National Parks Magazine

TOP ARTICLES

Mathew Brady, the War Correspondent

If you’ve ever seen a portrait of a Civil War soldier or the landscape of a battlefield just after the cannon-fire has been silenced, then you’re familiar with the work of Mathew Brady. Now meet the man behind the images.

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Let’s Take This Outside

Students and scientists team up to document every living thing in Saguaro National Park.
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Hunkered at the Gateway

A seasonal employee in Denali National Park decides to stick around, and sees a completely different side of Alaska.

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Wildlife

A Shoreline Rescue

The National Park Service fights to bring Great Lakes’ piping plovers back from the brink.

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Out of Sync

Climate change is affecting the national parks’ most ancient and critical cycles. Can citizen...

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At the Water’s Edge

With nine miles down and one to go, Erin Kenison and Leah Swartz of the United States Geological...

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Travel

On the Road

On the southwestern corner of the Pacific Northwest, two national parks and a national monument...

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Home of the Brave

On a recent excursion to visit the Freedom Trail, a 2.5-mile walking trail that wends among 16...

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A Grand Teton Winter

The first thing I notice upon arriving in Grand Teton National Park in early March is that there...

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NPCA@Work

On the Right Path

Off-road vehicles have scarred the landscape of Wrangell St. Elias but that’s about to change.

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The Visionaries

Meet Stephen Mather and Robert Sterling Yard, the two men who founded the National Parks...

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In Harm’s Way

NPCA moves to prevent fracking near Delaware Water Gap until likely impacts are revealed.

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