Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the National Park Service

Death Valley open for kayaking? You’d better believe it – but it won’t be for long

Take a rare opportunity to paddle in the driest place in the USA

Advnture

People Online Are Cracking Up At This National Park Service Sign About Safety Around Bears

Folks online can’t stop laughing at the National Park Service’s warning not to sacrifice your friend when facing a bear. The post People Online Are Cracking Up At This National Park Service Sign About Safety Around Bears first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda

Yellowstone tourist pets bison's head until passer-by intervenes

The National Park Service warns visitors not to "pet the fluffy cows", but some visitors choose not to listen

Advnture

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Echo Director Discusses That Supernatural Opening Scene, And How The Choctaw Nation Inspired It

Echo director Sydney Freeland shares with us what inspired the first scene of the Marvel Studios streaming series.

Cinemablend

Park Service retracts decision to take down William Penn statue at Philadelphia historical site

The National Park Service is retracting a proposal to take down a statue of William Penn at a Philadelphia historical site as part of a renovation that touched off a torrent of criticism over the legacy of the man who founded the province of Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Coyote fails to learn lesson, becomes fatal victim in Death Valley

A coyote that learned to beg for food along a road in Death Valley failed to learn a lesson the National Park Service was trying to teach it.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jan. 6 organizers "lied" to get permit

Officials permitted the rally despite warning that "violence is almost certain," inspector general finds

Salon

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

In the worst of America's Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks

In his collection of essays and poems published in 1920 titled “Darkwater,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about his poignant encounter with the beauty of the Grand Canyon, the stupendous chasm in Arizona.

The Conversation

The brownie was invented in Chicago 130 years ago

Friday is National Brownie Day

Chicago Sun-Times

These are the dates when you can visit US National Parks for free in 2024

The National Park Service has announced next year's free-free days

Advnture

US rock climbers in meltdown over National Park Service’s proposed crackdown on fixed anchors

The National Park Service and US Forest Service are proposing new regulations on fixed anchors that climbers fear could profoundly affect the sport

Advnture

National Park Service Hired The Perfect Social Media Person As Their Tweets Are Hilarious (50 New Pics)

One of the best examples of a federal agency doing social media right is the National Park Service. Listed here are some of their best posts to make you laugh and learn something new about nature.

Bored Panda

Black Panthers’ legacy, image at issue in feud over historic sites

A push to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party on the National Register of Historic Places has advanced to the national level.

Chicago Sun-Times

Decision on the future of wild horses in a North Dakota national park expected next year

About 200 wild horses roam free in a western North Dakota national park

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Motorcyclists ignore signs, follow map app, and one crashes; charges pending

The road closed sign couldn't be more clear in Death Valley National Park, but two men used the road anyway, and one paid the price.

The Conversation

In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred. But they were created at a cost to Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the “Great Emancipator” whose leadership during the Civil War preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

The Independent UK

National Park Service delivers roadmap for protecting Georgia's Ocmulgee River corridor

The National Park Service has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the Ocmulgee River corridor in central Georgia meets the criteria to be managed as a national park and preserve

The Independent UK

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service received reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Advnture

The scariest animals to encounter on a hike (and how to handle them)

What's that rustling behind you? A bear? A rattlesnake? Or just a marmot?

Evening Standard

Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent Death Valley motorcyclist to hospital

"The spider walked away unscathed," the National Park Service wrote in a statement

The Guardian - US

‘Extremely rare’ Jurassic-era fossils discovered in Lake Powell

Tritylodonts, mid-sized mammal-related herbivores, roamed the area’s deserts 200m years ago

The Guardian - US

Fat Bear Week: female bear 128 Grazer wins after ‘stuffing salmon in her face’

Victorious bear who showed ‘dominant performance’ and ‘skill and toughness’ beat competition from 11 other bears in Alaska

Roll Call

Maintenance backlog grows at national parks as funding tightens - Roll Call

The National Park Service is struggling to catch up with a maintenance backlog of more than $22 billion.

WEKU

Some states pick up the tab to keep national parks open during federal shutdown

Don't cancel that camping trip just yet: Utah, Arizona, and Colorado state governments will foot the bill to keep some national parks open — and tourist dollars flowing — during the shutdown.

The Independent UK

Public to weigh in on whether wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay

The National Park Service has turned to the public to help decide whether the famous wild horses in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay or go

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

National Park Service

195 stories

the National Park Service

140 stories

US Forest Service

73 stories

the Interior Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.