The National Park Service has been sued over its policy of accepting only payment of credit cards or debit cards for entry fees and refusing to take cash, a policy the agency that manages national parks, national monuments and other sites adopted last year. Three park visitors, Esther van der Werf of Ojai, Toby Stover of High Falls, N.Y. and Elizabeth Dasburg of Darien, Ga., filed the lawsuit March 6 in the U.S. District Court of D.C., saying that they were prevented from using cash at national...
A landmark agreement will see Caldwell First Nation help manage the much-anticipated Ojibway National Urban Park in Windsor. Caldwell leaders on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Parks Canada marking their shared commitment to overseeing conservation efforts and the operation of Ojibway National Urban Park, a protected natural area in the city’s west end. […]
Pierce Brosnan is apologizing after pleading guilty to foot travel in a
By Aileen Graef and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — The cherry blossoms lining the National Mall in Washington, DC, have hit “peak bloom,” bursting open in an early spring display after a warm winter, the National Park Service announced Sunday. “PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?! The blossoms are opening
By Aileen Graef and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — The cherry blossoms lining the National Mall in Washington, DC, have hit “peak bloom,” bursting open in an early spring display after a warm winter, the National Park Service announced Sunday. “PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?! The blossoms are opening
By Aileen Graef and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — The cherry blossoms lining the National Mall in Washington, DC, have hit “peak bloom,” bursting open in an early spring display after a warm winter, the National Park Service announced Sunday. “PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?! The blossoms are opening
Mammoth, Wyo. — Actor Pierce Brosnan, who pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone National Park, was caught after posting pictures online, court records said.Brosnan, who called into the court hearing in Mammoth, Wyoming, was fined $500 and ordered to make a $1,000 donation by April 1 to Yellowstone Forever, a nonprofit organization that supports the park, court records said. Prosecutors had recommended a $5,000 fine and a two-year...
ST. GEORGE — One of Zion National Park’s signs of spring is the return of the monogamous peregrine falcons. Park officials confirm that these fast, high-flying birds frequently return to the same territory yearly. “If they are forced off their nests, they may not return, and that’s why it’s so important that we do not disturb […]
Pierce Brosnan has pleaded guilty in his Yellowstone case after stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a trip to the national park on Nov. 1, 2023. Brosnan had initially pleaded not guilty.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah, March 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — No one was injured when an empty camper van caught fire Monday afternoon at Zion National Park. Crews responded to the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, where witnesses reported smoke and flames coming from a camper van in the parking lot, Hurricane Valley Fire and Rescue […] The post Camper van catches fire while parked at Zion National Park visitor center first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
The state of air quality within America's treasured national parks has come under scrutiny, highlighting a pressing environmental challenge.
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