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The National Park Service has canceled ranger programs and shortened visitor center hours at Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/sequ...

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National parks welcomed a record 331.9 million visitors last year. But the National Park Service didn’t announce it. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/nati...

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National park facilities from Alaska to Florida are targeted for closure by the Trump administration. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/nati...

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In an Op-Ed for the Traveler, former National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis says ALL National Park Service employees are essential and should not be part of a reduction-in-force. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/op-e...

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President Trump’s freeze on federal funds could push endangered Hawaiian birds at Haleakala National Park to extinction. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/hawa...

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No surprise here, right?? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/econ...

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More than 700 National Park Service staff have decided to take up the Trump administration’s offer to quit now and be paid for months. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/more...

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Cashes Ledge is a submerged wonderland of marine life. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/work...

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Raise your hand if you were at Rocky Mountain National Park to protest the firing of 1000 employees. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/form...

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Can the federal bureaucracy be downsized by ordering a public-private entity that draws no regular annual appropriation to downsize? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/pres...

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The Trump administration is moving to defang the “Magna Carta” of U.S. environmental laws. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/trum...

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Does public sentiment matter to the Trump administration? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/poll...

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Is Senator Murkowski part of the resistance? She says “Denali!”, not McKinley. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/alas...

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Former Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk was forced out by the first Trump administration and is pained by what Trump is doing now. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/dan-...

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A great-granddaughter of Horace Albright, who guided the birth of the National Park Service, was among the 1,000 NPS employees fired on Valentine’s Day. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/grea...

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The fallout from Friday’s firing of 1000 National Park Service employees is spreading. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/fall...

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This is how 1,000 National Park Service staff were fired by the Trump administration. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/how-...

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1000 National Park Service staff being fired, but 5000 seasonals being hired. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/one-...

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1000 National Park Service staff being fired, but 5000 seasonals being hired. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/one-...

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The National Park Service has received permission to hire some workers, but won’t say how many or in which roles. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/nati...

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Remember that house built near McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park that Montana officials wanted torn down? A federal magistrate says the state lacks jurisdiction and the house can stay. But will the NPS seek its removal? Stay tuned. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/hous...

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Does the EXPLORE Act encourage consumption of wilderness rather than conservation? Does it whittle away at the Wilder Act? What do you think? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/what...

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What else does the Trump administration have in mind for national parks and the National Park Service? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/trav...

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You can add national park friends groups to those concerned about how the Trump administration will treat national parks. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/nati...

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Democratic senators are appealing to Interior Secretary Burgum to resolve the hiring freeze on the National Park Service. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/sena...

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Things ain’t looking too pretty for visiting the national parks this summer. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/dirt...

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The Trump administration has canceled law enforcement training for newly hired NPS law enforcement rangers. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/new-...

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There’s been a call for the National Park Service to replace the superintendent at Padre Island National Seashore. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/padr...

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Interior Sec Burgum’s marching orders to his staff has conservationists seeing red. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/inte...

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House Democrats want a hearing into the firings of inspector generals. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/hous...

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A hiker was found dead Sunday in Zion National Park. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/hike...

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Lawmakers in Utah and Wyoming have eyes on the national parks in their states. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/02/wyom...

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Visitor safety in the National Park System could be compromised if a large number of NPS employees take the deferred resignation package. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/safe...

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Will National Park Service employees take up the Trump administration’s offer to resign? Initial thinking is that it’s a scam. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/will...

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If you’re keeping count, another lawsuit has been filed to block one of President Trump’s executive orders. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/laws...

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Interior Department staff is going through dozens of programs to determine if their funding meets Trump administration priorities. Most, if not all, public lands user groups are affected. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/fund...

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Ah yes, let the name games begin! Alaska’s House of Representatives wants Denali to remain Denali. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/alak...

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The Interior Department has no information on when the hiring freeze impacting the National Park Service will be lifted. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/inte...

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Seasonal hires for the National Park Service have been placed in limbo. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/trum...

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An acting director of the National Park Service has been named. The question is whether it’s the first of many? www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/nps-...

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What’s in a name? President Trump orders that McKinley’s name go back on North America’s highest mountain. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/pres...

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President Trump moved quickly to erase the Biden administration’s protections for natural resources in Alaska. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/trum...

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A new fee structure is going into place at Mount Rainier National Park for backcountry travelers, and it ain’t cheaper. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/moun...

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Let the Antiquities Act games begin! www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/move...

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Any volcano fans out there today? Kilauea is erupting again at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/kila...

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There is quite a bit of concern over how the incoming Trump administration will manage the National Park Service, the national parks, and science. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/4th-...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Utah’s request to sue for federal lands in the state. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/supr...

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Mining and energy exploration and national parks don’t mix well. In our latest from the 4th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks series, Rita Beamish lays out those threats. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/4th-...

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I’d hate to be this homeowner in Glacier National Park. Someone wasn’t paying attention. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/priv...

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Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier national parks will continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/01/usfw...

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