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The Veterans Lake Fire started as a controlled burn (brush pile) on private land on Saturday evening, March 19, 2022.
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After thorough public review last spring, and following a separate process later in the summer, the National Park Service will raise parking fees at two NPS-controlled lots in the Presidio of San Francisco starting April 1, 2022.
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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following prescribed fire during the spring of 2022.
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A section of US Route 209 between Raymondskill Road and Route 739 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed as of 8:30 am today due to a damaged culvert that has increased erosion of the slope between the road and Delaware River near Mile Marker 17.
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Over the past several months, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) law enforcement rangers have discovered six separate acts of vandalism at the restrooms next to the Ocracoke Island Discovery Center.
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Join Haleakalā National Park in celebrating the Solar Week! Starting Sunday, March 20 through Saturday, March 26, 2022, visit the “House of the Sun” to explore daytime astronomy and learn about our closest star.
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On April 1st, 2022, the National Park Service’s Beaufort Visitor Information Center, located at 701 Front Street in Beaufort, North Carolina, will open for Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons, daily from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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Biscayne and Everglades national parks received an Open OutDoors for Kids grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF).
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The National Park Sere (NvicPS) is seeking public comment on a project to update the Fire Management Plan (FMP) for the Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve (ORCA).
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The National Park Service is planning eight prescribed fires this spring at Indiana Dunes National Park. Approximately 944 acres are expected to be burned. Fire is used as a tool for the park's long-term restoration and hazard fuel reduction efforts
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The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to develop a new livestock management plan (LMP) for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, to guide future management of horse and cattle herds at the park.
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New South Associates, Inc. and the National Park Service seek descendants or other persons with knowledge of individuals interred in the Robinson Cemetery and the Raine “Slave” Cemetery, two nineteenth-century to early twentieth-century African American cemeteries in the Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park (APCO).
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Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,885,230 recreation visits in 2021, the highest number of recreation visits for one year in the park’s history. Previously, 2018 had the record for the most recreation visits in a year with 3,491,151.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area welcomes visitors for the 2022 boating season and encourages everyone to check for potential changes to motorized boat launch ramp access before visiting.
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On Saturday, April 2, park partners and nonprofits will present the Inaugural 7 Creeks Fest and the community is invited to celebrate and explore the 7 Creeks Recreation Area.
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The National Park Service invites public review and comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for the rehabilitation of the Ocracoke Light Station at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Two public meetings are scheduled on Monday, March 28.
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Camping at Wilderness Road Campground, in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, has always been first come, first served with no reservations other than group camping.
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Park rangers from Congaree National Park, along with staff from Kings Mountain National Military Park, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the SC Forestry Commission, will be conducting a prescribed burn March 28-April 8, weather and conditions permitting.
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On Sunday, March 13, the first grizzly bear sighting of 2022 was reported in Grand Teton National Park. Now that bears are emerging from their dens, visitors and local communities are encouraged to secure attractants.
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The New England Trail is a 215-mile National Scenic Trail running from the Connecticut Sound to the Massachusetts/New Hampshire Border.