National Park Service

The National Park Service has reported record breaking visitation last year. But agency employees are now being told to avoid talking about those numbers, according to a reported internal memo.

Significant cuts to the federal workforce have created uncertainty around staffing levels at national parks in Montana. MTPR’s John Hooks shares the latest with host Elinor Smith.

President Biden nominates a CSKT attorney to fill a federal judgeship; Federal regulators enact new air quality standards for coal-fired power plants; Feds finalize a plan to re-establish grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades in Washington.

Federal agencies are considering the first nationwide plan for regulating rock climbing on public lands. The public is being asked to comment.

The federal government faces a likely shutdown this weekend, with lawmakers unable to agree on a new budget in time to meet the October 1 deadline.

The Bitterroot National Forest seeks comment on four proposed fuel break projects. The Flathead National Forest is also seeking comment on a proposed logging project. A new report shows Yellowstone visitors, spending dropped by a third this year.

Federal agencies announced their plans to reintroduce grizzly bears into the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington that could come from northwest Montana.

Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road completely opened Wednesday, tying the record for the latest opening in park history.

In a recent news release, the National Park Service estimates that hundreds of millions of dollars make their way into gateway communities surrounding Montana’s national parks.

For most of its history, Yellowstone National Park was presented as untouched by humans. But Native Americans had a presence there for thousands of years before it became the world’s first national park on March 1, 1872.