Park Service Criticized On eBike Studies Across the National Park System
by National Parks Traveler | July 21, 2023
While the National Park Service has been studying the impacts of eBikes in the National Park System, the agency really knows little about the impacts on the environment or on other trail users, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The draft “programmatic ...
National Park Service Studying Impacts Of eBikes
by National Parks Traveler | June 21, 2023
“How does this affect the rest of the public visiting a park? We want to make sure everyone has a great experience,” she added. “What does (an eBike) do to everyone else’s experience there? That’s why there needs to be a rulemaking and public comment. Depending on what this ...
National Park Service Opposes Legislation To Allow Fixed Climbing Anchors In Wilderness
by National Parks Traveler | April 4, 2023
Opposition to that change came from The Access Fund, a national advocacy organization for the climbing community. Drawing the organization’s ire was a requirement that a permit be obtained before a fixed anchor was placed along a climbing route in official or potential wilderness. ...
National Park Air Tour Management Plans In California Challenged In Court
by National Parks Traveler | March 21, 2023
n the ongoing trend of air tour management plans for national parks being called shoddy and insufficient in their crafting, a lawsuit has been filed challenging tour plans for Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Point Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods National Monument, and San ...
Study: States And NPS Need To Reach Cooperative Goals On Wolves
by National Parks Traveler | February 12, 2023
The study, which appeared in the January 17 edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (attached below), followed by a handful of years a wolf study in Yukon-Charley Rivers that was forced to end in 2016 because the Alaska Department of Fish and Game had sponsored a predator ...