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Yosemite National Park's biggest campground reopens

Yosemite National Park's biggest campground reopens after $26 million renovation

Yosemite National Park's largest campground has officially reopened after a three-year closure and a $26 million renovation project. Tuolumne Meadows Campground, a 140-acre area with 336 campsites that can host 2,

The Conversation on MSN · 1d

Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service’s budget and staffing have raised concerns among park advocates and the public that the administration is aiming to further privatize the national parks.

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Hiker killed by falling tree branch in Yosemite National Park

SFGATE reports 29-year-old Angela Lin was hiking a trail through Tuolumne Grove with her boyfriend, David Hua, when the tree branch fell.

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Teen seriously burned at a geyser near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

A teenage boy visiting Yellowstone National Park was seriously burned when his foot broke through the ground near a geyser by the infamous Old Faithful, officials said.

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Teenager Suffers Severe Burns When Foot Sinks Near Yellowstone Geyser

A teenager who was visiting Yellowstone National Park was severely burned this week when his foot sank through the thin crust of ground in a popular geyser area, the National Park Service said. The teenager,

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Teen suffers 'significant thermal burns' near Yellowstone geyser

A 17-year-old boy has suffered “significant thermal burns” near a geyser close to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday morning when the boy was on a hike in the thermal area of the park in the vicinity of the Lone Star Geyser near Old Faithful when his foot broke through the thin crust and he suffered significant thermal burns to his foot and ankle,

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Enjoy a free visit to any national park on Great American Outdoors Day

However, on Monday, Aug. 4, to celebrate Great American Outdoors Day, the National Park Service is offering free admission to ...

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Onlooker snaps photo of tourist's thoughtless act at national park: 'So awful'

Tourons of National Park regularly posts about illegal and dangerous things that visitors to national parks have done. People ...

You can get in to more than 100 national parks for free on one day in August

(NEXSTAR) — For one day only in August, you can get into any of our national parks for free.

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Man, 35, Goes Missing at Grand Canyon National Park, Leaving His Truck Behind in Trail Parking Lot

Thomas Daniel Gibbs, a 35-year-old man from Freehold, N.J., last contacted his loved ones on July 22 during a trip to Grand ...

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How the National Parks Service is struggling with drastic funding and staffing cuts

Summer is the height of the visitor season for the National Park Service. Last year, nearly 332 million people visited NPS ...

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Colorado national park reopens; Grand Canyon fire quadruples in week

A national park in southwest Colorado partially reopened Wednesday for the first time since a fire broke out earlier this ...

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Skeletal Remains Found in National Park Identified as Man Who May Have Died in 2024, Authorities Say

Skeletal remains found in a Colorado national park over a month ago have been positively identified as Steven Noto, 40, ...

Body of missing Los Angeles woman who fell into Sequoia National Park river recovered

She vanished after jumping into the swift currents of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River near Paradise Creek Bridge. Her ...

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Remains found in Rocky Mountain National Park identified as WNY man

Human remains were found Rocky Mountain National Park, with an investigation underway. The coroner will identify the deceased ...

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Inside the fight to save more than a dozen Independence Park exhibits from potential Trump admin removal in September

Two Philadelphians are working to preserve or archive historic sites at Independence National Historical Park before items ...

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