National Park News

In celebration of America’s great outdoors, the four parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches, Canyonlands, Hovenweep, and Natural Bridges) will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the parks on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.

In celebration of America’s great outdoors, the four parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches, Canyonlands, Hovenweep, and Natural Bridges) will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the parks on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.

Two climbers were killed in an avalanche in the Ruth Gorge of Denali National Park and Preserve the afternoon of Saturday, May 29. 

Two backpackers, a man and woman, encountered a grizzly bear Friday evening while hiking in the dense brush along the edge of Tattler Creek, which is at the west end of the Igloo Canyon, approximately 35 miles from park headquarters.

The Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association invites birders of all ages and experience levels to participate in the 56th Annual Bird Walk on Sunday, June 6. The walk will start at 6:30 a.m. in the Cottonwood Campground in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park will usher in the summer season with the first in a series of Wilderness Hikes on Sunday, May 30. This springtime outing will highlight early wildflowers, a symphony of sounds as migratory birds return to their favorite nesting areas, and newborn wildlife. Backcountry Ranger John Heiser will leas the hike into the park’s North Unit wilderness to observe the sights and sounds of the season.

rming District to be managed for the benefit of the resources in the park.

Yellowstone National Park rangers will be conducting safety and sobriety checkpoints in the park over Memorial Day weekend.

In celebration of America’s great outdoors, Glacier National Park will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6.

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened this morning. Park rangers anticipate that the road will likely be closed overnight through the weekend, due to melting and freezing temperatures at night causing thick layers of ice.  Due to heavy snowpack the Alpine Visitor Center and Trail Ridge Store, as well as restrooms affiliated with those facilities, will not open until late next week.

Join special guest, Vlado Vancura, Conservation Manager of PAN(Protected Area Network)Parks, the European wilderness protection organization, as he highlights this important organization on Saturday, June 5, at 7 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park. Vlado is based out of Slovakia and previously worked as a ranger at the Tatra National Park, one of RMNP’s sister parks.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help staff a new visitor contact station at Clingmans Dome when it opens on Saturday, June 19.

At approximately 12:45 p.m. today,a single rollover motor vehicle accident occurred in Rocky Mountain National Park. The vehicle rolled over and came to rest on its wheels in Glacier Creek along Bear Lake Road one half mile above Hollowell Park. Due to the accident Bear Lake Road was closed for over an hour and reopened at 3 p.m.

Memorial Day weekend visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park can take advantage of a break in the passing storms and enjoy the snowy mountains under beautiful blue skies. 

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Yellowstone National Park is seeking public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which looks at vaccinating bison against brucellosis without capturing or handling the animals.

Everglades National Park is pleased to announce the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Tamiami Trail Modifications: Next Steps Project. The public is encouraged to view the DEIS and submit comments through July 27, 2010.

A Canadian climber was evacuated from the West Rib route of Mt. McKinley on Thursday afternoon, May 27. Three additional air evacuations occurred earlier in the week.

Today eagle enthusiasts will watch as biologists band and tag two bald eagle chicks that will soon leave their Pelican Harbor nest on Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of southern California.

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Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national parks and wildlife refuges around the country in offering free admission to the park on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6.

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Author Don Duren will present a program on major league baseball history in Hot Springs, at 8:30 p.m. on May 28, in the amphitheater at Gulpha Gorge Campground. Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer will present a program on local Negro Leagues history, at the same time and location on May 29. Both programs will last 45 minutes.

ll entrances and interior roads in Yellowstone National Park have opened for the season.

Many seasonal visitor services are open for the Memorial Day weekend. Details and current conditions are available online at http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit, by consulting the park newspaper handed out at entrance stations, or by asking the staff at visitor centers and information stations in and near the park.

All tours of Wind Cave will be free the weekend of June 5 and 6 as part of the celebration of National Trails Day.

All tours of Wind Cave will be free the weekend of June 5 and 6 as part of the celebration of National Trails Day.

Construction will begin next week near the Historic Grand Canyon Depot (Depot) to improve the area where Grand Canyon Railway passengers load and unload buses for tours within Grand Canyon National Park. The project was included as part of Grand Canyon’s 2008 South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan which addressed an array of transportation strategies to promote alternative travel modes to the park, reduce congestion, and better integrate connections between parking, transit, wayfinding and trip planning.

Visitors can access many of Glacier National Park’s facilities, trails, and roads during the holiday weekend.

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces that Yosemite National Park is preparing an environmental assessment to plan for the long-term stewardship of the Half Dome Trail. The purpose of this plan is to provide stewardship of wilderness character and also improve visitor safety. Your experience, knowledge, and diverse perspectives are essential to our success.