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Remote and less-traveled Great Basin National Park will be without one of its top attractions - a marble and limestone wonder known as the Lehman Caves - until at least late spring of next year, the National Park Service announced in a news release last week.
Many parks will stay open during a federal government shutdown, but confusion persists about what visitors can expect.
New data from the National Park Service show a growing impact on local economies as park tourism continues to increase since the pandemic.
Three National Park Service sites in Idaho have been selected for new renovation and repair projects paid by federal funds through the Great American Outdoors Act. On Friday, officials conducted groundbreaking ceremonies at Minidoka National Historic Site east of Twin Falls to kick off the restoration and repair projects.
Five unoccupied houses in Buxton collapsed within a span of 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon, and officials advise visitors to watch out for potentially hazardous debris spread for miles south of the sites.
The National Park Service plans to fire to some small areas of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the coming months. The "prescribed fires" are part of an effort to eliminate invasive plant species, promote quality soil conditions for native plants and reduce the threat of potential wildfires.
The National Park Service recently removed numerous signs at Acadia National Park that detailed the mounting impacts of climate change on Maine’s coast and forests.
A new National Park Service report finds Gulf Islands National Seashore welcomed more than 7.8 million visitors in fiscal 2024, driving $411 million in direct spending and $514 million in total economic benefits across Northwest Florida and coastal Mississippi.