National Park Mystery Spot 28: A Natural Shape
You must climb up high to see it up close.
- By Bob Janiskee - December 15th, 2011 6:39am
Yosemite National Park Personnel Ready To Help Deaf Visitors Enjoy The Park
There's certainly lots to see in Yosemite National Park, what with the soaring granite walls, wispy waterfalls, and the spectacular high country. And there's lots to hear, too, when you consider all the interpretation programs and park tours. Deaf visitors don't need to miss those programs, as the park's Deaf Services Program is ready to offer sign language interpretation.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 7th, 2011 3:00am
Reader Participation Day: Do Grizzly Attacks Have You Leery of Hiking in Yellowstone National Park?
With two fatal grizzly maulings in Yellowstone National Park this summer, it's understandable if some feel intimidated about hiking in the park's backcountry. Would you cancel a hike because of those incidents?
Windy Weekend Weather Blows Fire In Yellowstone National Park To 1,100 Acres
Steady winds during the Labor Day weekend helped spread the Point Fire in Yellowstone National Park to 1,100 acres, while fires elsewhere in the park remained comparatively small.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 6th, 2011 4:27pm
National Park Service Working With IUCN To Bolster National Park Protection World-Wide
Though the national park movement is more than a century old, efforts are ongoing to support that movement and enhance the protection of national park lands globally. Recently the National Park Service bolstered those efforts by agreeing to work with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature on the support of parks and other protected areas world-wide.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 6th, 2011 3:00am
Birding in the National Parks: Fall Migration's On the Way
You might not like it, but fall is in the air. Sure, the temperatures might not feel like it, but the migratory birds know what time of year it is and soon will be taking flight. Around the National Park System there are more than a few parks where you can see this in action.
- By Kirby Adams - September 6th, 2011 3:00am
Crisp September Weather Brings Crisp Apples, Along with History, To the National Parks
Finally, the most-anticipated month for visiting national parks has arrived. That's right, September, the month when apples ripen and are ready for picking. From Pennsylvania to Utah and on west to California, the desire to bite into a nice crisp apple, or pick a bag or bushel for pies and sauce, are luring visitors to parks.
Sal Hollow Trail In Mammoth Cave National Park Closed To Mountain Bikers, Open To Horses
If you're heading to Mammoth Cave National Park with your mountain bike, you can no longer pedal down the Sal Hollow Trail. However, if you're heading there with your horse, you can explore that trail with your steed.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2011 3:00am
The Ledge, An Adventure Story Of Friends And Survival On Mount Rainier
Just hours from their car, promise of a hot shower, cold beers, and soft beds, Jim Davidson and Mike Price literally plunged into a nightmare that left one of them dead and the other struggling to understand why his friend died and figure out how he would save himself.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 19th, 2017 12:42am
Could You Handle This Job? Arrowhead Hotshots Celebrate 30 Years of Fire Fighting Excellence
A small group of men and women hold one of the most highly sought after jobs in the National Park Service, but the work is also some of the most challenging anywhere in the country. This year the Arrowhead Hotshots celebrate 30 years of service as one of the elite wildland fire crews in the U.S.A.
- By Jim Burnett - October 1st, 2011 10:50am
