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Recent News About Us National Park Service
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The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today announced the initiation of a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process to evaluate options for restoring and managing grizzly bears in the North Cascades of Washington, where the animals once thrived.
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Tis the season! Eisenhower National Historic Site is happy to share that once again we will deck the halls, throw some tinsel on the tree, and bring the Eisenhower home alive with the spirit of the Christmas season!
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Amanda Rumsey has been selected as a data scientist for the Division of Fire and Aviation’s Information Technology & Resource Management (ITRM) Branch.
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The Acadian Cultural Center is pleased to host its first annual Youth Art Showcase. It is an art contest open to grades 6-12 in Lafayette Parish.
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Join the National Park Service as we commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg with guided programs December 9-13, 2022.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials reported that the wildfire near Chilhowee Lake is now 100% contained.
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he Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host candlelight tours from 4:45p.m. to 6p.m. on December 10.
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (NHS) will transition to its winter hours of operation beginning Sunday, December 4, 2022.
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site will host the play “A Message at Midnight” December 8 at 6p.m., December 9 at 6p.m., and December 11 at 3p.m. in the Visitor Center.
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Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to join the National Park Service in celebrating Native American Heritage Month, and in honoring the 15 traditionally associated tribal communities as the original stewards of the land on which Joshua Tree National Park now sits.
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Park staff would like to remind visitors that overnight tent camping reservations and houseboat permits for the 2023 summer season will become available on November 15, 2022, at 9 am CST.
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Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel will remain closed this winter season, Dec. 2022 through March 2023.
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As winter comes to the Pacific Northwest, national park rangers share their tips and recommendations for visitors planning a wintry visit to Olympic National Park.
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The Uēkahuna overlook, restrooms, and parking lot will temporarily close to protect breeding and nesting nēnē (Hawaiian geese) in the area.
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Mammoth Cave National Park will host the 43rd annual Cave Sing celebration on Sunday, December 4, 2022.
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The National Park Service (NPS) awarded $345,205 in Battlefield Restoration Grants today for the first time in the agency’s history for projects at Civil War Battlefields in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Shiloh Battlefield’s Visitor Center is scheduled to undergo construction work throughout the entire 87-year old building.
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On Saturday, November 19, Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE) and the Northeast Archeological Resources Program invite the public to attend the second community meeting for the Enslaved Field Laborers Project (EFLP).
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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that starting on Veterans Day (Nov. 11), veterans of the U.S. Armed Services and Gold Star Families can obtain a free lifetime pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites spread out across more than 400 million acres of public lands, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and forests.
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Sections of the Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail in Ridgeland, Mississippi will be closed to the public as National Park Service crews remove, trim and mow vegetation along the trail.