The National Park Service set a visitation record in 2024. Here are the top sites
Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 – enough to set a record.
National Park Service advocates worry about peak visitor season amid cuts with more on the way
The number of National Park Service employees who keep more than 400 sites running is dwindling thanks to layoffs, buyouts. Here's what it could mean for visitors this year.
National Park Service Quiet About Record 2024 Visitation
There was no press release, no sparkling quote from the National Park Service's acting director, no agency public conversation about the record 331.9 million people who explored the National Park System in 2024.
New Mexico National Park Service sites saw overall rise in visitors in 2024 as agency downplays record year
Despite record visitation to NPS sites, an internal memo was sent out to parks saying “there is no external communications rollout for 2024 visitation data.”
Parks Group Warns of Dismantling of the National Park Service
"Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO
Frustrated visitor won't give up on suing National Park Service over cashless policy
After a complaint filed against the National Park Service over its policy to not accept cash payments at certain parks was tossed out last month, the fight is back on: One plaintiff maintains that the park service’s cashless policy is causing her harm.
The 15 least visited US national parks
Timed entry, long lines of cars at the gates and trails crowded with people angling for the best photos ops. Visitors aren’t likely to find any such hurdles at the least visited of the United States’ national parks.
National parks saw record number of visits in 2024, but memo says not to publicize it
U.S. national parks reported a record 331.9 million visits in 2024, but a memo from the National Park Service says not to publicize the numbers.
A rogue ranger is documenting every National Park Service firing
Park rangers are crowdsourcing terminations and cataloging the number of National Park Service employees the Trump administration has fired across the country.
In this National Park gateway, Trump's cuts, tariff threats inject uncertainty
In a tourist town still struggling to climb out from pandemic restrictions, Canadian tourists are canceling trips ...
2 workers laid off from the National Park Service sound off on their struggles: "I cycle through being angry, sad, distressed"
The White House's Department of Government Efficiency laid off about 1,000 National Park Service workers last month as part ...
DOGE Abruptly Cut These National Park And Forest Service Workers' Jobs. Here's How It'll Impact You.
As a forestry technician and wilderness ranger for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, Downs picked up ...
The National Park Service is grappling with massive layoffs. What you should know.
The National Park Service laid off approximately 1,000 employees, many of whom were on probationary periods, in February.
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Seattle's Klondike Gold Rush national park targeted for closure
A historical museum in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood is among dozens of National Park Service leases the Trump ...
Ranger-led programs canceled at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Among the changes at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, which are jointly administered by the NPS, is the cancellation ...
After DOGE firing, Carl Sandburg National Park Service ranger hopes to be reinstated
Haynes, a fired National Park Service ranger, worked at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site and called the job "a ...
Trump property purge to include national park visitor centers, museums
The Trump administration is trying to cancel leases for 34 National Park Service buildings, which an advocate says will ...