7 h. ago Florida's capital city approves plan to sell golf course built on slaves' graves, despite outcry

Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club

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10 h. ago US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI

The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops

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29 h. ago Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah's Arches National Park is rescued unharmed

Quicksand is a common peril in old movies but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah

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36 h. ago Hiker gets stuck in freezing QUICKSAND for hours during trip to iconic Utah national park

Austin Dirks was trekking along the Courthouse Wash trail in Utah's Arches National Park early Sunday morning when his left foot dropped without warning, trapping him knee-deep in quicksand.

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39 h. ago Hiker trapped by quicksand in Utah canyon is rescued after drone spotted him struggling

Austin Dirks was hiking Sunday in Arches National Park, eastern Utah, renowned for its hundreds of stunning sandstone arches.

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41 h. ago Another council rejects fourth Welsh national park 'ego project'

Wrexham Council has rejected plans for a fourth national park in Wales, which was branded a '£4m ego project' by one councillor

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55 h. ago Parents accused of killing daughter and her unborn child put the fetus in a cooler, cops say

Rebecca Park’s body was found in Manistee National Forest, near Boon, Michigan on November 25

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66 h. ago The £1.2 million upgrades to Loch Lomond national park including new toilets and motorhome facilities

“The place programme demonstrates what long-term strategic investment can achieve when national and local partners work together to deliver meaningful improvements at scale” – Stuart Mearns

Economics

3 d. ago US park service to offer free entry on Trump’s birthday but revokes it for MLK Day and Juneteenth

Civil rights leaders decry administration’s move to downplay Black American history and promote presidentThe US’s National Park Service (NPS) will offer free admission to US residents on Donald Trump’s birthday in 2026 – which also happens to be Flag Day – but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth.The new list of free admission days for Americans is the latest example of the Trump administration downplaying America’s civil rights history while also promoting the president’s image, name and legacy. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rock star: Sasha DiGiulian on making history with a ‘crazy, audacious’ climb of El Capitán

The 33-year-old hit rain, lightning, snow and ice in Yosemite – and still became the first woman to ascend the Platinum routeBig-wall climber Sasha DiGiulian had spent the last three years preparing for a career-defining ascent of one of the most challenging routes up the face of the famed granite cliff known as El Capitán in Yosemite national park. All she and her partner needed was a two-week window of favorable weather. They appeared to get one on 3 November.DiGiulian felt jolts of fear during her training, she said, induced by the sudden 2,600ft of exposure she felt as she rappelled down to practice on the most challenging sections of the iconic California peak. But her nerves calmed when ascending from the base, allowing her to focus more intently on the moves and completing each pitch – a measurement that references a length of the rope that climbers use to secure themselves to the rock. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago India records first Cheetah roadkill since big cat’s reintroduction

Cheetah cub and sibling had wandered outside Kuno National Park about a month ago

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5 d. ago Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront

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5 d. ago National park entry to be free next year on Trump’s birthday

NPS also announced that, starting in 2026, entry free days will only apply for American citizens and residents.

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5 d. ago National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

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8 d. ago Portion of Yosemite's idyllic national park is given to Native American tribe displaced nearly 200 years ago... but not everyone is happy

A 900-acre portion of Yosemite National Park that spans Henness Ridge was transferred to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation.

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1 week ago Pregnant woman found dead in forest as search continues for missing baby

Rebecca Park's body was found in Manistee National Forest after she went missing days away from giving birth, with an autopsy revealing the baby was not present

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1 week ago Gem of a village with cosy pubs, tearooms and unmatched views

Nestled near Peak District National Park, this charming Derbyshire village is bursting with character and offers the perfect pit stop after a day of hiking around Mam Tor

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1 week ago Forget the Swiss Alps and live the alpine dream by glamping it up in North Yorkshire

LIVE the alpine dream in a national park, says writer Siobhan Ludlow. The Yorkshire Dales is the perfect destination for great views and tranquility. THE PAD Can’t make it to the Alps this season? Soak up views of the Yorkshire Dales National Park from the cosy Swiss Ski Station Pod at Catgill Farm instead. This...

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1 week ago Brit backpacker death: 8 things to know as survivors share horrors of Chile storm

British backpacker Victoria Bond was one of several people who died in a deadly storm that struck the mountains of Patagonia, Chile, as groups hiked through a national park

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2 w. ago Couple's dream home plans refused again by national park authority

Julian and Alison Parkes applied to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for consent to erect the property on land adjacent to The Ship Aground public house

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