national parks

As Climate Change and Overuse Shrink Lake Powell, the Emergent Landscape Is Coming Back to Life – and Posing New Challenges

As Climate Change and Overuse Shrink Lake Powell, the Emergent Landscape Is Coming Back to Life – and Posing New Challenges

As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon.

Lake Powell, the second-largest U.S. reservoir, extends from northern Arizona into southern Utah. A critical water source for seven Colorado River Basin states, it has shrunk dramatically over the past 40 years.

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    Join the Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz

    Join the Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz

    People visiting U.S. national parks and other wild spaces are advised to leave no trace of their presence on the plants, animals and ecosystems they visit. Despite this, the Department of the Interior (DOI), which manages the nation’s parks, produced almost 80,000 tons of solid waste in 2020, much of it plastic. But what if […]

    More Than 30 Yosemite Sites Vandalized With Spray Paint

    More Than 30 Yosemite Sites Vandalized With Spray Paint

    The National Park Service is calling on the public to help track down the culprits who used spray paint to vandalize sites throughout Yosemite National Park last month. Spray paint was found on rocks and other sites along a popular trail in the park. NPS rangers began receiving calls about the vandalism on May 20, […]

    Hudson Canyon Proposed as Next National Marine Sanctuary

    Hudson Canyon Proposed as Next National Marine Sanctuary

    President Biden has announced interest in designating the Hudson Canyon, located from the New York/New Jersey Harbor and stretching 400 nautical miles out to the ocean, as the next national marine sanctuary. The Hudson Canyon is the largest underwater canyon in the U.S. side of the Atlantic Ocean, reaching about 2 miles deep and over […]

    U.S. Voters Want Plastic Out of National Parks, Poll Finds

    U.S. Voters Want Plastic Out of National Parks, Poll Finds

    A vast majority of U.S. voters want to ban single-use plastics from national parks.  Ocean conservation group Oceana released the results of a poll Thursday that found that 82 percent of registered U.S. voters surveyed would be happy if the National Park Service (NPS) stopped selling and distributing any single-use plastic items.  “National parks have […]