Peregrine Falcons Return To Acadia National Park For Nesting
It's that time of year when peregrine falcons return to Acadia National Park in Maine for nesting, and that results in temporary closures of certain areas in the park.
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Acadia National Park's Loop Road Scheduled To Open Sunday
Head to Acadia National Park in Maine this Sunday and, weather permitting, you can be among the first to drive the Park Loop Road this year.
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.
Acadia National Park Readies For Season Of Renewal
With habitats ranging from salt-water wetlands to high mountain summits, spring comes to Acadia National Park in a thousand ways.
- March 15th, 2018
Some History On Lodging In National Parks
With more than a few national parks straining to cope with heavy visitation, and some groups hoping to see more lodging made available in some parks, it seems a little odd to know that once upon a time the National Park Service considered itself the "parent of the concept of eliminating overnight accommodations (except campgrounds) inside the parks to minimize intrusions and lessen impact."
Support These National Park Partners
We all could use a little help these days. National parks need help, and the groups that support them need help, too. That's why we hope you'll support the park friends groups that help us keep the Traveler alive. And today and tomorrow we especially need you to support Friends of Acadia.
- March 8th, 2018
Help Friends Of Acadia Help Acadia National Park
Anyone who's been following the national parks in recent years -- OK, a decade or two if not longer -- knows that the National Park Service is chronically short of money to take care of these incredible places. That's where groups like Friends of Acadia come in, and why you should donate to them this week, regardless if you plan to claim a tax deduction.
Celebrating The CCC In The National Parks
“National Parks of the Country Will Ring with Sound of Conservation Workers.” So read a headline in the May 20, 1933, edition of the Happy Days newspaper, the official publication of the newly formed Civilian Conservation Corps. And it was true: Established in March of that year, the corps became the most popular and enduring of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal “make-work” programs.
- March 4th, 2018
National Park Service To Congress: No New Park Units At This Time
The National Park Service does not support the creation of additional units to the National Park System while it is trying to whittle down its $11.6 billion maintenance backlog, according to the de facto acting director of the agency.
What's Open/Closed In The National Park System During Shutdown? Good Question!
Trying to figure out where you can go in the National Park System during the government shutdown? That's a good question, but not easily answered, as it seems much has been left to the discretion of individual superintendents.
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