National Park News

2009 Lyceum Series – Celebrate our Natural World: Artists Who Are Inspired by the Environment

Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed to visitor use starting at 7 p.m. on April 23 to 5 p.m. on April 24. The Clingmans Dome Road is a 7 mile spur road off of Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441).

Parts of Sun Road open for vehicles; Two Medicine Road open to Running Eagle Falls – Many Glacier Road remains closed to vehicles; Camas Road will not be plowed

Mesa Verde National Park fire managers are planning an approximately 30 acre prescribed fire project for the far northeast corner of the park adjacent to US Highway 160 and the main park entrance road.

Service members, civilians and national park rangers gathered onboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony and museum dedication in honor of Mesa Verde National Park, the ship’s namesake.

Three hundred and twenty-five runners and walkers helped Zion National Park celebrate its Centennial by participating in the Centennial 10K Fun Run on Saturday, April 18

Voyageurs National Park is pleased to announce the winners of the 6th Annual National Park Week Kids Art Contest and 2nd Kids in Parks Program. 

All educators are invited to do something WILD and attend a one day Project WILD Aquatic workshop at Acadia National Park on Friday, May 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

In July of 1873, Moran visited Zion Canyon while traveling with an expedition led by John Wesley Powell.

The public is invited to participate in the activities and presentations being offered for the ninth annual Upper Susitna Earth Day Celebration.

A Jazzercise work-out and special living history programs are scheduled for Junior Ranger Day April 25 as Hot Springs National Park concludes National Park Week, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Yellowstone National Park has completed a plan which addresses the future of wireless communications in the park.  Wireless communications in Yellowstone will be allowed in very limited areas to provide for visitor safety and to enhance park operations.  The plan restricts towers, antennas, and wireless services to a few limited locations in the park, in order to protect park resources and limit the impact on park visitors.  

The Murie Science and Learning Center (MSLC) has selected seven research fellows for 2009. 

The Denali Subsistence Resource Commission meeting that was to take place in February 2009 has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 30.

Due to longer days, and warming temperatures, Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Paul Anderson has determined that there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve that are north of the Alaska Range.

During the weekend of April 18, the Cedar Pass Lodge opens for the season and the Ben Reifel Visitor Center hours of operation get extended

Special appearance by NPS hard-working pack mules between 11am and noon!

Children ages 5 to 12 can earn a Junior Ranger badge, patch, pin, and certificate at Badlands National Park on Junior Ranger Day, April 25, 2009.

Lassen Volcanic National Park has opened the main park road from the Manzanita Lake Entrance 10 miles to the Devastated Area as of April 13.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Volunteers-in-Parks program is currently enlisting volunteers to assist with the experimental elk reintroduction project in Cataloochee Valley, NC.

The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is scheduled April 22-26, 2009, and consists of a variety of outdoor and indoor programs. The daily venues that cover over 150 wildflower and wildlife walks, talks, and photographic tours in the park.

The Fire Management Office at Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced that a 200 acre prescribed burn will be conducted today just south of the Wears Valley in Sevier County, TN. The Park’s Wear Cove Road will serve as one of the control lines of the fire and will be closed from mid-day today until Saturday morning.

North Cascades National Park Complex celebrates National Park Week with an invitation to explore, learn, and care for your national park through stewardship programs. Experience the natural splendor of the North Cascades, meet interesting people, and contribute to the well being of the park next week and throughout the summer with opportunities that blend recreation, education, and restoration.

New weather station will improve accuracy and reliability of weather data.

Approximately 150 people gathered at the Arlington Lawn for a "Tea Party" April 15.

The second set  in a series of public meetings has been scheduled to give area residents information on road construction that will take place in Yellowstone National Park this summer.

The National Park Service will be burning piles of woody debris on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  The pile burns will occur over the next few weeks as weather conditions allow.

Visitors will once again be able to drive into portions of the interior of Yellowstone National Park starting this weekend.  The roads through the North and West Entrances to Norris, Madison, Canyon and Old Faithful are set to re-open to car and RV traffic as scheduled at 8:00 a.m., Friday, April 17.

2009 Lyceum Series – Celebrate our Natural World: Artists Who Are Inspired by the Environment

Restoration ecologist with Channel Islands National Park, Paula Power, will be the featured speaker at the “From Shore to Sea” April lecture. Power will discuss the proposal to restore a portion of the historic coastal wetland and associated stream channel at Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island.