Sep 8, 2024
It was back in 1967 when the Congress chartered the National
Park Foundation to serve as the official charity of the National
Park Service, and over the decades it has raised millions of
dollars for the parks.
The Foundation is in the midst of its Campaign for National Parks,
a billion-dollar campaign that has already...
Sep 1, 2024
Have you ever been to Mammoth Cave National Park? It’s really not that impressive, is it. Sure, it’s more than 425 miles long, but only about 10 miles are open to the public.
Mammoth Cave is indeed a big, dark hole in the ground. And apparently there are a fair number of visitors to the national park in Kentucky who...
Aug 25, 2024
From Maine to Florida, coastal units of the National Park System are being impacted in various ways by the changing climate. Some of the impacts affect wildlife, some natural resources, and some the human populations who either live in or come to visit these beautiful areas.
At the National Parks Traveler. We’ve been...
Aug 18, 2024
When you hear the word volcano, where in the world do you think
of? Mount Vesuvious in Italy? Mount Fuji in Japan? Maybe Cotopaxi
in Ecuador? Do you ever think of Lassen Peak?
The National Park System is full of volcanoes. Some active, some
dormant, some extinct. They all have fascinating stories to
tell.
There was...
Aug 11, 2024
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been four years since Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act and President Trump signed it into law. Under that legislation, the National Park Service has been receiving $1.3 billion a year to pay for tackling the National Park System’s maintenance backlog.
When the Great...