Isaias Continuing To Create Problems For National Parks
Isaias, a tropical storm at midday Monday, was expected to come ashore along the Carolinas as a hurricane after sundown.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 3rd, 2020 2:36pm
Grand Teton National Park Foundation Gains Support For Snake River From Brewery
A craft beer brewery in the shadow of Grand Teton National Park is lending its support to the Snake River Gateways campaign launched by the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.
- By NPT Staff - August 3rd, 2020 1:45am
5,000 Pythons Reportedly Removed From Everglades Ecosystem
Five-thousand is a big number, particularly when you're counting Burmese pythons. And that's how many of the big, powerful, nonnative constrictors have been pulled out of the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida, according to state officials.
- By NPT Staff - August 3rd, 2020 1:30am
Concerns Voiced That Border Wall Construction Is Damaging Quitobaquito Springs At Organ Pipe
Scientists fear that construction of the border wall through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona is doing irreparable damage to Quitobaquito Springs, a tiny oasis surrounded by the prickly Sonoran Desert landscape.
Groups Want Federal Energy Regulatory Commission To Block Hydro Projects Near Grand Canyon
A coalition of conservation groups wants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny a company's bid to built a hydropower project just upstream of Grand Canyon National Park in the Little Colorado River drainage.
Coastal National Park Units Preparing For Hurricane Isaias
Isaias, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday but expected to regain hurricane strength, was bearing down on south Florida, and units of the National Park System from Everglades National Park north to Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina were boarding up and closing down.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2020 4:24pm
UPDATE | National Parks Closing Ahead Of Hurricane Isaias
National parks from Florida north into North Carolina began to close Friday, or were making preparations to close, ahead of Hurricane Isaias.
- By NPT Staff - July 31st, 2020 4:37pm
UPDATE | Vandals Paint Blue Blocks On Zion National Park Sandstone
Vandals, possibly trying to get paint molds of sandstone outcroppings at Zion National Park, painted vivid blue blocks in the Kolob Terrace area of the park, spurring an investigation into who's responsible.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 31st, 2020 4:07pm
Trump Administration's Proposed Changes To Endangered Species Act Draw Criticism
Against projections that tens of thousands of species globally are at risk of extinction, the Trump administration on Friday proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act that critics say would lessen protections for the very species that need them.
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Unroped Climber Falls Hundreds Of Feet To Death In Rocky Mountain National Park
A young Colorado man climbing at Rocky Mountain National Park without being roped in fell 600-800 feet to his death from the east face of Longs Peak.
- By NPT Staff - July 31st, 2020 11:30am
