Through Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway
Along the Stargazer Highway, properly known as U.S. 191, stories about in the night skies.
Canyonlands National Park
Memorial Day Weekend To Be Crowded In The National Parks
Be sure to pack your patience if you're heading to a national park over Memorial Day Weekend, as many parks are expecting crowds.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 22nd, 2025 2:00am
Utah Officials Concerned Over DOGE's Plans To End National Park Service Facility Lease
Utah officials, including a U.S. senator, are concerned by the Trump administration's intention to end a lease on a facility in Moab that houses National Park Service operations for two national parks and two national monuments.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 18th, 2025 2:30am
Celebrating National Park Week 2025: What’s Your Plan?
It’s the start of National Park Week 2025. If you haven’t already worked up some plans to visit a national park, then this week should be the impetus you need to start formulating an idea for a trip to one of the 433 units within the National Park System.
- By Rebecca Latson - April 16th, 2025 6:06am
Painting The National Parks With Wildflowers
Delicate trilliums, glorious columbines, and flamboyant redbuds are some of the harbingers of spring found across the National Park System. This is a favorite season for birds, bees, and photographers. Wildlife is more easily seen in the spring in many parks, too, making the coming three months idyllic for exploring the parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2025 4:04am
National Parks In Southwest Could Encounter Early Fire Season
Last summer's subpar monsoon season and a dry start to winter in the Southwest has the National Weather Service warning that there could be a "potentially significant wildfire season" in northern Arizona.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 8th, 2025 2:30am
Wyoming Seeking Federal Land Grab, Utah Wants To Co-Manage National Parks
Legislators in two Western states have their eyes on federal lands, with the Wyoming Legislature being asked to approve a resolution that all federal lands inside the Cowboy State, except Yellowstone National Park, be turned over, while Utah legislators are being asked to get behind a measure calling for them to "co-manage" the national parks in their state.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2025 8:35am
Op-Ed | A New Idea For National Parks: Leave Some Of Them To The Animals
Leaving some NPS properties to the wildlife would benefit both the animals and the land, says author and former park ranger, Hilary Clark.
- By justin.housman - January 16th, 2025 2:30am
4th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | National Parks And The Mines Next Door
As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed. Or so it was thought.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 20th, 2025 10:17am
Southeast Utah Group Parks Announce Winter Hours And Closures
Check out the winter hours and temporary closures for visitor centers at parks in the Southeast Utah Group.
- By justin.housman - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm
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Here’s the definitive guide to National Park System campgrounds where RVers can park their rigs.
Our app is packed with RVing- specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 national parks.
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