Specific Park Tips

How Can You Pass Up This Opportunity?
Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - The park is recruiting volunteers for the coming winter season and is in particular need of folks for the maintenance division, including sanitation, janitorial, and roads and grounds positions. The tour of duty is from mid-November to mid-April (flexible) and runs from 24 to 32 hours per week. In exchange, volunteers receive free hook-ups in a great VIP campground. There's a community building for social events and free use of clothes washers. Contact facility manager Bill Mikus at 520-387-7661 x 7401 or the park's VIP coordinator at x 7303.

Watch Out For The Killer Bees at Saguaro NP!
On April 23rd, four Dutch citizens were returning from a hike on the Tanque Verde Ridge trail in the Rincon Mountain District when they were attacked by Africanized bees. Read the story.

Keep Your Eyes Out for A Rare Yellowstone Geyser Siting
Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest active geyser, erupted for the first time in almost nine years early on the morning of May 2nd. Read the story.

Top Ten Summer Tips For Yosemite Visitors
The Yosemite Fund has provided these tips to help you to have the best possible Yosemite experience during the Park's busiest season. Read them here.

Raise A Toast To A True American Classic in Washington DC
P.J. Ryan, noted raconteur and editor of "Thunderbear," the oldest alternative newsletter in the federal government" (226 issues and going strong), has decided to retire from the NPS (but not from editing and producing his newsletter). Find out more...