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"Worth it": National Park visitors respond to Department of Interior's NPS pass sticker ban

01/14/26 5:00 EST — This article has been updated with additional details regarding the NPS sticker ban and the various approaches park-goers are using to alter their passes. The America the Beautiful ...
Time

How the Government Shutdown Will Affect National Parks

Half Dome and Yosemite Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Editorial Fellow If you’ve been planning a national park trip, the government shutdown likely won’t keep you from hitting the trails—at ...
Vail Daily

Amid government shutdown, Colorado braces for impacts to national parks and forests

Federal land management agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management, are halting several operations amid the government shutdown. In Colorado, the ...
USA Today

Are national parks open or closed? Here's the status of the most popular NPS sites

Fans of the great outdoors can breathe a sigh of relief. Though operations of "non-essential" government agencies, including the National Park Service, have been put on an indefinite hold, access to ...
Daily Camera

Fundraising groups step up to help reopen national park sites and welcome visitors

DENVER (AP) — When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the state’s most-visited cultural attractions operating. Now, the group ...