Tracy Swartout, a National Park Service veteran from South Carolina, was announced Tuesday as the new deputy superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park.
Tracy Swartout, a National Park Service veteran from South Carolina, was announced Tuesday as the new deputy superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park.
Swartout, currently the superintendent of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, will begin work at Mount Rainier on Sept. 2.
A new superintendent for North Cascades National Park Service Complex was announced Wednesday.
Inside our parks The road from Longmire to Paradise is again open seven days a week, as long as the weather permits.
Inside our parks Dan Foster is the new superintendent for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail. Currently the superintendent at Niobrara National Scenic River in Nebraska, Foster will report for his new assignment at Grand Coulee in February.
Mount Rainier National Park will not open the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center this season if Congress and the Obama administration fail to reach a budget deal by March 1.
National parks across the country are celebrating National Parks Week, April 20-28, by waiving entrance fees from April 22 through 26, and some parks are even providing other events.
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