Latest National Park Service News
The White House public tour has been upgraded so visitors can see, hear and touch more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden on Monday unveiled what she says is a reimagined White House public tour that will engage visitors' senses to teach them about the mansion's history and events that happened there. New to the tour is the Diplomatic Reception Room, which previously had...
Man falls to his death while canyoneering in Zion National Park
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A canyoneer died in Zion National Park after falling between 150 and 200 feet near the the Upper Emerald Pool in southwest Utah, according to the National Park Service. The 40-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, was rappelling through Heaps...
Colorado man dies on Colorado River trip; 7th fatality at Grand Canyon National Park since July 31
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — There has been another fatality at Grand Canyon National Park, authorities announced Monday. Park officials said 59-year-old Patrick Horton of Salida, Colorado, was on the 10th day of a non-commercial river trip along the Colorado River and...
US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100M
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the country's national parks. The National Park Foundation, which...
Authorities recover body of Arizona woman who went missing in Grand Canyon after flash flood
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — The body of an Arizona woman who went missing in the Grand Canyon National Park after a flash flood days earlier was recovered Sunday, park rangers said. The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, from the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Arizona, was discovered by a group...
Maine leaders seek national monument for home of Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member
NEWCASTLE, Maine (AP) — Maine leaders want to honor Frances Perkins — the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet-level position and a driving force behind the New Deal — by encouraging the president to make her home a national monument. Perkins served as labor secretary...
