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Forest Regeneration 2024
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Forest regeneration in the National Capital Region continues to slowly improve, especially in parks that manage their deer populations. A look at forest regeneration capacity based on monitoring data from 2024.

Grand Canyon National Park

Bright Angel Trailhead
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Bright Angel Trailhead is located just west of Bright Angel Lodge, Lookout Studio, and Kolb Studio. At 6,840 feet (2,085 m), it provides access for hikers and mules to many inner canyon destinations. From the Hermit Road Interchange shuttle bus stops, it is a short walk to the east, and up a hill, on a paved footpath to the trailhead. This winter, a number of trail closures (on parts of Bright Angel Trail) are in effect. Click on the link for details.

Grand Canyon National Park

Backcountry Information Center
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The Backcountry Info Center is open daily from 8 am–noon; and 1 pm–5 pm, and provides information, permits, and trip planning assistance about day and overnight hikes into the canyon. The building is located in the village by Parking Lot D, and across the railroad tracks from Maswik Lodge. Park in Lot D, then take the free, early morning Hikers' Express bus from Backcountry Info Center to South Kaibab Trailhead.

Shenandoah National Park

Series: Ranger Activity Reports
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Visitor and resource protection is responsible for law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire management, and search and rescue. If you have an incident to report in Shenandoah National Park, contact dispatch at (540) 999-3422.

Post Trader's Store (1849) and Complex
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Collaboration reduces wildland fire risk in Texas panhandle
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Firefighters use drip torches to treat vegetation between a fence and Highway 207 in Carson County, Texas.

Return of the Coho! 2024-2025 Spawner Surveys Exceed Expectations
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As the San Francisco Bay Area Network coho and steelhead monitoring crew wraps up the 2024-2025 spawner season, we are looking back at one of the busiest winters since the beginning of this monitoring program! We observed increased coho spawning in all three creeks we monitor—Olema, Pine Gulch, and Redwood Creeks. Olema took the cake with the strongest cohort of all.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

A Stunning Defeat Wayside Exhibit
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Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Winston Churchill
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His fame grew to the point that in 1899, the British Winston Churchill wrote to the American writer of the same name, praising his novel and promising to always use “Spencer” as his middle name to help prevent confusion going forward.

From looking to serve to finding yourself in the history - Bill's Volunteering with the NPS story
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Bill was inspired to help the NPS and learn something new along the way. He discovered that his family history coincides with the history of these parks.

Lowell National Historical Park

Patrick J Mogan Cultural Center
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Big Thicket National Preserve

Pitcher Plant Trail
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1 mile roundtrip | Follow an easy loop that leads to a boardwalk through a pitcher plant bog where you can look for carnivorous plants in spring and summer.

Greenwich Village Historic District
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Greenwich Village Historic District’s reputation for dynamism can be attributed to its history of emerging artists and writers as well as the political unrest and activism of its inhabitants. With the rise of the counterculture movement during the 1960s, Greenwich Village’s Washington Square Park became a hub for writers and musicians. In 1969, LGB residents of Greenwich Village pushed back against police harassment at the Stonewall Inn.

Collaboration between NPS Alaska Region Fire Management staff and BLM Alaska Fire Service bolsters national fire response, provides staff opportunities
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Successful management of wildland fire is a team effort. National Park Service (NPS) staff in Alaska have formed a unique partnership with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (AFS), which has helped to turn challenges into opportunities, and increased operational efficiency in utilization of helicopters for fire suppression. This partnership has benefited not only Alaska, but also the wildland firefighting effort in several western states.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Appalachian Clubhouse
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A large restored clubhouse rebuilt in 1934 and now available for daytime rental.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933-2019)
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Born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Blackwell rose from humble beginnings to become one of many unsung Black female heroines of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Blackwell was an outspoken critic of racial and economic inequality and the first Black female mayor elected in the state of Mississippi. We honor her as an ancestor for reminding us of the power to change the circumstances we were born into.

Boston National Historical Park

Frances Winifred Williams
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Frances Williams worked as a welder in the Charlestown Navy Yard and South Boston Annex during World War II. Her oral history provides a unique perspective as to what it was like working at the Yard during World War II.

Grand Canyon National Park

Yavapai Lodge
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Located at Market Plaza, the South Rim's business center, the main lodge has a cafeteria style restaurant, coffee shop/cafe, gift shop and an outdoor patio tavern with a food menu. Pet friendly rooms are available. it's a short walk across the parking lot to Canyon Village Market (General Store and Deli), and the U.S. Post Office. From the lodge, it averages around a one mile (1.6 km) walk, along paved footpaths, to the edge of Grand Canyon.

Acadia National Park

Access: Compass Harbor Parking Lot
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An accessible description and transcript of the Compass Harbor Parking Lot in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)

Acadia National Park

Access: Parkman Mountain Parking Lot
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An accessible description and transcript of the Parkman Mountain Parking Area in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)