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Recent News About Us National Park Service
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, are looking for volunteers to help remove exotic invasive plant species along their shared boundary as part of Weed Wrangle 2022.
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In 2021, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park surpassed a visitation milestone of 125 million accumulated recreation visits since its establishment in 1988.
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Due to the significant public interest in the Climbing Management Plan (CMP), Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP) is extending the public scoping comment period by two weeks.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park drew a record 243,000 recreational visits during 2021.
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The Denali Subsistence Resource Commission teleconference will be held on Wednesday, March 2 from 10:00 am – 5 pm or until business is completed.
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Zion National Park is resuming weekend operation of its free shuttles starting on President’s Day Weekend.
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Mount Rainier National Park reopened public access today to the Carbon River area, reversing an emergency closure issued on November 15, 2021.
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In 2021, more than 15.3 million visitors visited Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, and Fort Point National Historic Site.
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The National Park Service (NPS) has completed the planning and regulatory process required to allow bike use on the Cable Connector Trail, a 0.25-mile connector trail across NPS land near Cable, Wisconsin.
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The NPS Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program regularly hosts webinars on a variety of IPM and invasive species related topics which are open to anyone.
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Valley Forge National Historical Park dedicated the newly renovated Visitor Center at Valley Forge with the opening of its new museum exhibition on February 16, 2022.
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While some of the most well-known national parks again had record visitation in 2021, numbers across the entire National Park System remained below pre-pandemic totals.
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Great Sand Dunes is actively recruiting energetic, committed young adults who are interested in a career with a federal land agency for this year’s Conservation Internship Program.
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Beginning Friday, May 20, Yosemite National Park will implement a temporary peak hours reservation system.
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In the summer of 2022, Voyageurs National Park will have a new tour boat - Ne-zho-dain (pronounced Knee-Zho-Dan) - based at the Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center to serve park visitors.
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Justine, Lōkahi, and Ricki, three mules employed at Haleakalā National Park, have achieved a combined 30 years of distinguished employment in the National Park Service and are eyeing their retirement.
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Beginning February 21, 2022, and continuing through the end of March, park officials plan to burn piles of dead vegetation at various locations within Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.
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Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by former Mojave National Preserve Artist-in-Residence, Dani Dodge.
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Join park rangers on Saturday, February 26, at 6:00 p.m. at the Alley General Store for a guided evening interpretive hike to listen for and learn about owls and coyotes.
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Blue Ridge Parkway managers announced today there were an estimated 15.9 million recreation visits to the park in 2021.