National Park News

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) is reopening train service from Peninsula Depot to Brecksville Station, starting Wednesday, August 3, 2011.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP), in conjunction with the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy (CVCC), announce the next round of long-term lease offerings
under the Countryside Initiative program.

BrooksCamp: Bears are still fishing the falls, but the average number is declining as the salmon slow their migration. #402 is around camp w/ cubs.

BrooksCamp: @musgraver Bear #234 Evander has not been spotted this summer. First classified as an adult in 1996, he is probably an old bear.

Snow Exists on Trail and Hikers Advised to be Prepared

Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are considering some changes in the process by which backpackers make reservations for overnight camping at the Park’s nearly 100 backcountry sites and shelters.

On Sunday, July 31, about 100 Scouts from across the nation will arrive at Camp Sheppard to kick off ArrowCorps502, a service learning program developed by the Boy Scouts of America’s Chief Seattle Council, T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge, in partnership with Mount Rainier National Park and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Wednesday morning, June 15, 2011, a Big Bend National Park employee was flagged down by three illegal immigrants asking for help at the Tornillo Creek bridge near Rio Grande Village.

A portion of the North Unit Scenic Drive in Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been reduced to one lane during daylight hours and will be closed at night due to slumping.

Dean Wyckoff has been selected as the new Chief Ranger for Theodore Roosevelt National Park. He began his assignment on July 17, filling the position previously held by Tom Cox, who retired from the NPS in January.

JoshuaTreeNP: Sunday is World Ranger Day. A day to pay tribute to those who protect earth’s natural & cultural heritage worldwide. http://ht.ly/5PZbq ~sk

As weather conditions allow, South Rim fire crews will begin burning piles of woody debris in the vicinity Market Plaza and the Grand Canyon School.

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Wind Cave National Park superintendent Vidal Davila recently received the Director’s Superintendent of the Year Award for Natural Resource Stewardship for Fiscal Year 2010 for the Midwest Region. The Midwest Region is made up of 58 parks units in 11 states. This award is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions in natural resource management by a National Park Service superintendent.

Lightning from recent thunderstorms has started a small fire in the western section of Yellowstone National Park on the Central Plateau south of Gibbon Falls.

Areas that were affected by temporary closures in May to protect bald eagle nesting pairs are now reopened for public use.

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Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher led a ribbon cutting ceremony today, July 27, to dedicate the El Portal Photovoltaic Project. Neubacher was joined by representatives from the offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Congressman Jeff Denham (R-19th), Mariposa County Supervisor Lee Stetson, contractors, and National Park Service staff. The event dedicated the largest grid-connected photovoltaic system within the National Park Service (NPS).

Mount Rainier National Park will host its third annual Keep Wildlife Wild Day on August 6, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to educate visitors on wildlife and the impacts we have on them. The day will feature educational activities and events in the Paradise area.

Join Artist-in-Residence Kathy Garvey 2:30 pm on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center for a presentation and discussion of liguus tree snails and their unique patterns.

The latest fire in Mesa Verde National Park was started by lightning on July 24. The fire is located about two miles south of Morefield Campground on Morefield Ridge, and is currently 1/10th of an acre in size.

The National Park Service invites the public to the 18th annual Native American Heritage Days on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

On Saturday, August 6th, members of the Yurok Tribe will present a Brush Dance Demonstration at 2:00 p.m. at the Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced that its current policy to prohibit the transportation of firewood from federal and state quarantined areas into the park has been tightened to include several neighboring counties in Tennessee. The affected areas are Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Knox, Loudon, and Union counties.

A warm and dry weekend has led to moderate growth on the Point Fire as it continues to achieve objectives on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.