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Environmental Groups Criticize Air Tour Plan Affecting Four National Parks

Four environmental groups have submitted comments pointing out deficiencies in a new Federal proposal to regulate tourist overflights across San Francisco Bay Area national parks.

PUBLIC COMMENT – Notice of Availability of Proposed Voluntary Agreement

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By NPT Staff - December 30th, 2025

National Park Service Turns To Forest Service For Help Restoring 19th-Century Schooner

When it came time to restore a late-19th century schooner at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, the National Park Service placed a call to the U.S. Forest Service.

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February 26th, 2024

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Hercules Is Heading To Dry Dock

Hercules is heading to dry dock.

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May 17th, 2023

Group Says National Park Service Will Miss Deadlines For Air Tour Plans

National parks across the country continue to lag behind a court-ordered schedule to complete air-tour management plans and are failing to conduct environmentally required studies as they develop those plans, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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July 26th, 2022

National Park Service, FAA Ordered To Explain Delays With Air Tour Plans

A federal appellate court has given the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration until late July to explain why they are so behind in crafting air-tour management plans for many units of the National Park System.

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June 28th, 2022

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #50

There’s always something to learn about the park units within the National Park System. Take this latest National Parks Traveler quiz and trivia piece and see just how much you really know, while maybe learning a little in the process.

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June 13th, 2022

FAA, NPS Running Behind On Finalizing Air Tour Management Plans For Parks

Despite more than two decades to get the task accomplished, and almost two years after a federal judge ordered the Federal Aviation Administration and National Park Service to get the job done by this summer, air tour management plans for eight national parks will not be completed on schedule, according to court documents filed by the two agencies.

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March 10th, 2022

Sheltering-in Chantey At San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

As Covid-19 spread across the world, something else was going viral online — sea chanteys. And one national park became a global leader in sea music before it was trendy.

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April 4th, 2021

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Sail San Francisco Bay Aboard The Alma

Looking down upon San Francisco Bay is one way to take in the sweep of that iconic body of water, but riding its surface in a wind-powered ship offers a decidedly more personal connection with the bay. And from early June to late November you can find your way aboard the scow schooner Alma to gain that experience.

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April 25th, 2019

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Celebrating The 80th Anniversary Of San Francisco's Aquatic Park Bathhouse

Eighty years ago San Franciscans, with the help of the federal Works Project Administration, realized a decades-old dream: building a palace for the people on the City’s northern waterfront. On Saturday, April 13, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park salutes that legacy with music and special events in the historic Aquatic Park Bathhouse (Maritime Museum), 900 Beach Street, San Francisco, California.

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March 19th, 2019

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