US National Park Service removes free entry on MLK Day and Juneteenth ⊕
The Trump administration is adding Flag Day, which is also President Trump's birthday, to its list of fee-free entry days at national parks.
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US will charge non-residents $100 to visit its most popular national parks
The spike in fees for non-US residents comes as the National Park Service budget faces potential cuts next year.
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National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service ⊖
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Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown
Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare…
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures ⊕
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Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which wer…
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A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100 ⊕⊕
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At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
Betty Re…
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New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein
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Bronze statue by an anonymous creator shows the two men frolicking and holding hands with a foot kicked back in joy
There’s a new statue on the east end of the National Mall for Washington DC resident…
3 months ago
Thousands of illegal marijuana plants removed from California national park
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Rangers cleared about 2,377 marijuana plants and 2,000lbs of trash and hazardous chemicals from Sequoia park
Park rangers have removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in California’s Sequoia nat…
US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts
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Park bosses say they’re running visitor centers and even cleaning bathrooms as remaining staff try to keep sites open
Across the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playin…
4 months ago
Trump administration to reinstall Confederate statue toppled in Black Lives Matter protests
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Statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general, will return to Washington DC, National Parks Service says
A statue of a general in the Confederate army that was toppled and set on fire during social jus…
The National Park Service is in disarray
The Trump administration is cutting thousands of staff at America’s favourite agency