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National Park Service Will Offer Free Entry For Veterans Day

Several events will still be held on Veterans Day, November 11, despite the shutdown, including the Annual Luminary Program at Poplar Grove National Cemetery / NPS. Veterans Day, November 11, will be ...
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Water And Fire Restrictions Return To Grand Canyon National Park

In advance of tests on a new section of pipeline the National Park Service has reinstituted water restrictions at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The water restrictions that took effect Friday ...
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Coalition Expresses Opposition To Planned Killing Of Forest Owls In National Parks

The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks expressed its opposition to the planned killing of forest owls in 14 units ...
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Wolf Population In Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem Is Decreasing, Says Report

A decrease in prey seems to be the cause of an overall decrease in wolf density within the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE), according to the 2024-2025 Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem Wolf Population ...
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Land-Management Agencies Seeking Volunteers For What Appear To Be Full-Time Jobs

The National Parks Traveler exists because there is no other news organization that focuses its editorial mission daily on national parks and protected areas. At a time when news organizations are ...
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Retired National Park Service Leaders Appeal For Closure Of National Parks

With basejumpers leaping illegally from cliffs in Yosemite National Park and reports of park restrooms overflowing with garbage, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is again being urged to close the ...
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Interior Department Issues Rights Of Way For Ambler Road In Alaska

Determined to punch through a more than 200-mile-long road across a wild, remote section of Alaska, the Trump administration on Thursday granted the rights-of-way for the road and transferred nearly ...
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Joint Memo Warns Government Shutdown Will Deepen National Parks, Public Lands Crisis

A joint memo issued by the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition) and Association of National Park Rangers (ANPR) warns a government shutdown will make an already bad situation at ...
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Changes To Land And Water Conservation Fund Draw Criticisms

Changes Interior Secretary Doug Burgum made to how the Land and Water Conservation Fund can be used drew harsh criticism Thursday, with charges that they could lead to federal land sales and hinder ...
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Can Grizzly Bears Survive Without The Endangered Species Act?

Decades of work to divert grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from a path toward extinction could be jeopardized in the U.S. House of Representatives, where the iconic bruins will test ...
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Mount Rainier Records Hundreds Of Earthquakes

Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state recorded hundreds of light earthquakes early Tuesday morning, though the Cascades Volcano Observatory said they weren't indicative of a pending eruption ...
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National Park Service Waives More Than A Million Dollars In Fees For Yellowstone Fiber Optics

More than $1 million in fees have been waived by the National Park Service at Yellowstone National Park so a company can bury nearly 200 miles of fiber-optic cable that will largely serve its ...