National Park News

BrooksCamp: Bear activity along the Brooks River is increasing. 8 bears visible at once this morning and great bear viewing from Lower Platform 8/30 PM.

Join the park on the 2010 Ride For Trails this October!

Multiple search and rescue incidents occured in the park August 27 through August 29.

Work is nearing completion on the section of road between Norris and Madison through Gibbon Canyon in Yellowstone National Park.

Work is nearing completion on the section of road between Norris and Madison through Gibbon Canyon in Yellowstone National Park.

Visitor passes away in the park due to an underlying medical condition, possibly brought on by hiking in the desert in hot weather.

Superintendent Cherry Payne today announces that the trail and beach from Halibut Point to one mile past Cooper’s Notch is now open.

Superintendent Cherry Payne today announces that the trail and beach from Halibut Point to one mile past Cooper’s Notch is now open.

As they have for 36 years, members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST), are set to resume research work in Yellowstone National Park.

As they have for 36 years, members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST), are set to resume research work in Yellowstone National Park.

A wildland fire is currently burning in Zion National Park.

Searchers have flown over 41,000 flight miles to date in the search for a missing floatplane carrying National Park Service employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto which disappeared on August 21, 2010.

Searchers have flown over 41,000 flight miles to date in the search for a missing floatplane carrying National Park Service employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto which disappeared on August 21, 2010.

Fire crews from Badlands National Park and the Northern Great Plains Fire Office are preparing for a planned 2,213-acre burn that is expected to take place sometime between September 7 and mid-October.

Fire crews from Badlands National Park and the Northern Great Plains Fire Office are preparing for a planned 2,213-acre burn that is expected to take place sometime between September 7 and mid-October.

The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve’s headquarters hazard fuels project begins today, August 30th, 2010.

Glacier National Park officials today announced the fall schedule for park concessions. Some concessions stop providing services in early September while others remain open until mid-October.

Campgrounds at Glacier National Park begin transitioning to primitive status in early September.

BrooksCamp: RT @AlaskaNPS: Monitoring radio traffic or hear an ELT signal on 121.5 MHz 8/21-8/28 around Katmai area? Contact Katmai NP Park Dispatch …

King Salmon, AK. Good visibility and clearing weather helped searchers today in the ongoing effort to find the single engine floatplane carrying NPS employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto which has been missing since August 21, 2010. Five helicopters and five fixed wing aircraft, including two volunteers, were able to complete both grid and targeted missions within the 14,000 square mile search area. A similar number are expected to search tomorrow.

King Salmon, AK. Good visibility and clearing weather helped searchers today in the ongoing effort to find the single engine floatplane carrying NPS employees Mason McLeod, 26, Neal Spradlin, 28, and Seth Spradlin, 20, and pilot Marco Alletto which has been missing since August 21, 2010. Five helicopters and five fixed wing aircraft, including two volunteers, were able to complete both grid and targeted missions within the 14,000 square mile search area. A similar number are expected to search tomorrow.

Map showing flight tracks conducted since August 22 – 26. Map does not include military search efforts.

Map showing flight tracks conducted since August 22 – 26. Map does not include military search efforts.

Post Office offering a special anniversary cancellation stamp.

King Salmon, AK. The search continues today for a missing floatplane in Katmai National Park and Preserve after inclement weather grounded Friday’s operations for most of the day. Searchers are concentrating today on completing aerial grid searches and targeting areas where the plane may have disappeared. The single engine floatplane, a deHavilland Beaver operated by Branch River Air Service in King Salmon with the pilot and three National Park Service maintenance employees has been missing since Saturday, August 21, 2010.

King Salmon, AK. The search continues today for a missing floatplane in Katmai National Park and Preserve after inclement weather grounded Friday’s operations for most of the day. Searchers are concentrating today on completing aerial grid searches and targeting areas where the plane may have disappeared. The single engine floatplane, a deHavilland Beaver operated by Branch River Air Service in King Salmon with the pilot and three National Park Service maintenance employees has been missing since Saturday, August 21, 2010.

Fire management personnel at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Tennessee Department of Forestry are jointly managing a low-intensity wildfire, which is located between U.S. 129 and the shores of Calderwood and Chilhowee Lakes.