National Park News

Visitors traveling to Yosemite National Park over the Fourth of July holiday weekend should expect the park to be very busy.  The Fourth of July weekend is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year.

Yosemite National Park announces the extension of the public scoping period for visitor use on the trail leading to Half Dome and the Half Dome cables.  The scoping period has been extended to July 6, 2010. 

Junior Ranger Programs begin at Copper Center and Chitina.

The deep winter snows and late storms have extended the road, campground and trail openings at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

A habituated black bear was captured and euthanized by Yellowstone National Park staff on Wednesday morning.

The Elwha Science Education Project begins two weeklong field science programs this week. A partnership between the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Olympic Park Institute and Olympic National Park, the programs are funded through a National Science Foundation grant to Western Carolina University.

park wide pavement preservation project is getting underway in Glacier National Park for paved surfaces throughout the park EXCEPT for the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

A habituated black bear was captured and euthanized by Yellowstone National Park staff on Wednesday morning.

Closure of Johns Hopkins Inlet to all vessel traffic has been extended through July 15, 2010 to protect unweaned seal pups.

Even though the upcoming holiday weekend is forecast to have cooler temperatures with the possibility of rain, Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali National Park and Preserve officials are asking visitors to be cautious with their use of fire while enjoying the park.

Fire crews continued to anchor fire lines into the black on the western and southern flanks of the Cow Creek Fire while fire crews held and improved existing lines on the east flank of fire. The fire has burned 911 acres and the southern and eastern flanks are 40 percent contained.

A new video podcast, Day Hiking and Wildlife, associated with the recently launched program “Reward Yourself – Hike the Smokies Challenge”, is now available for viewing.

A park wide pavement preservation project is getting underway in Glacier National Park for paved surfaces throughout the park EXCEPT for the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Air and ground operations continue on the Cow Creek Fire burning in remote wilderness of Rocky Mountain National Park.