Administration nominates NPS director, fills other posts
The Biden Administration has nominated Charles “Chuck” Sams III as the director of the National Park Service. If confirmed, Sams would be the first Native ...
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Bison to be removed from Grand Canyon’s north rim
Grand Canyon National Park and the Arizona Game and Fish Department have reached an agreement that will allow skilled volunteers to remove bison (Bison bison) from ...
Grand Teton launches new plan for mountain goat removal
Grand Teton National Park is accepting applications for volunteers to participate in a cull of nonnative mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) within the park this ...
Public lands wrestle with COVID-19 response
State and federal public land agencies are wrestling with how to respond to the new coronavirus after initial federal efforts intended to offer “an antidote to ...
‘An antidote to cabin fever’ — with precautions
In response to the new coronavirus, several federal land agencies in the United States and Canada are waiving fees to encourage people to safely visit the outdoors ...
Birds sound off when aircraft fly by
When researchers studied the effects of aircraft flying over national parks, they expected the noise would cover up any bird song, and maybe cause birds to startle ...
Crossing a California freeway, a mountain lion finds new ground
The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing a major California freeway that runs past the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s the ...
Cameras reveal carnivore communities on Wisconsin islands
Northern Wisconsin is home to a dozen terrestrial carnivores, from gray wolves (Canis lupus) to red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), but the populations on the Apostle ...
WSB: At Shenandoah, park visitors and woodrats coexist
The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) is threatened or endangered across much of its geographic range, but it’s found a refuge in Virginia’s Shenandoah ...
Senate subcommittee discusses national parks bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on July 11 to discuss the Restore Our Parks Act (S. 3172). The bill currently ...