Alcatraz Opening Up For Recreational Use Next Week
The National Park Service said Thursday that it intends to resume recreational access to Alcatraz Island following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The National Park Service said Thursday that it intends to resume recreational access to Alcatraz Island following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The National Park Service said on Friday at least four bears have been hit by cars in recent days, two that were killed, by people who are speeding through the park.
Tests of untreated waste water from Yosemite National Park have confirmed the presence of coronavirus and the recently-reopened park is cutting the number of vehicle passes in half.
After being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Yosemite National Park is set to reopen to the general public.
A dead humpback whale washed ashore in San Francisco Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Federal health officials are inspecting Yosemite National Park's food service areas after at least a dozen people have fallen ill with stomach issues.
Two people were killed and another injured when they fell near Delicate Arch in Utah's Arches National Park on Friday. All three are believed to be from California and may be related, authorities said.
After a 13-month, $5.7 million rehabilitation, the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse will reopen on Friday.
An estimated 1,000 people attended the Rosie Rally Home Front Festival in Richmond Saturday to commemorate the iconic, if fictional, World War II female worker known as "Rosie the Riveter."
The National Park Service is holding two hearings this month on six proposals regarding cattle and dairy ranching and tule elk management on 28,000 acres in the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Marin County.
An off-leash dog attacked and killed a seal pup last week at Point Reyes National Seashore, according to National Park Service investigators.
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area regained the top spot as the most visited site in the National Park System in 2018, officials announced Tuesday.
California's signature national parks are getting back to normal operations following the 35-day partial federal government shutdown.
"We've never seen this level of out-of-bounds camping" said the superintendent of California's Joshua Tree National Park.
Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to overwhelm some of the West's iconic national parks on Monday.
During the partial shutdown of the federal government most physical spaces that make up the Golden Gate National Recreation Area will remain open, though services will be substantially curtailed.
Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what's found in major cities, according to a study released Wednesday.
The San Francisco-based Fund for People in Parks has raised more than $800,000 for 30 projects at 11 different parks including Great Basin National Park and Death Valley National Park
The Interior Department is increasing fees at the most popular national parks to $35 per vehicle.
Adventurers and shutterbugs hoping to catch a glimpse of Yosemite National Park's annual "firefall" will need reservations to park near the sunset spectacle on El Capitan.
When completed, tourists will be able to visit the Miwok village, although some spiritual ceremonies may only be open to tribal members.
The National Park Service announced this week it's waiving admission fees on only four days in 2018.
The National Park Service has withdrawn plans to pay nearly $100,000 for a project honoring the legacy of the Black Panther Party after police groups complained to President Donald Trump.
The National Park Service is floating a steep increase to entrance fees at 17 of its most popular sites next year.
The National Park Service on Thursday said it is dropping a more than decade-long fight to impose new restrictions on dogs in the Golden Gate National Recreational Area.
