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A visitor reads information outside of the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades National Park, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. As the partial government shutdown drags on, private organizations, local businesses, volunteers and state governments are putting up the money and manpower to keep national parks across the U.S. open, safe and clean for visitors.

Beltway Confidential

What, exactly, are we losing from the government shutdown? Not much

Tim Worstall -

January 8, 2019 2:31 pm

The donation was made to the National Park Foundation's Open OutDoors for Kids program. It supports the National Park Service's Every Kid In A Park initiative, which allows every fourth grader in the country to get a pass for free entry to National Park Service lands for a year. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas, File)

News

National Park Service taking ‘extraordinary step’ to keep parks open during shutdown

Daniel Chaitin -

January 7, 2019 1:28 am

In this 1908 file photo, President Theodore Roosevelt stands in the White House.

Beltway Confidential

Thank Theodore Roosevelt for conserving America’s natural wonders 100 years ago

Kendall Wingrove -

January 6, 2019 5:00 am

Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Page, Ariz.

News

Girl falls 700 feet to death on Christmas Eve in national park

Anna Giaritelli -

December 28, 2018 12:32 am

This Oct. 2, 2013, file photo shows a view seen on the way to Glacier Point in the Yosemite National Park in California.

Op-Eds

One lame duck vote that is a walk in the park

Thom Dammrich and Frank Hugelmeyer -

November 16, 2018 5:01 am

Activists march past the White House to protest the Trump administration's approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents, Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

New National Park regulations would limit protests — here’s what’s at stake

Erin Dunne -

October 17, 2018 9:07 pm

Anti-abortion activists rally on the National Mall in Washington.

News

‘Protest Tax?’ Organizing demonstrations in DC may soon see changes

Vaishnavee Sharma -

October 12, 2018 10:27 pm

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, center, is surrounded by residents, business people and family members as he signs a 20-year mining moratorium on lands in Paradise Valley, Mont. on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 at Sage Resort in Pray, Mont. Zinke approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park after two proposed gold mines raised concerns the area could be spoiled.

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke bans mining near Yellowstone National Park

Josh Siegel -

October 8, 2018 5:53 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017 file photo, the full moon sets behind Hunt Mountain on a privately owned tract of land surrounded by land that now comprises the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine.

Energy and Environment

Senate committee advances bill saving conservation fund for national parks

Josh Siegel -

October 2, 2018 5:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Congress under pressure to re-up conservation fund for parks after letting it expire

Josh Siegel -

October 1, 2018 6:37 pm

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Tag: National Parks

What, exactly, are we losing from the government shutdown? Not much

National Park Service taking ‘extraordinary step’ to keep parks open during shutdown

Thank Theodore Roosevelt for conserving America’s natural wonders 100 years ago

Girl falls 700 feet to death on Christmas Eve in national park

One lame duck vote that is a walk in the park

New National Park regulations would limit protests — here’s what’s at stake

‘Protest Tax?’ Organizing demonstrations in DC may soon see changes

Ryan Zinke bans mining near Yellowstone National Park

Senate committee advances bill saving conservation fund for national parks

Congress under pressure to re-up conservation fund for parks after letting it expire

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