December 29, 2020 Video shows park ranger tasering Native American man in New Mexico The National Park Service is investigating an incident in which a visitor was tased over the weekend by a park ranger at the Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico.
December 15, 2020 National Park Service announces free-admission dates for 2021 Each year, the federal government designates several days when entrance fees are waived for all visitors at every single NPS site. For 2021, six fee-free dates have been announced.
November 25, 2020 Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks see record visitors in October The number of guests at Yellowstone National Park nearly doubled, while visits to Grand Teton, its neighbor to the south, rose 88%.
November 17, 2020 Stag attacks London park-goer who allegedly threw food at it, photos show Just a word of warning: Wild animals may sometimes act … wild.
November 13, 2020 National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim The family of a women's rights activist from Uganda has filed a more than $270 million wrongful death and personal injury claim against the National Park Service.
November 10, 2020 Veterans, Gold Star families given free access to National Parks, federal property starting Nov. 11 The U.S. Department of the Interior will be offering war veterans and the relatives of service members who died in the line of duty free entry to national parks and other federally owned properties beginning Wednesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in a recent blog post.
November 9, 2020 Emily Harrington becomes first woman to free-climb El Capitan route in 1 day The professional climber had been practicing for this climb for years.
November 5, 2020 Yellowstone visitor banned for cooking chickens in thermal hot spring A man from Idaho has been temporarily banned from Yellowstone National Park after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an Aug. 7 outing, during which he was found cooking chickens in a thermal geyser.
October 29, 2020 Veterans, Gold Star families and fifth graders will get free access to national parks Veterans and Gold Star families will get free access to national parks next month.
October 23, 2020 Zion hiker Holly Courtier's sister speaks out on 'discrepancies' in rescue story A sister of Zion hiker Holly Courtier has spoken out in an attempt to clear up any confusion surrounding the woman’s rescue after she says she went 12 days without any water or food in the Utah national park.
