We love our National Parks

09/17/2022

“I don’t know him well enough for a stop and chat.” —Larry David

Good plan. The National Park Service preserves many special places for visitors to enjoy—even with your furry family members. As each park has a unique experience for you, they each offer different experiences with your pet.

Pets are welcome in developed areas, on many trails and campgrounds, and in some lodging facilities. Does that mean you can bring your pet anywhere? Nah. If the activities you have planned for your visit do not allow for pets or are unsafe, consider leaving them at home.

Before you travel, check park websites, or call ahead for park-specific information to help plan the best visit with your pet. If you do bring a pet on your trip, make sure to follow the B.A.R.K. Ranger code. This code helps protect you, your pet, and the park stay safe while you are here. ⁣

Learn more park pet tips at nps.gov/pets ⁣
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Image: A dog looking out a car window at a grazing bison at Grand Teton National Park. NPS/J. Erwin & L. Watkins ⁣

09/17/2022

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09/16/2022

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08/28/2022

“What do you like about corn? IT’S CORN!”
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Each spring, Fort Larned National Historic Site plants historic vegetable seeds and nurture them throughout the growing season to help tell this unique aspect of frontier military life. Seeds include variety of corn (everything changes when you try it with butter), pole beans, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, turnips, cabbages, and onions. Learn more about the garden at: https://www.nps.gov/fols/planyourvisit/fort-larned-heritage-garden.htm

Have you planted any corn this year? Can you tell us all about it? 🌽

Image: I mean, look at this thing. Looking up at corn stalks from the fort’s garden in 2020. NPS/Ben Long

08/28/2022

Yellowstone National Park in the winter.

08/27/2022

~Ryan

08/24/2022

Today we highlight the famed Yosemite National Park, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway and the contributions Mr. Rockefeller made to our beloved landscapes for the enjoyment of future generations.

In the 1920s, sugar pines adjacent to Yosemite were exposed to the threat of commercial loggers, however, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. intervened and provided more than $1 million to save 15,000 acres of forest.

Rockefeller's philanthropy work continued through the development of “trailside museums” at a number of National Parks, including Yosemite. This is one of many Rockefeller initiatives leading the National Park Service to establish its Branch of Interpretive Services in 1941.



Photo courtesy of C. Weatherbee

08/24/2022

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08/19/2022

Perhaps I’ve done all my breaking, or maybe
like stars, it comes bundled together, sometimes flickering,
sometimes straight on.
Whatever the atmosphere tells it to do.

- Lauren Camp, Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence, August 2022

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Photography by Imma Barrera, Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence, May 2022
To learn more about Imma Barrera's work, visit: https://www.imma.photo/

Imma Photography

Learn how to apply to the Astronomer in Residence Program here: https://www.grandcanyon.org/our-work/astronomer-in-residence/

08/19/2022

Here is the Bison carcass that had been picked clean by wolves and scavengers. You can see the thoracic vertebrae are long, giving the Bison the hu**ed appearance. This provides attachment points for the massive neck and shoulder muscles Bison use to snow plow through deep snow to access dried grasses.

08/19/2022

This old bull was plowing snow with his head to reach grasses underneath.