National Park News

Yosemite Institute, a campus of NatureBridge, is announcing a unique opportunity for school groups seeking a winter program that combines academic study with physical challenges, team building, and leadership development in the outdoors.

JoshuaTreeNP: Tortoises may be found on park roads after summer thunderstorms looking for a drink from accumulated pools. Please watch out for them. -sk

An eyewitness description led to timely arrests after a series of vehicle break-ins July 25.

Stories of the railroad come to life through songs performed by musician Roy Harper.

Alternate routes are available, due to recent chip-seal work on Highway 101.

Glacier National Park officials are seeking preliminary scoping comments as the National Park Service (NPS) begins preparation of a plan and environmental assessment (EA) to explore alternatives for the management of cabins and other structures owned by the NPS around the shores of Lake McDonald on the park’s west side.

Officials at Glacier National Park report that a 30-year-old Browning resident died Thursday in the park’s Two Medicine Valley.

BrooksCamp: One of bear 236′s 4 spring cubs getting its daily calcium: http://is.gd/dTeMs

Officials at Glacier National Park report that a 30-year-old Browning resident died Thursday in the park’s Two Medicine Valley.

Glacier National Park officials are seeking preliminary scoping comments as the National Park Service (NPS) begins preparation of a plan and environmental assessment (EA) to explore alternatives for the management of cabins and other structures owned by the NPS around the shores of Lake McDonald on the park’s west side.

About 1,200 people attended a ceremony in Yosemite Valley today to launch the new Yosemite Quarter.  United States Mint Director Edmund Moy, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher, other elected officials and guests spoke at the event.  

Current Fire Strategy:  National Park Service staff will continue daily monitoring efforts, employing the use of aircraft, and take action as appropriate.  Expect to see smoke as unburned fuels in the fire’s interior continue to burn and smolder. 
This will be the last update on the Beach Fire unless significant fire activity occurs.

The National Park Service will publish the Draft Nabesna Off-Road Vehicle Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) and make it available for public review and comment on July 30.

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is closing the Lakina Bridge, milepost 44.3 of the McCarthy Road, to all through vehicle traffic.

Federal subsistence registration permits for permit hunts in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be available starting Monday, August 2.

Due to heavy rain, ORV trails along the Nabesna Road are restricted until further notice.

Bryce Canyon National Park has reopened the popular Wall Street section of the Navajo Loop Trail which was closed back in April 2010 due to falling rocks. Trail crews have been busy over the past several weeks clearing rocks which have fallen since the closure. Wall Street takes visitors through a narrow passage between towering rock fins and centuries-old Douglas-fir trees.

At 4 p.m. park rangers found a man's body on a snowfield above Cony Lake in the Hutcheson Lakes drainage near the southern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. At this time, the cause of death is unknown.

The staff of Rocky Mountain National Park invite you to celebrate World Ranger Day with them as they recognize world conservation areas, and the professional staff – the Rangers – that form the Thin Green Line around these most valuable resources.

Temporary night closures on a section of Trail Ridge Road will take place from August 2, through August 5, to install culverts. Fall River Road will remain open.

A 22-year-old woman died last night at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained when she slipped under the surface of the water at Firehole River near Old Faithful.  Lin Ching-Ling, a Taiwanese national, was submerged for approximately 5 minutes before bystanders were able to pull her out of the water.

Superintendent Cherry Payne  today announces a temporary closure upstream of  the boardwalk on the Bartlett River Trail.

Grand Canyon National Park recently hosted a U.S. World Heritage Fellow from the Seychelles.

The National Park Service has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Vegetation Management Plan at Bryce Canyon National Park. Intermountain Acting Regional Director Mary Gibson Scott approved the FONSI based on the environmental assessment recommended by Kathleen Gonder, Acting Superintendent at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Glacier National Park announced today the launch of an innovative new project; Glacier in Focus, part of a national program: The Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus.

Today’s Activities:  Two 20-person hotshot crews completed mop up operations by the end of shift today and returned to the Fishing Bridge fire camp at the end of their shift. One heavy, two medium, and one light helicopter supported suppression activities and transported all firefighting equipment/supplies back to the Fishing Bridge fire camp.

BrooksCamp: Bears still having lots of success fishing at the base of the Falls. Mostly females have been fishing the lip + 1 younger male.

Glacier National Park announced today the launch of an innovative new project; Glacier in Focus, part of a national program: The Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus.

Kenai Fjords National Park Celebrates Completion of Exit Glacier Pavilion on August 4, 2010.

On Saturday, July 17, 2010, the Yosemite Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) held their 37th annual Parents Day at Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park.  Parents Day marks the half-way point for teenagers participating in the YCC program at Yosemite, and provides an opportunity for parents to see their children spend the day working in the park.  The day is concluded with a barbecue prepared by the YCC kitchen crew and served at a gathering at Badger Pass.