After a multi-year cleanup process, the National Park Service and Ford have succeeded in cleaning up the former Krejci Dump site. The NPS announced that the project is complete and the site fully restored. It’s now in a stable natural state, ensuring its long-term success as a natural wetland and wildlife habitat.
The coronavirus pandemic and related closures, restrictions and lockdowns caused a huge drop national park visitation numbers in 2020, a 28% decrease from 2019. Yet, some parks in the NPS system still set individual (seasonal) visitation records, as more people sought refuge in the great outdoors.
Already the busiest time of the year in Joshua Tree National Park, the 2021 spring season is expected to be even busier than usual, as more people continue to look to national parks for their annual spring holiday. The National Park Service shared its concerns about this and offers tips to make the best of your spring 2021 trip to Joshua Tree.
The brand new “National Park Service” app is the Park Service’s official app. Created by National Park Service staff—the people who know the parks best—it provides information, guidance, tips and suggestions for all its 420+ sites, from historic sites and battlefields to national monuments and national parks. It’s a great tool for on-the-road planning and checking conditions.
On six days in 2021, from Martin Luther King Day to Veterans Day, you can visit all 423 National Park Service sites for free, including the more than 100 national parks that usually charge an entrance fee. Check out the days and parks here!
Decades of efforts to create a national park in West Virginia have finally come to fruition. America’s newest national park, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, will encompass more than 72,000 acres of densely forested hills and historic sites along the New River. Some 5,000 to 7,000 acres of that would be designated as “national park”, while the rest will be a “national preserve.”
At White Sands National Park, a double set of fossilized human tracks show a glimpse in the life of a prehistoric mom and child. These footprints were recently discovered by a team of researchers and are the longest of their kind in the world.
“Death Valley is known for its extreme temperatures, and this year certainly didn’t disappoint when it comes to heat!” Death Valley National Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds said after a summer that shattered several heat records.
Home to the world’s longest running predator-prey study, Isle Royale National Park is famous for its wolves and moose. However, after almost disappearing from the island, the Isle Royale wolf population is on the rebound. The NPS recently announced confirmed sightings of wolf pups on Isle Royale!
Today’s exciting wildlife conservation news comes from Mount Rainier National Park. After more than a hundred years, wolverines (a female with two kits) have finally made it back to Mount Rainier—a massive indication that conservation efforts in the region are starting to really pay off.
After months of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, many national parks across the United States are slowly opening their gates again. Would you like to know which national parks are currently open or are in the process of reopening? You’ll find an overview of the current status of all 62 American national parks in this blog post.
After a busy Memorial Day weekend, Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park was closed to visitors on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. Today, the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the Grand Canyon phased reopening process will resume on Friday, May 29.
Yellowstone National Park is slowly waking up after a long winter’s sleep. On March 9, the National Park Service announced the first grizzly bear sighting in Yellowstone of 2020. The bear, fresh out of its den, was spotted near Grand Prismatic Spring by wildlife biologists during a radio telemetry flight.
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, an act including the provision to re-designate White Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico as White Sands National Park, which is the 62nd national park in the U.S.