News Releases

Dark for the Park Alliance is helping restore quality night skies for Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and on January 8th they released new standards for New Mexico's oil and gas industry.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office and Carlsbad Caverns National Park will co-host a nature hike and educational birding talk at Rattlesnake Springs.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is seeking public comments on proposed changes to tour fees.

A new National Park Service report shows that 394,000 visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 2023 spent $29.1 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 359 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $31.9 million.

Effective immediately, all preventive fire measures at Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been lifted due to recent monsoon rain.

Swabs collected from cave Myotis bats in the Left Hand Tunnel area of Carlsbad Cavern and near the Rattlesnake Springs day use area tested positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS).

Due to high to extreme fire danger, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will implement preventative measures.

In December, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will offer visitors the opportunity to experience Carlsbad Cavern and its colorful history during the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours.

Effective immediately, all preventive fire measures have been lifted due to recent monsoon rain.

Due to high to extreme fire danger, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will implement preventative measures beginning on June 24.