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American Rivers Working With National Park Service To Restore Sierra Meadows

Wilderness areas are supposed to be off-limits to motorized vehicles and power tools. So how do you go about restoring High Sierra meadows that have been subjected to overuse by human visitors? At Sequoia National Park, crews from American Rivers are working with the National Park Service to restore impacted meadows by hand.

Episode 2: Lodging In The Parks, Maintenance, And Glacier Bay

In this week's edition of National Parks Traveler, host Kurt Repanshek discusses lodging in the National Park System with David and Kay Scott, authors of The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges, updates congressional efforts to whittle away the park system's nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog, and reviews a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

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The Shutdown Is Over, But Not All National Parks Are Ready For Visitors

Shifting gears in national park operations after the lengthy partial government shutdown is not quickly done, and so not all parks are fully ready for visitors to return. At Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, several rockfalls are complicating that park's reopening, which isn't scheduled until February 4.

Traveler's View: Interior Department Makes Rules Up On The Fly

With the Interior Department led by a recent oil industry lobbyist and the National Park Service by a past political appointee who overlooked environmental rules to please a billionaire, we're embarking on a new paradigm for managing the National Park System, one that includes changing the rules on the fly.

Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks Closed Due To Health And Safety Issues

Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks were closed entirely Wednesday evening by National Park Service officials due to unsanitary conditions that were creating health and safety concerns. The two parks, in California's Sierra Nevada, are believed to have become the first in the National Park System to be entirely closed due to visitation problems since the partial government shutdown began nearly two weeks ago.

Verizon Wants To Disguise A Cellphone Tower As A Pine Tree In Sequoia National Park

If a scrawny looking pine tree towered above other pines near Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park, would you figure out that it was a cellphone tower? And would you then care that your backcountry hikes might be interrupted by someone chatting loudly on their phone or streaming Drake?

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.