national park service
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Rocky Mountain National Park sees record crowds
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Rocky Mountain National Park is on track to have another record-setting year for visitation. The Coloradoan reports that the park has welcomed more than 3 million visitors this year, a nearly 8 percent increase from the same time last year. The park has broken visitation records every month of 2016 so far, and it’s on pace…
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Schwartz: We must remember the value of our national parks and public lands
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On this 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service, we have a great opportunity to honor and reflect on the immense value of our national parks – and public lands in general. It’s easy to take them for granted, since so many of our finest lands have been accessible for most or…
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Tipton: Find your park: Mesa Verde
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The National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday on Aug. 25, 2016. Although our first national park was established in 1872, it wasn’t until 1916 that President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill that created the National Park Service, charging it with the responsibility to protect the nation’s 35 existing national parks and monuments, as well as…
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Visitor misbehavior abounds as U.S. parks agency turns 100
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Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees at the edge of a meadow in Yellowstone National Park. “They’re going to give me a heart attack,” said Gleason’s mother-in-law, Barbara Henry, as the group came within about a dozen yards of…
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Park Service marks centennial with new citizens, monument
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The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday on Thursday with events across the U.S. including the creation of a giant, living version of its emblem in Washington, D.C., a naturalization ceremony on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and an outdoor concert at Yellowstone National Park. INCLUSIVE PARKS Interior Secretary Sally Jewell…
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Yellowstone celebrates Park Service centennial, despite fire
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Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the celebration. The fire in Grand Teton National Park has shut down a…
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Yosemite, and President Obama, head into virtual reality
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In a new project with National Geographic, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to project himself into virtual reality – in this case, a 360-degree representation of Yosemite National Park. The 11-minute VR video, narrated by Obama, is one part paean to the wonders of America’s national parks and one part warning of…
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Park Service celebrates 100 years, seeks minorities’ support
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When Asha Jones and other Grand Canyon interns arrived for their summer at the national park, they were struck by its sheer immensity, beauty and world-class hiking trails. Soon, they noticed something else. “It is time for a change here, specifically, at Grand Canyon and in the National Park Service in general, to get people…
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Letter: Sewell-Belmont House gets much deserved designation
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Editor: As co-producers of “Strong Sisters,” the new documentary film that tells the extraordinary story of elected women in Colorado, we are delighted that the Sewell-Belmont House in Washington, D.C. is being designated as a National Monument. This new designation for what will now be called the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, honors the history of women winning the right…
