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Studying Yellowstone National Park's Thermal Plumbing

Who doesn't enjoy a good, old-fashioned soak in Yellowstone National Park's Boiling River? The Boiling River is the result of a hot spring that discharges into the Gardner River. These hot spring and river interactions create not only unique soaking opportunities, but are also known to affect the ecological and physical characteristics of a river.

Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Elyssa Shalla Receives National Freeman Tilden Award

Back in October we told you about an ingenious interpretive tool that coaxed visitors to Grand Canyon National Park to use a manual typewriter to convey their immediate thoughts while gazing into the canyon. Not only where we impressed, but so were those who picked the 2018 National Freeman Tilden Award, which goes to the top interpreter in the National Park Service.

A Day In The Park: Isle Royale National Park

Isle Royale is a 571,800-acre, heavily forested island in tempestuous Lake Superior that under the National Park Service captures a snapshot of northwoods past, one that has been manipulated by succeeding generations of visitors. Yet it's a place where one can disappear into a vestige of wilderness, cast for a rare species of trout, or relax in a cabin or lodge room and enjoy the placid surroundings.
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2018 Year In Review: Exploring The Parks

This year took National Parks Traveler contributors to parks – near and far, big and small – that showcase the diversity and history of our planet. The Traveler took readers to Chile, Portugal, and Tanzania. A little closer to home, follow a daring journey into Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska, which, at 13.2 million acres, is the largest national park in the United States, or tag along with Jim Stratton on his trip to smaller, lesser-known units of the National Park System.