

Death Valley National Park Reopens South Badwater Road

The National Park Service has reopened South Badwater Road in Death Valley National Park as of January 31.

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By Compiled From NPS Releases - February 2nd, 2026

Limestone Applications To Improve Stream Health At Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park will conduct an aerial limestone application to reduce the acidity of Meadow Run.

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By NPT Staff - February 2nd, 2026

Traveler's View | The Interior Secretary's Damaging Disregard For National Park Science

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's approach to managing the United States' rich natural resources evidently has little regard for science that guides the federal land-management agencies' stewardship of those lands and waters.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2026

5th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | A 'Cost Center' To Be Scrapped?

De Soto National Memorial is the kind of place Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum has implied could be targeted in future cuts that would prioritize the 63 National Park System sites designated specifically as “national parks” over smaller locations he calls “cost centers” that take more money to operate than they bring in.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - February 1st, 2026

New York Art Teacher Earns 30 National Park Resident Artist Spots In 10 Years

Art teacher Heather Heckel has earned more than two dozen artist-in-residency stints at national parks around the country.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - February 1st, 2026

UPDATE | Filters Have Been Installed To Handle National Park Public Communications

A filtering system has been put in place across the National Park System to manage communications with the public, one that has raised concerns over the quality of interpretation messaging by park staff.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 30th, 2026

Fishing Season To Start Earlier In Three Yellowstone National Park Rivers

Fishing season will open May 1 in portions of Yellowstone National Park's Gibbon, Madison, and Firehole Rivers.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - January 30th, 2026

National Park Sites Brace For Another Blast Of Winter Weather

Parks including Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie closed ahead of another winter storm this weekend.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - January 30th, 2026

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