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National Park Service announces Plan Your Visit to the 2023 Anacostia River Festival
The National Park Service and the 11th Street Bridge Park present the ninth annual Anacostia River Festival.
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National Park Service announces Bears are active across the park
Spring is here and grizzly and black bears have emerged from their dens and are active inside Grand Teton National Park and across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). On May 16, grizzly bear #399 was spotted in the north part of the park, for the first time this year, with one “cub of the year.
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National Park Service announces Importance of lava tubes described in park’s latest Hawaiian cultural video, ‘Ohi Wai
A new documentary produced by Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reveals the importance of lava tubes, both culturally and as ecosystems.
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National Park Service announces Great Sand Dunes Announces Closures to Prepare for Visitor Center Exhibit Installation
Great Sand Dunes began a visitor center remodeling project in early August 2022 to renovate the public restrooms, the lobby, and interior exhibit space in preparation for new exhibits to be installed in May 2023.
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National Park Service announces Industrial Heritage Day 2023
Celebrate the area’s industrial heritage with the return of Steamtown National Historic Site’s Railfest and Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum’s Arts on Fire on Saturday, June 17, 2023.
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National Park Service announces National Park Service and Center for Coastal Studies unveil marine debris shark sculpture at Herring Cove Beach
On Thursday, June 8, in celebration of World Ocean Day, Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) and its park partner, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), will host a public ceremony to unveil a new marine debris sculpture
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National Park Service announces Join us in observance of Memorial Day at Antietam National Battlefield
On Monday, May 29, 2023, starting at 11:00 a.m., the National Park Service (NPS) will present a Memorial Day Program at Antietam National Cemetery. The Cemetery is located on Rt. 34, just east of Sharpsburg, MD.
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National Park Service announces Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center opens for second season
On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center opens to the public for the season. Located in the Old Faithful area, the Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center is a space where Indigenous artists, scholars and presenters from the 27 associated Tribes of Yellowstone National Park directly engage with visitors through demonstrations and discussions.
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National Park Service announces Agencies reach agreement over Jackson Lake Dam
The State of Wyoming and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) have reached an agreement on water management operations for the Upper Snake River basin that will avoid impacts to fisheries below the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park.
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National Park Service announces North Rim to reopen June 2 with limited services available
The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will open as scheduled, on June 2, with limited visitor services and water conservation measures due to a break in the North Rim water pipeline
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National Park Service announces Reminder for Virgin Islands National Park's Cruz Bay Visitor Center and Bulkhead Repairs
As a reminder, the next phase of repairs to the National Park Service’s Cruz Bay Visitor Center, bulkhead, and finger pier will begin next week on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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National Park Service announces Public comment sought on proposed utility improvements in Death Valley
Staff in Death Valley National Park are dealing with increasing numbers of water and wastewater system breaks. Water systems failed 45 times and there were five major sewer leaks last year.
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National Park Service announces Great Smoky Mountains National Park and City of Gatlinburg launch bilingual Storybook Trails of the Smokies
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, City of Gatlinburg--Parks and Recreation, Great Smoky Mountains Association, and Sevier County School System are launching bilingual Storybook Trails across public parks on Friday, May 19, 2023.
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National Park Service announces Grandview Area of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve to Temporarily Close for Road Paving
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Superintendent Charles Sellars announces that there will be a temporary closure of the Grandview area of the park as roads are being resurfaced.
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National Park Service announces Man lost at Grinders Ferry, Buffalo National River
On May 16th, 2023, Fidel Angel Salamanca Saravia, a 39 year old male from San Miguel, El Salvador was lost in the Buffalo River.
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National Park Service announces Illegal Marijuana Grow Site Cleaned Up
The National Park Service (NPS) and partners recently removed trash and dangerous chemicals left behind from an illegal marijuana grow site operation in Jail Canyon in Death Valley National Park.
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National Park Service Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Invites Public Input for Proposed Dock Replacement and Rehabilitation
The National Park Service is seeking public input during an initial planning phase to replace and rehabilitate the docks at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park.
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National Park Service announces Missing marksmanship medals returned to Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Earlier today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Park Service held a ceremony to mark the return of the late-19th century marksmanship medals that went missing from the Springfield Armory, a national historic site located in Springfield, Mass., in the 1990s.
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National Park Service announces Creating a Vacation Destination
Over 800,00 visitors to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park spent a whopping $57.8 million in surrounding areas in 2021.
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National Park Service announces Christiansted National Historic Site Seeks Young Adults for Paid Summer Leadership Jobs 2023
Are you, or someone you know, that is at least 18 years old and looking for a way to build leadership skills while working a fun and exciting summer job? I