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When do cherry blossoms bloom in DC? National Park Service announces peak dates.
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Bloom Watch 2025: National Park Service to reveal when DC may see peak bloom
Cherry blossoms will be at peak March 28-31, Park Service says
Peak bloom is declared by the agency when 70 percent of the blossoms around the Tidal Basin — the reservoir on the National Mall — have opened.
In an act of resistance, park rangers are banding together to crowdsource terminations and catalog the number of National Park Service employees the Trump administration has fired in every park unit across the country.
A Louisiana landscape of centuries-old sugar cane plantations and enduring Afro-Creole culture along the Mississippi River had been eligible for receiving rare federal protection following a multi-year review by the National Park Service.
Mount Rainier and North Cascades national parks each saw six employees let go last week, while Olympic National Park lost five, said Bill Wade, the executive director of the Association of National Park Rangers.
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
The National Park Service is now hiring seasonal workers to fill positions at parks across the country. But experts say the push to start hiring may be too late as the popular spring season gets underway.
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The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development.
New Plant Species Discovered at Big Bend National Park . Close up view of "Wooly Devil." Photo credit: NPS / D. Manley. February 25, 2025 – BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – In Big
The National First Ladies Library & Museum in Canton says the potential impact of National Park Service cuts is unknown "at this time."
The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park staff and the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office staff are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing person.
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