aThe National Park Service (NPS), which has administered the nation's parks since 1916, continues to limit camping permits and remove roads to help the parks recover to a more natural condition. In 2003, the NPS controlled 79 million acres (31.4 million hectares) in 385 parks and had 266 ...
One of my favorite things, dirt roads, are abundant around the park. Lots of places “off-the-beaten-path” to explore. And much of the Park runs adjacent to Olympic National Forest, so there are tons of recreation opportunities, including camping. And every so often, if the conditions ar...
Those involved in solving the crime were special agents from Alaska and Olympic National Park along with park rangers from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Glacier Bay National Park. [John Quinley, Public Affairs Officer] Monday, March 15, 2010 Wrangell-St. Elias NP&P Two Sentenced Followin...
On March 2, 1909, two days before leaving office, Roosevelt proclaimed another large national monument, Mount Olympus in Olympic National Forest, Washington. Encompassing 615,000 acres, it was intended to protect the Roosevelt elk and important stands of Sitka spruce, western hemlock, Douglas fir,...