It's going to be a long summer. Snowpack for water storage in Cascades down to zero; spring chinook coming in | Business | yakimaherald.com share.google/gKwn09nOphzc...

A number of issues, mining, usfs move, chaco canyon, grand staircase-escalante national monument open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

Read this special piece from SUWA's Executive Director, Scott Braden: writersontherange.org/congress-is-...

So this was surprising, some friends asked us to meet at a brew pub on Mare Island CA, it was on the water & had a big paved area where their kids could ride scooters. There were old ships tied up here, this was the signs: San Francisco Martine National Historical Park, NPS #parkchat

Open question to #parkchat, y'all ever have issues with REC-gov? Like it repeatedly locking you out of the site whether using the web or app? I don't remember this level of frustration from any of the dozens of other web sites/app I regularly use. 😵‍💫

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to take control of two wildlife refuges on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula back from the federal government.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon. n.pr/4tciGx0

#parkchat Huge shoutout to @e-j-terren.bsky.social for an excellent chat tonight! Great questions!

Q5 The NPS has selected you for a dream job as a Ranger in a busy park. You want to lead nature hikes but much of your time will be working the entrance station, visitor center & popular high traffic areas. Do you have what it takes to deal prudently with crowds in all types of moods? #parkchat

It's World Penguin Day! Celebrating by remembering our visit to the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin, NZ to watch Blue Penguins swim into shore and walk up to their nests at Takiharuru/Pilots Beach, NZ

From the Cascades to the San Juans, the nearly snowless winter wasn’t the same everywhere. buff.ly/nzX1lR1

The National Park Service estimates 5,500 patriots of color served on the colonial side.

The National Park Foundation is inviting people to celebrate the country's most iconic parks and historic sites during America's 250th anniversary. https://to.pbs.org/4e4VOvB

National Parks Traveler plans to shutter without new funding to continue its work.

Forest Service "reorganization" that will further gut short-staffed agency is not going over well with hunters and anglers. fieldandstream.com/stories/cons...

Rebuilding SR 504 and reconnecting visitors to Mount St. Helens | WSDOT share.google/fIHM0pQmNN8O...

Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg. Read it. Then act. “Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now. Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

Researchers are tracking troubling shifts in snow and lake conditions.

Seattle City Light is set to spend millions on fish passage, habitat restoration and compensation to tribes in the coming decades after the city’s leaders greenlit a massive agreement concerning its dams on the upper Skagit River on Tuesday, April 7.

KUOW - Every tire produces a chemical that kills coho salmon. Can scientists pump the brakes? share.google/pRerzSf0wdh3...

Absolute banger from @samforstag.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DW7Z2ym...

Some good news for Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument!

A young gray whale swam about 20 miles up the Willapa River past Raymond, Washington, shocking locals. Officials hope it heads back out on its own, but they may have to coax it.

Want to receive SFGATE's best national park stories on WhatsApp? Join our new channel & community: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

#ParkChat has decided to cancel our chat tonight. We are rescheduling our 12th Anniversary chat for May 6th. We fully expect to return next week for our regular weekly chat “BREAKING: All major broadcast TV networks will be interrupting their programming to air Trump’s address tonight at 9 PM ET”

@stars252525.bsky.social @tthrash.bsky.social @camarowrx.bsky.social @e-j-terren.bsky.social @ejtemme.bsky.social @mtmagog.bsky.social @beckyjlomax.bsky.social please help spread the word.

In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.

Trump administration to move U.S. Forest Service headquarters to Utah, close regional offices - oregonlive.com www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

Forest Service campgrounds taught me all about plumbing, restroom cleaning, picnic table repair & trash pick up decades ago - now it's a video game? 😂 Great article! #parkchat

Turns out those Chinook salmon that finally showed up in the Upper Klamath last year were doing more than just posing for photos. 🐟🧪🌎 www.opb.org/article/2026...

"Goodbye, Rialto Beach" — For Now. Olympic National Park Announces Major Road Closure Starting This Summer share.google/HgUfffcXUpsd...

From Arches, to Canyonlands, to Mesa Verde, materials about Native history, science, & climate change in national parks targeted for federal review & possible censorship. @protectparks.bsky.social @greenlatinos.org www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/censors...

Nothing like digging in to the 1980s era map vault while planning a spring visit to the golden state. Wonder if I need updated maps & park guides? #parkchat

Q6 #parkchat Olympic NP: “You really have to have a knack for nature if you’re going to visit this park.” So, um, I know why I love to visit ONP, what are your thoughts? Failing Their Yelp Reviews: Who’s in Charge of These National Parks, Anyway? | Post Alley share.google/1UXfQ6Xcxfkg...

Q3 #parkchat Badlands NP: “This is it?” ... "The only thing bad about these lands is entire experience." What were these travelers missing from their visit to this park? Hilariously Awful Reviews Of The US National Park (2020) - National Park Obsessed

Ashley Harrell’s coverage of the Trump admin’s desecration of the National Parks has been some of the best reporting in the country. They’re blacklisting her for being too good at her job

Climbers Celebrate as Famous Crag Becomes State Park - Gripped Magazine share.google/Wmx93CEXKraY...

Snowing today, so I've got next year's Christmas card

Quick travel q - I'm looking at a short window to visit Yosemity for a couple of days in early May (detour from the Bay Area). Tent camping in the valley is already booked, but USFS CGs along Hws 120 & 140 still have res. available-thoughts?. Any suggestions appreciated! #parkchat

Back from the heat of early summer in the southeast to needed cold wet spring in the PNW. The Townsend's warblers are finally slowing down enough for a few photos.

Visiting family in NC during a sudden spring warm-up, temperatures hitting 80°! A few the first forest flowers coming up:

So many protection battles to fight. Not minimizing everything else going on in the world; but, this warrants calls to your Congressional delegation. #ParkChat morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

Restoration Update: In the Wake of Klamath Dam Removal • The Revelator therevelator.org/klamath-rest... 🧪🦑🌎

A truly incredible piece from Autumn Gillard, a member of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Rapid snowmelt caused mudslides and rockfall.

Budget issues with Washington State Parks: Some Washington state campgrounds and parks may close permanently this spring | king5.com share.google/fCdBuEKya9c8...

A12.1: Former Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) is in the confirmation process for head of the Bureau of Land Management. There, he'll oversee 245M acres of public lands and push to private them (sell them). Check out the VetVoice Foundation 's website and take swift action: SellOffSteve.org #ParkChat

Q11 My favorite mornings span freezing in Yellowstone, fresh snow in RMNP, clear desert mornings before the heat & tropical ocean sunrises. Do you have a favorite or are they all good? #parkchat

Q10 What's one of your more challenging morning experiences? One of mine was waking up to the 4th day of wet spring snow while backpacking in RMNP & our cheap tent was having none of it. Everything soaked, we hiked out directly to a hotel in the nearest town (near Grand Lake). #parkchat