National Park Service

Dark skies advocates seek celestial views away from human-made lights

9:46am October 30, 2024

Daniel Caton is part of a movement that seeks to educate people about the downsides of light pollution and preserve places where the stars, planets and other phenomena of space can be seen by the naked eye.

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The Nathaniel Greene monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Recreation

'Historic investment' earmarked for Guilford Courthouse National Military Park infrastructure

10:39am March 08, 2024

by Neal Charnoff

The park, located in Greensboro, commemorates the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which took place on March 15, 1781.

Gabi Huerta, with the Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps, replants trees in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Environment

Wildfires are killing California's ancient giants. Can seedlings save the species?

5:00am February 26, 2024

Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate.

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Business

Parkway officials looking for people interested in taking on historic facilities

4:15pm February 12, 2024

by Paul Garber

National Park Service officials are looking for individuals or businesses to relaunch three historic properties along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month.

How wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot

5:00am November 06, 2023

by Emily Olson

The juvenile whale was seen swimming in a clockwise circle, making unusual noises and trailing two buoys. A team of wildlife experts had to move fast, but with plenty of patience, to save its life.

Business

Lane closures create difficulties for first restaurant on Blue Ridge Parkway

3:58pm August 25, 2023

by Paul Garber

An infrastructure project on the Blue Ridge Parkway is having an impact on the roadway’s first restaurant, The Bluffs at Doughton Park.

Emma Tetewsky was found conscious and alert at Massachusetts' Borderland State Park on Monday, a week after she was reported missing. She was rescued by police after hikers spotted her vehicle stuck in the mud.

National

A woman is found alive and stuck in the mud a week after she went missing

5:00am July 06, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Hikers found the woman at Borderland State Park in Massachusetts, and police used all-terrain vehicles to rescue her.

Beach patrol personnel monitor conditions in July 2014 in Nags Head, N.C.

National

A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

8:08am May 09, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The teenager's friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand.

National Park Service ranger Betty Reid Soskin, 100, retired on Thursday. She's seen here in 2013, working at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif.

National

The oldest park ranger, who told the stories of Black women in WWII, retires at 100

3:31pm April 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"What gets remembered is a function of who's in the room doing the remembering," Betty Reid Soskin has said. She shaped World War II history exhibits to highlight the segregation Black people faced.

News

Blue Ridge Parkway sees close to 16 million visitations in 2021

11:46am February 21, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

The Blue Ridge Parkway saw close to 16 million visitations in 2021. Officials say some areas of the park are feeling the impact of overcrowding.