Parts Of Cataloochee Area At Great Smoky Mountains National Park Opening

Portions of the Cataloochee Valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina are scheduled to open at noon local time Friday.

3rd, April 2025, 04:59pm

White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed At Rocky Mountain National Park

White-nose syndrome, a disease that is fatal to bats and which has been moving across the country in recent years, has been detected in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

3rd, April 2025, 04:16pm

Crater Lake National Park Boat Tours Shuttered For Two Or More Years

A number of repair projects will require Cleetwood Cove at Crater Lake National Park to be closed for two or more years, meaning there will be no boat tours of the lake during that period.

3rd, April 2025, 07:30pm

UPDATE | Isle Royale National Park's Ferry Stuck In Dock Without Engineers

Reaching Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior could be hard this summer, as the National Park Service's ferry that normally takes visitors to the park is stuck in dock without an engineering crew.

2nd, April 2025, 05:21pm

Isle Royale National Park's Ferry Stuck In Dock Without Engineers

Reaching Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior could be hard this summer, as the National Park Service's ferry that normally takes visitors to the park is stuck in dock without an engineering crew.

2nd, April 2025, 05:21pm

What We're Hearing From Yosemite National Park

A lack of staffing at Yosemite National Park, and the decision to open campgrounds, has raised the prospect of existing staff being unable to maintain restrooms as visitors head to the park for some R&R.

2nd, April 2025, 03:45pm

Army Troops Sent to Big Bend Region, Including National Park, For Border Patrol

U.S. Army troops, supported with ponderous, eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles, could soon be deployed inside Big Bend National Park, if they are not there already, to support Border Patrol agents working to secure the border.

2nd, April 2025, 07:30pm

Tennessee's Secret City Has A Nuclear Story To Tell

To be honest, I have no clue what I’m looking at beyond the fact that it’s a key object in the World War II-era race to develop the world’s first atomic weapons before Nazi Germany. There is a giant wall full of holes that reminds me of a Lite-Brite toy, mannequin men with rods and a legend that talks about donut, iodine and uranium fuel slugs.

2nd, April 2025, 07:30pm

UPDATE | Army Troops Sent to Big Bend Region, Including National Park, For Border Patrol

U.S. Army troops, supported with ponderous, eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles, could soon be deployed inside Big Bend National Park, if they are not there already, to support Border Patrol agents working to secure the border.

2nd, April 2025, 07:30pm

Big Bend's Water Woes

Spring-break crowds, drought conditions, and a poor water source recently created quite the problem at Big Bend National Park, a problem that required the Big Bend Conservancy to bail out the National Park Service.

1st, April 2025, 05:09pm