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Three South Idaho National Parks Receive Landmark Restoration Funds From The Great American Outdoors Act

Three national parks in south Idaho have received funds through the Great American Outdoors Act to address four major restoration projects.

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By NPT Staff - October 4th, 2025

Trump Administration Halts Massive Wind Farm Near Minidoka National Historic Site

A controversial wind farm project proposed to be located near Minidoka National Historic Site in Idaho has been scrapped by the Trump administration.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 6th, 2025

Sneak Peek At Hawaiʻi's Hidden POW And Internment Site

Gingerly exploring an overgrown gulch about 20 minutes west of Pearl Harbor, the serenity punctuated only by the chatter of Common myna birds, it’s hard to believe that this seemingly idyllic place once hid the largest and longest-running WWII incarceration site in Hawaiʻi.

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By Jennifer Bain - July 4th, 2025

UPDATE | BLM Favors Massive Wind Farm Near Minidoka National Historic Site

The Biden administration is poised to allow a massive wind turbine farm to be erected in central Idaho not far from Minidokda National Historic Site, a National Park System unit that housed more than 13,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, a decision that immediately drew criticism.

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June 6th, 2024

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BLM Examining Wind Turbine Farm Proposed Near Minidoka National Historic Site

A proposal now open to public comment that could allow for up to 400 wind turbines to be erected between Minidoka National Historic Site and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho raises a question of whether they would intrude on the somber setting at Minidoka, where more than 10,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated during World War II.

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February 13th, 2023

Overlooked Gems Of The National Park System

There are, across the National Park System, dozens and dozens of jewels that don't attract crowds while offering you gorgeous landscapes, deep history, and rich experiences. Here's a look at some of those places that the National Parks Traveler wrote about this year.

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December 27th, 2022

Minidoka National Historic Site: One Of The Country's Most Endangered Historic Places

Minidoka National Historic Site, a vestige of an ugly chapter of U.S. history when American citizens were incarcerated, is one of the country's most endangered historic places because of a massive wind turbine farm proposed to rise nearby on the windswept plains of southern Idaho.

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May 16th, 2022

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Funding Lags for Historic, Cultural Parks Compared to Large, Popular Parks

There are inequities when it comes to funding units of the National Park System that protect and interpret cultural and historic sites vs. those that are focused on natural resources and sweeping vistas.

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April 6th, 2022

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Fading History: Minidoka National Historic Site

Minidoka National Historic Site is not unique in wanting for adequate funding to protect, and interpret, its history, but it's a clear example of the need that exists.

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April 3rd, 2022

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Musings About The National Parks

There has been lots of discussion and debate on the Traveler in recent months over the size of the National Park System as well as the propriety of some of the units in that system. Most recently, a reader took issue with a piece looking at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site that questioned what the goal of the historic site really was.

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August 12th, 2015

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