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The Trinity Test
Posted inHistory

There was supposed to be an Atomic Bomb National Monument

Avatar photo by Will De Man September 17, 2025September 12, 2025

If you had to compile a list of the most important events of the 20th century, what would it include? The World Wars? The Space Race? Perhaps the Civil Rights Movement or Great Depression?  All of these events are globally significant, but you could argue that their historical impact is dwarfed by the Fat Man […]

An alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve
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How a 1960s jetport paved the way for Alligator Alcatraz in Big Cypress National Preserve

Avatar photo by Will De Man July 25, 2025July 23, 2025
The Cuyahoga River, which caught on fire before becoming a national park.
Posted inHistory

The river that burned celebrates 50 years as Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Avatar photo by Will De Man June 25, 2025June 19, 2025
A baby bear is fed by a ranger in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park.
Posted inHistory

The wild history about feeding bears in America’s National Parks

Avatar photo by Will De Man March 28, 2025April 1, 2025
Rhode Islanders gathered for the national “Protect Our Parks” national day of protest at Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence.
Posted inPolitics

“Protect our parks”: Thousands protest job cuts at national park sites throughout the country

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson March 3, 2025March 3, 2025
Protesters gathered outside Zion National Park on February 22 to protest the recent firings at the NPS.
Posted inConservation

Protests at Zion National Park and others over mass NPS firings

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson February 26, 2025February 27, 2025
A close up view of the new plant species "wooly devil."
Posted inScience

First New Plant Species Discovered in a U.S. National Park in 50 Years

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
The otherwordly Holy Ghost pictographs in Canyonlands National Park
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The otherworldly petroglyph panels in and around Canyonlands National Park

Avatar photo by Will De Man February 21, 2025February 25, 2025
Park rangers are often considered the backbone of the NPS workforce.
Posted inConservation

Conservation agencies sound the alarm as thousands of park and forest service employees are laid off

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson February 18, 2025February 18, 2025
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross and the oldest known bird in the wild, tends to an egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
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Laysan albatross Wisdom hatches an egg at 74 years old

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

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It's that time of year once again! The Department of the Interior wants to hear about your experiences at the parks this summer. A pair of hikers in Glacier National Park were attacked by a brown-colored bear trailed by two cubs last Thursday. For the first time in more than four decades, visitors to Great Basin National Park can explore rarely seen sections of the park’s iconic Lehman Caves on a new ranger-led adventure. When the Dragon Bravo Fire began on July 4, the NPS decided to manage it as a controlled burn in a defined perimeter. Over the weekend, three visitors at Glacier National Park fell into Avalanche Creek while posing for a photo. One managed to grab a branch; two were swept downstream.
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