The most abundant bear species in the world, black bears are found all across North America, from Alaska and Canada to the contiguous United States and northern Mexico. Your chances of seeing black bears in the wild are excellent in these national parks.
Effective Saturday, July 24, Yellowstone National Park’s rivers and streams will close to fishing in the afternoon and evening due to high water temperatures and low stream flows. This closure will protect the park’s native and wild trout fisheries.
One of America’s most extraordinary natural environments, Craters of the Moon National Monument protects a vast area of lava flows and caves, cinder cones and sagebrush plains. You can explore this otherworldly landscape in Idaho’s Snake River Plain on several short hiking trails.
After weeks of drought and heat waves, there are now fire bans in all four Pacific Northwest national parks. See current statuses for Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic in this blog post.
Grand Teton National Park encompasses both the Jackson Hole valley and the majestic Teton Range, together forming one of America’s most scenic national parks. Although relatively small in size, there’s lots to see and do in Grand Teton for everyone, from hiking and kayaking to photography and wildlife viewing.
One of already several fatalities in the national parks this summer season, the National Park Service announced that, on July 14, a 44-year-old hiker on a multi-day hiking trip passed away on Grand Canyon National Park’s popular Bright Angel Trail.
One of the most spectacular U.S. national parks, Glacier National Park is a photographer’s paradise. From waterfalls, wildflowers and wildlife to sunrises, sunsets and star-peppered night skies, there are numerous subjects and spots to photograph in Glacier National Park.
Portland, OR-based nonprofit Love Is King partners up with the Alaska Wilderness League and introduces Operation ROAM. For their first expedition, a group of BIPOC outdoor activists heads to the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to meet Gwich’in leaders and immerse themselves in northern Alaska’s landscapes and culture.
Never before was the month of June as hot as it was this year in Death Valley National Park. After a record-shattering summer last year, Death Valley National Park already broke some of its own heat records in June this year. Death Valley’s average day/night temperature was 102.9°F (39.4°C) in June 2021, beating the previous record by 1.1°F (0.6°C).
The famous Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park reopened to vehicle traffic on June 25 and immediately saw a spike in visitation compared with 2019. According to a NPS press release, preliminary data shows a 41% increase in the number of vehicles on the Going-to-the-Sun Road over opening day in 2019.
Wilderness Inquiry directly serves people from all walks of life: diverse youth, individuals with differing abilities, and others who face barriers of use to public lands and waterways. Their programs help connect people to the outdoors and each other.
The National Park Service announced in a new report that, in 2020, visitors to national parks contributed $28.6 billion to the U.S. economy. This visitor spending, much of which was during the COVID-19 pandemic, helped support no fewer than 234,000 jobs, most of them in communities surrounding parks.
Getting charged by a bear is every hiker’s worst nightmare, an experience that can range from “just” terrifying to life-changing to actually deadly. So, whenever you’re heading into bear country, you should carry and know how to use bear spray correctly. This post tells you all about bear spray, proper use and other useful information.
Learn about the work, trips and programs of The Venture Out Project, an organization that offers “trans and queer participants the opportunity to experience the outdoors in a safe, supportive and environmentally conscious way.” We invite you to join us in making a donation to support their incredibly important work.