Activists say plan to remove 200 felines near Old San Juan fortress within six months is not enough time and worry cats will be killed A non-profit organization said Thursday that it sued the US National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the US territory. The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal welfare organization to remove an estimated 200 cats that live in an area surrounding a historic seaside fortress in Old San Juan. Continue reading...
COOLIDGE — It literally stinks that visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south-central Arizona might not be able to use the attraction’s picnic area until May.
The lawsuit focuses on the Basin and Range and Gold Butte national monuments established during the Obama administration.
Critics of the president's power to designate national monuments say they still have multiple avenues to challenge that authority.
The National Park Service has selected Lena Pace as superintendent of Arches and Canyonlands national parks according to a Feb. 26 press release.
Director of public prosecutions launches appeal against sentences handed down to Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Prosecutors are pushing for more jail time for two neo-Nazi leaders who attacked a group of hikers in a national park, arguing their original sentences were manifestly inadequate. Thomas Sewell, 31, and Jacob Hersant, 25, were sentenced in October 2023 after pleading guilty in the county court to a violent affray in Victoria’s Cathedral Ranges state park. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service proposed releasing three to seven grizzly bears annually into the region of Washington state.
The National Park Service adopted a policy last year of accepting only credit and debit cards. A California woman is among those suing.
The plan was developed after talks involving the FAA, National Park Service, seven air tour operators and dozens of Native American tribes.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topped the list of national parks with the unhealthiest air in the country, followed by Joshua Tree National Park.
The National Park Service gleefully said Monday that the generations-old cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C. have now peaked and bloomed in what NPS called "a splendid spring spectacle."
Zion National Park officials are proposing to give the south portion of the park, which includes the visitors center, a major makeover or redesign. They will present the proposal on at an online meeting on Tuesday evening.
After his sentencing Thursday, the actor apologized and said he made "an impulsive mistake" when he walked into a restricted area at the national park to take a photograph.
James Bond star fined $500 and told to donate $1,000 to non-profit that supports park after stepping out of bounds in a thermal area Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone national park. Brosnan, who called in to the court hearing, was fined $500 and ordered to make a $1,000 donation to Yellowstone Forever – a non-profit organization that supports the park – by 1 April, court records showed. Continue reading...
The James Bond star admitted to entering Yellowstone National Park's off-limits acidic hot springs.
A measure tucked into the Interior spending bill recommends the National Park Service maintain the presence of the horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The national parks and wildlife chief has announced plans for elephant training centres to discipline aggressive wild elephants involved in the increasing number of attacks on people.
An investigation into land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park has been launched, with authorities vowing to seize properties built on plots reserved for landless farmers and punish all officials involved.
The budget sent to Gov. Mark Gordon (R) includes a provision to block the potential sale of state land within Grand Teton National Park to the federal government if a BLM land-use plan is finalized.
In Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India, the population of Indian-born cheetahs has reached 13, with the recent addition of five cubs born to South African Cheetah Gamini. The total cheetah population, including cubs, now stands at 26, marking a significant achievement for India's conservation project. This is the first litter by a South African Cheetah in India.
The SNP /Green Government have pledged to create a new National Park in Scotland by 2026. Yet are they planning to afford the people who actually live within its boundaries a real say in this decision ?
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) is likely to add monkeys to its list of wild animals whose damage results in compensation payments to the victims.
Today, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service released their draft plan for co-managing Bears Ears with local tribes. Here's what they propose for the national monument.
A Tucson version of Monopoly will be unveiled this Saturday, March 9 during a free party at Hotel Congress. Tucson landmarks and businesses, including Saguaro National Park and "A" Mountain, will replace the traditional Atlantic City squares.
Minns government fulfils $13m election commitment following long-running community campaign to protect the area Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Almost five hectares of parklands has been added to the Wolli Creek regional national park – “a patch of green ribbon” which runs through dense suburbs in Sydney’s south – in the past year. The Minns government added the additional 4.7 hectares after a $13m election commitment to complete the park, which borders Wolli Creek and was first promised by the Carr government in 1998. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
America's first glass-dome hotel is opening near Bryce Canyon National Park in August.
A new family group of Eurasian beavers are settling into their new home after arriving at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes nature reserve in the Cairngorms National Park.
The National Park Service will no longer permit kayaking at Death Valley National Park, saying "Lake Manly" is now too shallow and muddy.
The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has stepped up pressure in its dispute with national parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn, moving to charge him with illegally removing markers it had placed demarcating agricultural land adjacent to Khao Yai.
Yosemite Valley — the most popular part of Yosemite National Park — received about 25 inches of snow. Winds hit 50 to 60 miles per hour.
Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang said on Sunday the dispute over land plots near Khao Yai National Park shouold be resolved in two months.
The tree will be exhibited at the Sill in Hexham, close to where it once stood The largest section of the Sycamore Gap tree unlawfully cut down last December is to go on public display, Northumberland national park has announced. The tree, which stood in a dip next to Hadrian’s Wall, will be exhibited at the Sill, a tourist attraction in Hexham, not far from where it once stood. Continue reading...
The Royal Thai Survey Department (RTSD) has proposed that Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang give disputed land to Khao Yai National Park, which it had designated for land reform, a source has said.
The peak bloom dates for the iconic cherry blossoms in the nation’s capital will be several days earlier than the average peak bloom date, the National Park Service predicted on Thursday.
Authorities asked to step in to protect Black-a-Tor Copse, an ancient temperate rainforest in Devon at risk from overgrazing There are acorns galore and tiny oaks sprouting from tussocky grass beside the gnarled ancient trees of Black-a-Tor Copse on the northern slopes of Dartmoor national park. But each tiny sapling grows no higher than a sheep’s chin and there it stays, its new shoots and tender leaves repeatedly shorn each spring by the livestock roaming through this national nature reserve. Continue reading...
Khao Phra Wihan National Park has been closed for three days due to smoke from raging forest fires billowing over the park in Si Sa Ket province.
Yosemite National Park said it was closing through at least noon Sunday because of an epic blizzard bearing down on the Sierra Nevada.
For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the "Fire Fall." But it only happens if conditions are perfect.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley drew hundreds of Utahns to a rally at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, where supporters of the long-shot GOP nominee seemed hopeful for the future of a party that many consider broken.
Visitors to Yosemite National Park in California were treated to a rare phenomenon when the reflection of the sun on the falling water created what's known as a "firefall."
A measure before the state Legislature seeks to make the sale of a coveted parcel inside Grand Teton National Park contingent on the Bureau of Land Management pulling back from a conservation-oriented management plan.
Hotels and resorts found built on plots of land around Khao Yai National Park, which have been granted to landless farmers strictly for agricultural purposes, must be demolished and the land seized, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow said.
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Kenyan communities near Tsavo National Park are seeing a rise in human-wildlife conflict, impacting their lives and income. Communities near the park complain of animal attacks and crop destruction, exacerbating poverty. The group Five Talents Kenya is helping the affected communities to reduce the conflicts, in part by introducing alternative crops that animals are less likely to eat.
[SAnews.gov.za] While efforts to prevent rhino poaching have resulted in positive outcomes in national parks across the country, South Africa has seen a shift in rhino poaching with the majority of cases in the past year being recorded in KwaZulu-Natal.
[Global Press Journal] Goma -- Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, evictions from Virunga National Park leave little access to traditional ways of life.
Support for a new National Park in Lochaber is split 50/50, according to the steering group that is taking forward the nomination.
Zimbabwe’s national parks authority says a team, including police, sniffer dogs and drones, have been sent to search for the 67-year-old tourist An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls national park, home to one of the world’s natural wonders, according to the country’s parks authority. Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said that the tourist went missing in the vast rainforest on Friday. Continue reading...
The steering group taking forward Lochaber’s bid for National Park status has said it will go ahead despite apparently failing to win the support of councillors.
MAE HONG SON - Forest fires in Namtok Mae Surin National Park are posing a threat to surrounding communities, prompting swift action from local authorities.
The adorable 1-year-old male calf was filmed enjoying playtime in Kruger National Park in South Africa.
The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) sees no connection between the government's policy of handing out land title deeds to farmers and land encroachment, which poses a threat to more than 100,000 rai (39,536 acres) of state land, a senior official said on Friday.
In its annual attendance report, the National Park Service said it drew 325.5 million visitors in 2023, an increase of 13 million from 2022.
The National Park Service told South Dakota officials that a fireworks event at the popular memorial would pose a threat to the environment.
US national parks offer diverse natural wonders and adventures, from Yosemite's granite cliffs to Dry Tortugas' coral reefs. Explore these now!
Temporary lake forms in Badwater Basin thanks to record rainfall – and aquatic enthusiasts have been taking in a rare opportunity The rains that soaked California in recent weeks have created an unusual opportunity for kayaking in the driest place in the US. Visitors at Death Valley national park have a rare chance for aquatic recreation in a temporary lake that formed in Badwater Basin, the National Park Service said in a statement. Continue reading...
NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Six land reform officials have been transferred to inactive posts pending an investigation into alleged encroachment on Khao Yai National Park, which is a World Heritage site.
February 19, 2024 5:00 AM We refer to the Forum letter “Keep the number of Asian koels in check” (Feb 14). We thank the writer for his feedback and have got in touch with him. The National Parks Board (NParks) adopts a holistic and science- based approach to managing the population of birds in Singapore, including the Asian koel.
This was the Bill introduced by then-sports minister Mike Watson to ban hunting with dogs.
Efforts to combat forest fires in Sri Nakarin Dam National Park in Kanchanaburi are facing challenges as officials have encountered resistance from an apparent cult engaged in setting small blazes.
The men were driving along the Arnhem Highway 90km west of Jabiru in the Northern Territory when tragedy struck.
The state government’s controversial program of shooting feral horses from helicopters continues in an effort to bring down their numbers.
The provision links Interior's purchase of state-owned lands in Grand Teton National Park to the fate of a contentious federal resource plan.
Canyonlands National Park is seeking public input on a comprehensive new river management plan for the Green and Colorado rivers.
Stuck in the dense, unforgiving bushland of Mount Royal National Park, there was one promise Michelle Pittman made to her nine-year-old son Dylan that kept them going for 10 days.
Friday’s koala summit is set for a showdown between conservationists and the government over delays in creating the Great Koala National Park and the intensification of logging within the proposed boundaries.
A baby platypus is the first of its kind to be born in Sydney's Royal National Park in more than 50 years after researches reintroduced the species to the area.
Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park, just south of Sydney, last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.
Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken during the gold rush, will get 125 acres returned after it was stolen in the mid-1800s California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the gold rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood national and state parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League. Continue reading...
An 18th-century British warship was miraculously discovered by divers from the National Park Service in the Florida Keys after it sunk during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1742.
Annie Dryden boarded a train in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, on January 4, before getting off at nearby Battersby, a rural hamlet in the North York Moors national park.
Former James Bond actor, 70, who pleaded guilty to walking off trail at national park, says he ‘made an impulsive mistake’ Actor Pierce Brosnan has said he deeply regrets walking off trail in Yellowstone national park in the western US after he was fined by a court in Wyoming for getting too close to one of the delicate thermal areas Brosnan, 70, pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal area and was fined $500 and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, the US attorney’s office, district of Wyoming, said on Thursday. Continue reading...
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has revoked land rights granted to 10 owners after discovering that the plots are still located within Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
JC Olivera/Variety via Getty ImagesActor Pierce Brosnan is being fined after pleading guilty to venturing into an off-limits thermal area of Yellowstone National Park.The 70 year-old former James Bond actor has been ordered to pay a fine of $500, and an additional community service payment of $1000 to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wyoming. Brosnan must make this payment by April 1, according to court records. Brosnan landed in hot water with state authorities after he posted a picture of himself standing at Mammoth Hot Springs, a fragile piece of land where scalding water sits just below the surface. Read more at The Daily Beast.
The James Bond actor pleaded guilty to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a visit to Yellowstone. He was fined $500 and ordered to donate $1,000 to a nonprofit that supports the park.
Leigh Vogel/WireImageNearly 300 of Washington D.C.’s iconic cherry trees will be removed to repair crumbling seawalls.The National Park Service announced on Tuesday that it will cut down approximately 300 of the iconic trees which line the tidal basin in West Potomac Park. There are approximately 3,800 cherry trees in the park, meaning that only seven percent of trees will be affected by the construction.The announcement comes just one week away from the National Cherry Blossom Festival, commemorating the original gift of the trees from Tokyo City Mayor Yukio Ozaki in 1912. Read more at The Daily Beast.
A proposed telecom tower within the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument could improve emergency services and internet access in a remote area at the expense of protected dark skies.
What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year? One former national park ranger describes his theory.
A coalition of tribes worked with federal agencies on the proposed management plan for the Utah national monument.
Scots living within the boundaries of the area chosen to be the country's new national park should be given the chance to vote whether to approve or veto the plans in a local referendum, according to the SNP MSP Fergus Ewing.
While embarking on his inaugural trip to Kaziranga National Park, Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced the joy of witnessing a one-horned rhino from atop the safari elephant Pradyumna. His day in Assam was further enriched by the unveiling of a 125-foot statue honoring the legendary Ahom military commander, Lachit Barphukan. During this visit, the Prime Minister dedicated and laid foundation stones for projects amounting to Rs 17,606 crore, contributing to the state's development.
Experts in Colorado warn up to 75 percent of deer are infected with Chronic Wasting Disease in parts of the state.
A generous anonymous donation of $40 million to Yellowstone National Park aims to alleviate the longstanding housing crisis faced by its 3,000 employees during peak seasons.
The man from Townsville in Queensland's north was unauthorised to clear cleared 19,000sqm of protected wetland in Bowling Green Bay National Park.
Writer Zak Podmore and photographer Dawn Kish talk about their work to document the return of the southern Utah canyon sometimes called America’s lost national park.
Bandelier National Monument officials said the move was made to protect natural and cultural resources, sacred tribal places, and wilderness.
Lake Manly is disappearing once more. Years may pass before you'll get another chance to visit the oasis in Death Valley.
Ujvala Vemuru, aged in her 20s, was hiking with friends in Lamington National Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland on Saturday afternoon when the group stopped at Yanbacoochie Falls.
The incident occurred at 10.05 local time (07.05 GMT) between a plane belonging to a flying school and a Safarilink passenger aircraft, Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority said.
IT’S an irony that Alasdair MacNab, NFU Scotland Vice-President, writes that the nomination process for new national parks is causing “confusion for members”, when his own article contains so many inaccuracies.
The woman aged in her 20s was hiking with friends in Lamington National Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland on Saturday afternoon when the group stopped at Yanbacoochie Falls.
The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) on Saturday insisted that all disputed land plots near Khao Yai were lawfully designated as agricultural land and did not overlap with national park land as claimed by the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP).
Northumberland National Park said the largest section of the felled tree would go on display at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, a tourist attraction close to Sycamore Gap, in autumn.
On March 2, 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
The donation will build 70 modular units at Yellowstone National Park for park employees who are priced out of the expensive area.
The five areas in the running to be designated Scotland's new National Park have been revealed.
The Royal Thai Survey Department's "One Map" system will be used by the government to resolve disagreements regarding land ownership nationwide, including the dispute in Khao Yai National Park, Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang says.
CHANTHABURI: One person was killed and nine others injured, including three Russian tourists, when a passenger pickup truck overturned in Khao Kitchakut National Park on Thursday.
A treacherous, life-threatening blizzard hitting Lake Tahoe and Mammoth is expected to peak Friday night into Saturday. Yosemite National Park was ordered shut.
The head of the National Park Office insists that a disputed 3,000-rai area on the fringes of Khao Yai National Park has protected status and that its classification as a “buffer zone” is misunderstood.
Mike Reynolds, most recently the deputy director of external affairs, has been at the National Park Service for 39 years.
With the nomination process for those seeking to create a new National Park open until 29 February, NFU Scotland has been repeating its opposition to the creation of new parks.
The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has shared on its Facebook account photos of a panther spotted near Phanoen Thung in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi.
February 27, 2024 5:25 PM Some 120 people gathered near the National Monument before heading to Parliament.
The 67-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was travelling alone when he left a luxury lodge to travel to Victoria Falls National Park An Australian tourist reported missing late last week in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls already had been missing for nearly a week before that, according to new information released Monday by national park officials. The 67-year-old tourist, whose name has not been released, was reported missing Friday in the area near the Zimbabwe Victoria Falls National Park, and officials said at the time that a search with sniffer dogs was underway. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo said on Monday that the missing tourist was male, and that he had last been heard from on 17 February. The tourist, who was traveling...
From vast deserts to breathtaking mountains and lakes, there are a total of 63 different national parks across America. MailOnline rounded up the 10 parks that welcomed the least visitors in 2023.
Kittisak Prompinij, a community leader in Ban Heo Pla Kang, Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Chong district, said he was puzzled why a group of non-residents could be allocated fertile forest area from Khao Yai National Park under the Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform scheme, when locals had missed out for years.
Four areas have already confirmed they will not be taking bids forward as the February 29 deadline draws near.
An urgent search has been launched for an Aussie tourist who disappeared in Zimbabwe.
A fifth area of Scotland may be poised to pull out of the bid for National Park status, according to campaigners.
Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park in Krabi has generated more than 260 million baht in entry fees in less than four months, owing to the continual increase in the number of tourists visiting the popular island attraction.
The National Park Service announced its list of 20 parks that broke visitation records in 2023.
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow has pledged to preserve and not touch the forest buffer zones within national parks across the country, to reduce the problem of disputed lands between two state agencies and an ongoing row.
A temporary lake in Death Valley National Park doubled after recent rains and is now deep enough to launch a kayak. Prior to August, the lake hadn't appeared in 19 years.
Two young German tourist have been forced to walk 60km after their car became bogged in Far North Queensland following a Google Maps error with directions.
A temporary lake at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park has persisted for more than six months, which is far longer than it has lasted before. And experts say that it could stick around for quite a while yet.
Nakhon Ratchasima's Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has denied issuing Sor Por Kor titles for plots located inside Khao Yai National Park, saying it is investigating the possible involvement of its officials.
The Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) on Sunday insisted that nobody can take forest land within Khao Yai National Park under the new agricultural land title deed policy.
At Native Cat Flat in Victoria’s Alpine national park, four fenced-off areas show a strikingly different ecology, highlighting the damage wrought by more than 2,700 feral horses in the area. Behind the fences, lush sphagnum, dense vegetation, grass tussocks, shrubs and herbs thrive. Outside the plots, the ground is pockmarked with deep hoofprints, and the native grasses are overgrazed, exposing endangered animals in the area — which rely on dense vegetation — to predators ‘Feral horses don’t know state borders’: the push to protect Victoria’s Alpine national park Continue reading...
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