Dec 28, 2025
This year, 2025, likely will go down as the most transitional for the National Park Service. We’ve seen the loss of nearly a quarter of the permanent workforce, efforts to whitewash history in some parks, and the loss of a grand lodge to wildfire.
The past 12 months have been full of news impacting the National Park...
Dec 21, 2025
A century of seasons has worn the appearance of the log cabin Roy Fure built in present-day Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but his care of the small cabin, and later National Park Service restoration efforts, have enabled it to stand the test of time.
Dovetail-notched spruce logs still sit...
Dec 14, 2025
After more than 50 years as one of the country’s landmark environmental laws, the Endangered Species Act has gone from one of the most popular measures before Congress to one fueling demands that it be revised, if not discarded.
The National Parks Traveler is reviewing the Endangered Species Act's work and its record,...
Dec 7, 2025
Haleakalā National Park is deceptively wonderful and rich in biodiversity. But if we're not careful, we could lose some of that biodiversity.
Located on the island of Maui in Hawaii, the first thing you notice about this national park is its towering dormant volcano, Haleakalā, which rises from sea level to more than...
Nov 30, 2025
It’s Thanksgiving Weekend, usually interpreted as a bountiful time of year when we can all sit back and be thankful. But can many who work for the National Park Service feel thankful in the wake of the staff reductions this year?
This year has been hard on the Park Service, what with the loss of roughly a quarter of...