The Latest Breaking News from the National Park Service

Jan. 6 organizers "lied" to get permit

Officials permitted the rally despite warning that "violence is almost certain," inspector general finds

Salon · Dec 19, 2023

In the worst of America's Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks

In his collection of essays and poems published in 1920 titled “Darkwater,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about his poignant encounter with the beauty of the Grand Canyon, the stupendous chasm in Arizona.

The Conversation · Dec 14, 2023

The brownie was invented in Chicago 130 years ago

Friday is National Brownie Day

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2023

Decision on the future of wild horses in a North Dakota national park expected next year

About 200 wild horses roam free in a western North Dakota national park

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Motorcyclists ignore signs, follow map app, and one crashes; charges pending

The road closed sign couldn't be more clear in Death Valley National Park, but two men used the road anyway, and one paid the price.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 22, 2023

In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred. But they were created at a cost to Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the “Great Emancipator” whose leadership during the Civil War preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2023

National Park Service delivers roadmap for protecting Georgia's Ocmulgee River corridor

The National Park Service has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the Ocmulgee River corridor in central Georgia meets the criteria to be managed as a national park and preserve

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service received reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

The scariest animals to encounter on a hike (and how to handle them)

What's that rustling behind you? A bear? A rattlesnake? Or just a marmot?

Advnture · Oct 31, 2023

Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent Death Valley motorcyclist to hospital

"The spider walked away unscathed," the National Park Service wrote in a statement

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023