National Park Service Release WASHINGTON – Confederate Battle Flag sales items are being removed from national park bookstores and gift shops. “We strive to tell the complete story of America,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. J arvis said of the agency’s reputation for telling...
Even after a bullet skimmed his head, Private Edward Day Cohota fought valiantly during the Civil War’s Battle of Cold Harbor and carried a wounded comrade to safety. His remarkable story is one of many recounted in the new National Park Service book, “Asians and...
The sight is jarring and seems completely out of context. It’s akin to, I don’t know, seeing an elephant walking down a city street. That unexpected, at least to me. This is how I saw what I saw, leading me to break this story at...
Photo by Justin Scott, NPS Girl Scouts can earn patches and certificates by completing projects in national parks as part of a revamped Girl Scout Ranger Program. The program, a joint venture between the National Park Service and the Girl Scouts of the USA, connects...
The mixed blessing of record low snowpack along the West Coast is that access to national parks is earlier than usual – in some cases, far earlier. National parks, from North Cascades in Washington state to Yosemite in California, are already are virtually at summer...
(Above photo by David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0) Low snowpack has led to an earlier day hiking season at Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, the park announced. The cables to the summit of Half Dome will be in place this Saturday, May 2 and...
