Rangers Cracking Down On Styrofoam, Glass At Lake Mead, Lake Mohave
During spring break, there will be “No Breaks” at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
- By NPT Staff - March 22nd, 2018 2:06am
Birds And Climate Change: Study Predicts Upheaval In National Park Bird Species
They were not supposed to be there, but they were: More than 100 brown-hooded, white-breasted seabirds, along with four nests, at chilly Channel Islands National Park off California's coast. This was not balmy Baja California, which normally is the northern-most range for tropics-loving Brown boobies, but rather a windswept chain of islands with average high temperatures in the mid-60s and water temperatures in the 50s.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 21st, 2018 1:07pm
The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act At Fifty
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act turns 50 this fall, and despite its longevity, there's a fractional amount of river miles in the United States that are protected by that legislation.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 21st, 2018 2:00am
New Beginnings: Cherry Blossoms And Helen Taft's Landscape Diplomacy
Every spring, hundreds of thousands of tourists descend upon the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., during the Cherry Blossom Festival in order to capture images of the monuments framed by delicate blossoms of pink and white. What few of these tourists realize is that this fairy tale setting is the result of the vision First Lady Helen “Nellie” Herron Taft and an action of “landscape diplomacy.”
- By NPT Staff - March 21st, 2018 2:00am
National Park Service Concerned Over BLM Oil And Gas Leases Near Utah Parks
National Park Service officials had urged the Bureau of Land Management to put some miles between oil and gas leases they auctioned Tuesday and parks in southeastern Utah, voicing concerns over impacts to groundwater, air quality, night skies and soundscapes. Native American groups, meanwhile, gathered at the BLM offices in Salt Lake City to protest the auction, saying the Trump administration was determined to erase their history "for financial gain."
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 20th, 2018 4:22pm
USGS Develops Test To Track Manatee DNA In Waterways
Terrestrial animals often can be tracked by the prints they leave in the dirt, but the same can't be said for marine life. But U.S. Geological Survey scientists have figured out how to determine where manatees have been with a test that detects their DNA in water.
- By NPT Staff - March 20th, 2018 2:30am
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Seeks Public Input On Services At Lake Powell
Staff at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on the Utah-Arizona border are working on what sort of concession operations are suitable for the NRA and are seeking your input on the matter.
- By NPT Staff - March 20th, 2018 1:30am
Blue Ridge Parkway Looking For Volunteers To Help With Spring Cleaning
When winter's snows melt away, and spring flowers start to rise across the Blue Ridge Parkway, sometimes a lot of downed limbs and trash appears, too. With that in mind, Blue Ridge Parkway officials are looking for some volunteers to help with a "Campground Cleanup" on April 21, a Saturday.
- By NPT Staff - March 20th, 2018 1:30am
A Day In The Park: Dry Tortugas National Park
Freeman Tilden brushed on the military history of a small clutch of coral cayes when he mentioned Fort Jefferson National Monument in The National Parks, but the brief entry did little justice to the place known today as Dry Tortugas National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 19th, 2018 2:45am
Friends Of Saguaro, NextGen Rangers, And The National Park Service
In 2015, Friends of Saguaro created the Next Generation Ranger Corps Internship Program at Saguaro National Park, in response to the “Call to Action” by the National Park Service. The program is designed to enable young people to discover Saguaro and its different operational divisions through a supportive, engaging, and educational working opportunity at the park.
- By NPT Staff - March 19th, 2018 2:00am
