National Park News

Discover outdoor fun and film with free entry during the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend.

The past weekend brought up to a foot of snowfall in the area creating excellent riding conditions on the park’s snowmobile trails.

The National Park Service and the Murie Science and Learning Center (MSLC) are seeking applicants for two accomplished scientists to conduct research in Denali National Park and Preserve. Each Researcher-in-Residence will spend a month or more in the park, conducting self-directed fieldwork and sharing their expertise with park staff and visitors.

Countryside Conservancy and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) are offering a series of free webinars designed for specialty crop growers. Registration is Now Open for January and March 2012 Sessions

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) is seeking qualified teachers who would like to work as a park ranger this summer in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program.

The Southeastern Utah Group of the National Park Service is currently accepting applications for the 2012 Community Artist in the Park.

The Southeastern Utah Group of the National Park Service is currently accepting applications for the 2012 Community Artist in the Parks Program.

Current snowfall within the park is bringing excellent riding conditions on the trails.

From January 30 to March 8, on weekdays, elevator service into Carlsbad Cavern will be limited to a few hours per day while the elevators undergo routine maintenance to keep them running safely and smoothly. On weekends and holidays, one elevator will be available throughout the day. Modifications to the elevator, tour, and cave operation schedule included in the news release.

Get Outdoors – Come Play with Clay on the Anhinga Trail

Today a team of ten searched from Paradise up the Muir Snowfield to Camp Muir without locating either of the parties.

Three visual artists and three writers were selected from over 300 applicants to participate in this year’s Artist-in-Residence program at Denali National Park and Preserve. Deborah Bouchette, Trine Bumiller, Kim Heacox, Marybeth Holleman, Rika Mouw, and Linda Schandelmeir will each have the opportunity to experience and be inspired by the park during summer 2012. They will stay at the historic East Fork cabin, where they can look out onto the braided channels of the East Fork River, multi-colored rock formations of Polychrome Mountain, and the snow-capped peaks of the Alaska Range.

This morning, January 19, a team of ten is searching a portion of the intended route of the two overdue parties from Paradise up the Muir Snowfield to Camp Muir, where they will overnight.

The incident command team, lead by Park Ranger Kelly Bush, is planning to send field teams out once conditions become favorable. Efforts are currently focused on organizing a team of skilled skiers and climbers who have experience in negotiating the terrain to Camp Muir in difficult travel conditions.

Two parties expected off the mountain over the last two days are overdue according to their original plans.

Zion National Park will begin construction of three new comfort stations in
Watchman Campground on January 23, 2012.

Get Outdoors for Big Day Birding Adventures at Everglades National Park

The annual visitation for Rocky Mountain National Park in 2011 was approximately 3,335,862 people, only 1.3% less than the record set in 2000.

The Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park will close at 7:00 p.m. this evening, Tuesday, January 17, 2012. A series of wet weather systems, with the possibility of heavy snow at the higher elevations, are predicated over the next several days. This possible precipitation, coupled with cold temperatures, will result in hazardous driving conditions on the road.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park received $3.2 million in Federal Funds from Federal Transit Administration.

Park officials will begin burning piles of dead vegetation in several locations throughout Arches and Canyonlands National Parks over the next several weeks as conditions allow.

Park officials will begin burning piles of dead vegetation in several locations throughout Arches and Canyonlands National Parks over the next several weeks as conditions allow.

Statement from the family of rescued snowshoer Yong Chun Kim, who was found at Mount Rainier National Park after a three-day search.

A massive search for a snowshoer missing since Saturday in Mount Rainier National Park culminated in a successful rescue Monday night.

The search for a snowshoer missing since Saturday afternoon continues today on Mount Rainier.

Couple Spends Night in Backcountry

The Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park has elected Betty Rider and Alex Schmitt as new members of the board of directors.

Grand Canyon National Park’s Artist-in-Residence program is pleased to announce its South Rim Artist-in-Residence selections for the October 2011 – September 2012 season, and the North Rim Artist-in-Residence selections for the May – October 2012 season.

Yosemite National Park will require Day Use Permits seven days per week for climbing the Half Dome cables during the summer 2012 season. This is an extension of the interim permit system that was implemented beginning in 2010. Permits will be required seven days per week to ascend the Half Dome cables. This is part of an interim program designed to address crowding and safety issues on the cables.