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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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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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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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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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Celebrations Mark The Gateway Arch's 60th Anniversary

Gateway Arch National Park hosted weekend festivities on October 25 and 26, and the celebrations will culminate today to mark 60 years since the final piece of the Gateway Arch was put in place on ...
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New Framework Will Help Park Service Manage Feral Hog Populations

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have developed the first integrated framework to help the National Park Service manage feral hog populations across parklands nationwide.
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Lawmakers Call For Restoration Of Materials Removed From Stonewall National Monument

Seventy-two lawmakers have demanded the restoration of references to transgender and queer Americans removed from Stonewall National Monument in a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and ...
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Lawmakers Demand The Return Of Educational Signs Removed From Acadia National Park

Eleven state lawmakers in Maine have signed a letter condemning the recent removal of educational signs in Acadia National Park, as directed by Secretary Doug Burgum of the U.S. Department of the ...
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National Park Service Seeks Proposals To Operate Historic Bathhouse

The National Park Service (NPS) recently issued a prospectus seeking proposals for a 10-year contract operating a historic bathhouse in Hot Springs National Park.
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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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Vegetation Fire Burning At Joshua Tree National Park

A vegetation fire is burning at Black Rock Campground in Joshua Tree National Park, sparking evacuations and closures.
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Quiet Escapes In Overcrowded Banff National Park

A small crowd gathers at sunrise beside the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise — which evolved from an 1890 chalet — to ogle and photograph Lake Louise/Jennifer Bain The sun never did rise that day, and we ...