The body of 30-year-old Michael William Sloan from Hungry Horse, Montana, was recovered from Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park shortly before noon on Friday, September 24, 2010.
Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilderness heritage during its 10th annual Wilderness Weekend, October 16 – 17, 2010. This year commemorates the 34th
anniversary of Shenandoah’s wilderness designation. Celebrate wilderness by viewing Shenandoah’s wilderness from Skyline Drive, hiking a wilderness trail, joining a ranger program, completing the Wilderness Explorer Ranger Activity Guide, or exploring a visitor center exhibit.
With large numbers of visitors expected to visit Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend, all visitors to the area are reminded that emergency fire restrictions are in effect within park boundaries.
With large numbers of visitors expected to visit Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend, all visitors to the area are reminded that emergency fire restrictions are in effect within park boundaries.
A photovoltaic electrical generating system has been installed at park Headquarters
BrooksCamp: See a panoramic view of Brooks Camp taken from the first overlook on the Dumpling Mtn Trail at http://gigapan.org/gigapans/59601/.
There was very minimal fire activity Thursday, with the exception of a pocket of lodgepole regeneration located in the far
southeast corner. Very little burning continues in the fire’s interior.
There was very minimal fire activity Thursday, with the exception of a pocket of lodgepole regeneration located in the far
southeast corner. Very little burning continues in the fire’s interior.
Shenandoah National Park invites you to become one of thousands of volunteers on public lands across the country to celebrate service and recreation on National Public Lands Day 2010!
The park will be hosting an event at the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center at milepost 4.7 along Skyline Drive.
Helicopter operations safely removed automobile parts and associated debris within the caldera of Crater Lake that resulted from the 9/11/2010 auto mishap near North Junction.
Yosemite National Park is home to more than 400 species of animals, including 165 resident and migratory birds. The abundant diversity in wildlife is due to the park’s natural habitats and ecosystems that remain largely intact. Yosemite’s rich habitats range from thick wooded foothills to expanses of meadows and alpine terrain found in the park’s higher elevations.
Today (Thursday) the search area for a missing 30-year-old man from Hungry Horse, Montana, has been narrowed to the head of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park after an extensive ground and aerial search Wednesday, September 23 failed to provide any clues.
The National Park Service has a unique business opportunity for commercial services in Stehekin, located on the headwaters of beautiful Lake Chelan, and a gateway to the North Cascades. People interested in this opportunity are invited to Stehekin on October 4 to tour the current operation of the concession facilities and meet with park concession staff. Please notify Annelise Lesmeister at (509) 682-4921 no later than noon, Friday October 1, if you plan to attend.
The National Park Service has a unique business opportunity for commercial services in Stehekin, located on the headwaters of beautiful Lake Chelan, and a gateway to the North Cascades. People interested in this opportunity are invited to Stehekin on October 4 to tour the current operation of the concession facilities and meet with park concession staff. Please notify Annelise Lesmeister at (509) 682-4921 no later than noon, Friday October 1, if you plan to attend.
A 30-year-old man from Hungry Horse, MT is missing after an afternoon fishing trip to the Upper McDonald Creek area at the north end of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.
Yellowstone is looking for someone interested in providing guided winter snowcoach tours originating from the park’s East Entrance.
Yellowstone is looking for someone interested in providing guided winter snowcoach tours originating from the park’s East Entrance.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will offer a 2-hour stargazing program in Cades Cove on October 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society.
Several organizations are banding together to clean up our coastlines along the Channel Islands and at three area beaches in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
Bryce Canyon National Park will offer its annual Fee Free Day on Saturday, September 25, 2010, in observance of National Public Lands Day. On that day, the National Park Service will join other public lands to waive entrance fees including commercial tour entrance fees. This fee waiver does not include camping and special permit fees.
The purpose of the Soundscape Management Plan is to protect and improve the soundscape at Zion National Park.
National Public Lands day is on Saturday September 25, 2010
Yosemite National Park was designated by an Act of Congress on October 1, 1890, making it the third national park in the United States, after Yellowstone (1872) and Sequoia (1890). Friday, October 1, 2010 marks the 120th birthday of the park.
On Saturday, September 25, 2010 Yosemite National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day. In commemoration of this special day, the park will waive park entrance fees for all park visitors.
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We are on a 1-year RV trip to visit national parks in the USA and Canada. Please check out our photo blog at National Park Explorers.
We have also visited many national parks in the past. Please visit our National Park Photo Tour.
National Park Photo Tour Nature Preserves
