National Park News

The visitor centers at Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 25. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site will be closed in its entirety.

The badlands hills rise one after another, revealing strata of colors: taupe and tan, red-brown, blue-gray. Earth here is a hybrid—hills like camel humps, tiger-striped by their rock layers—through which a smooth silver river glides.

Mammoth Cave National Park Superintendent Patrick Reed invites all area residents to the annual Cave Sing, Sunday, December 5. Meet at the visitor center for this free event.

In FY2009, 4,086 volunteers gave 140,850 hours of service to Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Park and partners work to develop a spanish language reality show where a local spanish family experiences camping in this national park

JoshuaTreeNP: Got the climbing buzz? Start your climbing day w/ a free cup of Climbers Coffee — 8am Sat&Sun near Hidden Valley CG. -br

JoshuaTreeNP: All nine campgrounds within Joshua Tree National Park are full Friday November 12 through Sunday November 14. -jr

JoshuaTreeNP: Are you interested in camping near Joshua Tree this weekend? Please visit the link below for camping options. -jr http://ht.ly/394Pm

To recognize and celebrate the efforts of the many employees who worked on the Rio Grande Village Nature Trail Boardwalk, a ribbon cutting is scheduled for November 30 at 10:30am

Learn about Montana’s first landfill Gas-to-Energy Project

Series features local violinist as musician and emcee

Olline Auction Begins November 23

Veteran enjoys listening to the Audio Tour on the CVSR

To commemorate Veterans Day, the National Park Service is offering free admission at all park units on Thursday, November 11. In addition, camping fees will be waived for the day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, giving visitors one more fee-free opportunity to enjoy beautiful fall weather and spectacular badlands scenery.

Denali posts three new online videos about the experiences of young people in the park.

Denali posts three new online videos about the experiences of young people in the park.

In honor of the service and sacrifices of veterans, all National Park Service sites across the country, including Bryce Canyon National Park, will offer free visitor admission on Veteran’s Day, Thursday, November 11. The fee waiver applies to entrance fees only and does not include fees for permits or camping.

Backcountry areas and hiking trails in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park will be closed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from October 19 – January 20 to accommodate the park’s elk reduction effort.

During the November lectures, Dr. Julia Costello, one of California’s most respected historical archeologists, will discuss new findings about early sheep ranches on San Miguel Island.

In honor of the service and sacrifices of veterans, all national parks across America will waive entrance fees on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. As part of the larger national effort, Redwood National and State Parks will also waive the day use entry fee into Jedediah Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks.

Greg Davis, manager of the Mammoth Cave Hotel, was recognized as the 2010 Garner B. Hanson Hotelier of the Year by the Kentucky Hotel & Lodging Association (KHLA), at the recent Kentucky tourism conference in Covington, Ky.

Greg Davis, manager of the Mammoth Cave Hotel, was recognized as the 2010 Garner B. Hanson Hotelier of the Year by the Kentucky Hotel & Lodging Association (KHLA), at the recent Kentucky tourism conference in Covington, Ky.

Mammoth Cave National Park Superintendent Patrick Reed announced today that the park will offer free Mammoth Passage cave tours on Thursday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

The recent storms and colder temperatures have closed the road through the park to vehicle traffic for the winter season. The current snow depth at the Lake Helen area is 27” deep

Wind Cave National Park, S.D. – Twelve additional black-footed ferrets were recently released in Wind Cave National Park. The ferrets, seven males and five females, were bred in captivity at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in northern Colorado.

JoshuaTreeNP: All campgrounds are full today, Saturday November 6. Please see the link below for alternate camping options. – jr http://ht.ly/35vnD

Park staff will be removing hazard trees beginning today on Trail Ridge Road above Many Parks Curve as part of ongoing beetle mitigation work.