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A-TITLE A copy of the National Parks Traveler's FY21-22 990 |
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| /latest-news | Subdomain | Latest News from the Parks
A-TITLE The latest news from the National Park System. |
| /search/google/RVing | Subdomain | RVing The National Parks
A-TITLE Exploring the National Park System by RV. |
| /article-category/canada | Subdomain | Canada
A-TITLE National parks of Canada. |
| /2022/03/tracking-climate-chan... | Subdomain | Understanding Climate Change Impacts On National Parks
A-TITLE A new eBook, Changing Climate, Changing Parks, from the National Parks Traveler presents park-by-park examples of how climate change is altering the National... |
| /item/national-parks-traveler-... | | Special Reports
A-TITLE This section tracks the special projects and reports National Parks Traveler has produced from around the National Park System. |
| /2023/01/under-willows-yellows... | Subdomain | Repairing National Parks With Beavers
A-TITLE Beavers are recognized as key to helping restore wetlands, replenish aquifers, and provide habitats in the National Park System. With a little help, nurturin... |
| /2021/06/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Grand Canyon's Struggling River
A-TITLE Diminished flows and invasive species are redefining the character of the Colorado River as it flows through Grand Canyon National Park |
| /2020/02/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Colorado River Series-Canyonlands National Park
A-TITLE A warming climate has been linked to human activity around the world, and has affected the Colorado River System as well. The impacts are substantial, from r... |
| /2020/02/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Not Enough Water And Too Many Invasives At Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
A-TITLE Climate change and invasive species are overwhelming Lake Powell. |
| /2020/03/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Mixing Oil And Water At Big Cypress National Preserve
A-TITLE How is oil exploration impacting Big Cypress National Preserve? |
| /2020/10/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Coping With 21st Century Wildfires In The Parks
A-TITLE Increasingly intense wildfires have forced the National Park Service in the West to both evolve and refine its approach to battling flames that are arriving ... |
| /2018/09/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Tackling The Maintenance Backlog In The Park System
A-TITLE A close look at issues related to the National Park System's maintenance backlog. |
| /2018/07/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Backlog Of Maintenance Needs Creates Risks In National Parks
A-TITLE There are places in the National Park System where the maintenance backlog creates risks for visitors. |
| /2018/11/groups-continually-wo... | Subdomain | Groups Continually At Work To Acquire Private Lands Key To National Parks
A-TITLE Approximately 2.6 million acres of private lands -- private and state owned -- exist within the boundaries of the National Park System. |
| /2019/12/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Invasive Species A Plague On the National Park System
A-TITLE A slow, creeping invasion of the national parks, one arriving in the form of an ecosystem-upsetting menagerie that poses a significant threat to both native ... |
| /2018/09/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Lack Of Dollars Crippling National Park Facilities For Staff And Visitors
A-TITLE A lack of funding has crippled facilities used by both the National Park Service staff and visitors. |
| /2018/06/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Maintenance Backlog Impacts Historic Structures In National Parks
A-TITLE Eighty-year-old buildings have a tendency to leak if they haven’t been sufficiently maintained. But when a leaky 80-year-old building is one of the most icon... |
| /2018/07/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Mixing Energy Development And National Parks
A-TITLE Oil development poses a threat to many units of the National Park System. |
| /2018/09/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | NPS Is Running $670 Million Behind On Caring For Maintained Landscapes
A-TITLE There are walls, fences, masonry, walkways, irrigation systems and plantings that all need work, some more frequently than others. This category also include... |
| /2018/08/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | National Park Roads And Bridges Impacted By Lack Of Maintenance
A-TITLE Crumbling roads and bridges in a steady state of decay can be found around the National Park System as maintenance issues go years without significant attent... |
| /2018/08/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Private Philanthropy Fills The Gaps Of Deferred Maintenance |
| /2018/07/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Wastewater And Sewer Facilities Failing In National Parks
A-TITLE More than 50 years after the National Park Service's last major investment in park infrastructure, many wastewater and sewer systems across the park system a... |
| /2018/11/care-and-keeping-history | Subdomain | The Care And Keeping Of History Within The National Park System
A-TITLE The National Park Service employs teams of museum conservators, all who have studied art history, studio art, and chemistry, to restore and preserve the past. |
| /2015/05/traveler-special-repo... | Subdomain | Oil Trains Pose A Significant Threat To National Parks
A-TITLE Freight trains carrying highly explosive Bakken crude oil pose a threat to many national parks. |
| /2021/12/national-parks-travel... | Subdomain | 3rd Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks
A-TITLE In National Parks Traveler's 3rd Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks report we'll take a look at some of these issues in a series of stories from around t... |
| /2021/01/2nd-annual-threatened... | Subdomain | 2nd Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks
A-TITLE National Parks Traveler's 2nd Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks package |
| /item/threatened-and-endangere... | Subdomain | First Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks
A-TITLE National parks in the United States face myriad threats that strike at their very essence. |
| /item/threatened-and-endangere... | Subdomain | Threatened And Endangered Parks: Introduction |
| /item/threatened-and-endangere... | Subdomain | Threatened And Endangered Parks: Alaska
A-TITLE National parks in Alaska are particularly hard-hit by climate change and sea level rise. |
| /item/threatened-and-endangere... | Subdomain | Threatened And Endangered Parks: The Lists
A-TITLE National Parks Traveler's first annual lists of threatened and endangered national park sites. |
| /article-category/invasives | Subdomain | Invasive Species in the Parks
A-TITLE Invasive species are an ongoing problem in most units of the National Park System. |
| /2021/09/uncertainties-climate... | Subdomain | Drought in the Southwest
A-TITLE How the long-running drought in the Southwest is impacting units of the National Park System. |
| /featured-stories | Subdomain | Features
A-TITLE Features stories from around the parks. |
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A-TITLE Travel stories from the national parks. |
| /item/photography-parks | Subdomain | Photography In The National Parks
A-TITLE Check out Traveler's long list of photography columns for tips on snaring the best park photos you can! |
| /2021/04/news-about-national-p... | Subdomain | National Parks Traveler in the News
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| /national-parks-directory | | Your National Parks
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| /national-parks-directory | | Explore Your National Park System |
| /article-category/travelers-ch... | Subdomain | Traveler's Park Checklists
A-TITLE Grab a Traveler checklist to help plan your national park vacation. |
| /item/day-park | Subdomain | A Day In The Park...
A-TITLE Where in the National Park System should you visit? Traveler's "A Day In The Park" series offers overviews of the units of the National Park System, starting... |
| /item/national-parks-traveler-... | | For Families
A-TITLE This is where to go to find information on Junior Ranger programs and other family-oriented programs in the National Park System. |
| /search/google/RVing the Parks | Subdomain | RVing in the National Park System
A-TITLE RVing is one of the most popular ways of visiting national parks. Check here for stories on where to go and how to do it. |
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A-TITLE Learn how the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is working for the Parkway, and how you can help out! |
| /item/friends-acadia | | Friends of Acadia
A-TITLE Friends of Acadia works year-round to support Acadia National Park. |
| /2022/02/great-smoky-mountains... | Subdomain | Smokies Life
A-TITLE Smokies Life supports the perpetual preservation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
| /item/washingtons-national-par... | Subdomain | Washington's National Park Fund
A-TITLE Washington's National Park Fund |
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| /article-category/climate-change | | Climate change and the parks |
| /article-category/national-par... | | National Parks in Crisis |
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| /2025/06/great-smoky-mountains... | Subdomain | THE WHOLE STORY |
| /2025/06/two-people-found-dead... | | Two People Found Dead At Isle Royale National Park |
| /2025/06/ponderosa-pine | | The Ponderosa Pine |
| /2025/06/yvos-plan-responding-... | | YVO’s Plan For Responding To Future Geological Hazards In Yellowstone National Park |
| /2025/06/public-input-sought-f... | | Public Input Sought For Future Of Chesapeake & Canal National Historical Park |
| /2025/06/letter-urges-rejectio... | | Letter Urges Rejection Of Renewed Proposal To Sell Public Lands |
| /2025/06/day-park-lake-clark-n... | | A Day In The Park: Lake Clark National Park And Preserve |
| /2025/06/new-sites-added-recon... | | New Sites Added To Reconstruction Era National Historic Network |
| /2025/06/national-park-service... | | National Park Service Seeks Proposals For Food & Beverage Service At Cape Cod National Seashore |
| /2025/06/five-new-routes-added... | | Five New Routes Added To National Recreation Trails |
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| /2025/06/how-exodus-eroding-al... | | How Exodus Is Eroding Alaska National Parks’ Support System |
| /2025/05/amid-damage-helene-he... | | Amid Damage From Helene, Hellbenders May Get Endangered Species Listing |
| /2025/05/through-ancestral-eye... | | Through Ancestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway |
| /2025/05/exploring-parks-chuma... | | Exploring The Parks | Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary |
| /2025/05/taking-road-parks-les... | | Taking The Road To Parks Less Traveled |
| /2025/05/sell-trees-or-fix-for... | | Sell The Trees Or Fix The Forests...Or Both? |
| /featured-stories | | All Features |
| /2025/06/roof-repairs-underway... | | Roof Repairs Underway At Blue Ridge Parkway's Mabry Mill |
| /2025/06/politicians-want-blm-... | | Politicians Want BLM To Block Mining Inside Mojave National Preserve |
| /2025/06/concerns-voiced-sen-d... | | Concerns Voiced That Sen. Daines Is Open To Land Sales |
| /2025/06/sequoia-and-kings-can... | | Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks' Giant Sequoia Trees |
| /2025/06/national-park-service... | | National Park Service Seeks Proposals For Two Unique Historic Lodges |
| /2025/06/rare-ghost-orchid-mov... | | Rare Ghost Orchid Moves Closer To Endangered Species Status |
| /2025/06/plowing-maintenance-u... | | Plowing, Maintenance Underway On Old Fall River Road In Rocky Mountain National Park |
| /2025/06/history-some-national... | | A History Of Some National Park Roads |
| /2025/06/updated-body-missing-... | | UPDATED | Body Of Missing Mountaineer Found In Denali National Park And Preserve |
| /latest-news | Text duplicate | All News |
| /podcast/2025-06-08-national-p... | Subdomain Text duplicate | THE WHOLE STORY |
| /podcast/2025-06-01-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 327 | Plight of the Parks |
| /podcast/2025-05-25-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 326 | Environmental Partisanship |
| /podcast/2025-05-18-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 325 | Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility |
| /podcast/2025-05-11-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 324 | North American Bird Declines |
| /podcast/2025-05-04-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 323 | Walt Dabney and Public Lands |
| /podcast/2025-04-27-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 322 | Congressman Jared Huffman |
| /podcast/2025-04-20-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 321 | National Park Science At Risk |
| /podcast/2025-04-06-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 320 | George Wright Society |
| /podcast/2025-03-30-national-p... | | National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 319 | Kilauea's Unrest |
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| /item/photography-parks | | Photography In The Parks |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A cloudy, overcast day at the entrance to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A-TITLE A cloudy, overcast day at the entrance to Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Late afternoon sunlight shining over a wide-angle view of the iconic El Capitan and surrounding landscape at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A-TITLE Late afternoon sunlight shining over a wide-angle view of the iconic El Capitan and surrounding landscape at Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A broad white salt flat leading to a view of the southernmost point of the Guadalupe Mountains and El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A-TITLE A broad white salt flat leading to a view of the southernmost point of the Guadalupe Mountains and El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Giant stalagmites reaching up toward the roof of the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE Giant stalagmites reaching up toward the roof of the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Looking out from a rock shelter toward the Chihuahuan Desert at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE Looking out from a rock shelter toward the Chihuahuan Desert at Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A single car driving a looped road out in the Chihuahuan Desert of Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE A single car driving a looped road out in the Chihuahuan Desert of Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A broken down ladder of rotted wood and rope at the Bottomles Pit in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE A broken down ladder of rotted wood and rope at the Bottomles Pit in Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Stalactites and large stalagmites with flowstone drapery seen along the Big Room Trail at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE Stalactites and large stalagmites with flowstone drapery seen along the Big Room Trail at Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A flash photo of people and cave formations along the trail around the Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE A flash photo of people and cave formations along the trail around the Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT The switchbacks along the paved trail leading down toward the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE The switchbacks along the paved trail leading down toward the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Looking up toward the natural entrance to Carlsbad Cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE Looking up toward the natural entrance to Carlsbad Cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT People walking down a paved switchbacking trail into a cave opening, Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A-TITLE People walking down a paved switchbacking trail into a cave opening, Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A bright Milky Way arc in a starry night sky over the Mitten Park Fault and the Green River at Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE A bright Milky Way arc in a starry night sky over the Mitten Park Fault and the Green River at Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A panoramic view of the river and landscape at Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE A panoramic view of the river and landscape at Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A bighorn sheep walking along a cliff face with the green river flowing below, Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE A bighorn sheep walking along a cliff face with the green river flowing below, Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A black and white photo circa 1909 of horses hauling plaster-wrapped fossils from what is now Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE A black and white photo circa 1909 of horses hauling plaster-wrapped fossils from what is now Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Rafters on muddy river water between tall canyon walls, Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE Rafters on muddy river water between tall canyon walls, Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT Red-colored paintings of bighorn rams on the rocks at Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE Red-colored paintings of bighorn rams on the rocks at Dinosaur National Monument |
| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT People looking at large dinosaur fossil bones embedded in rock inside the Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE People looking at large dinosaur fossil bones embedded in rock inside the Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument |
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| /sites/default/files/photos/po... | Subdomain | IMG-ALT A muddy ribbon of river with folded and faulted rocks beneath a blue sky at Dinosaur National Monument
A-TITLE A muddy ribbon of river with folded and faulted rocks beneath a blue sky at Dinosaur National Monument |
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