Mount Rainier National Park News

Mount Rainier National Park staff has begun developing an environmental assessment to gauge the effect of work to be done on the road from the Nisqually entrance to Paradise.

My husband and I took a trip to Mount Rainier National Park. We had never ventured to the northern side before so it was an adventure.

It's all about birds in the coming weeks at the Tacoma Nature Center. It begins Friday with the opening of "For the Love of Birds," an art exhibit featuring the work of Eatonville wildlife artist Dale C. Thompson.

Although much of the Glacier Basin Trail reroute at Mount Rainier National Park has been completed, it won't be until next season that the work is finally done.

Work beginning today could be completed Friday for a local detour around the landslide that closed Highway 410 near Naches .

Appointing Yosemite National Park's next superintendent is among the top priorities of newly confirmed National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis.

Bree Loewen, a former climbing ranger for Mount Rainier National Park, will discuss her book "Pickets and Dead Men: Seasons on Rainer" in a free event at the Redmond Regional Library, 15990 NE 85th St.

T he National Park Service finds itself in the midst of a unique nexus of heightened interest.

TACOMA, Wash. - Mount Rainier National Park may indeed have it all, but it clearly has more of some things than others.

Despite her 24 years as a museum curator, Brooke Childrey was stumped when she first learned about one of the newest additions to the collection at Mount Rainier National Park.

The odds are Seattle won't get snowed in again this winter. But when it comes to El Nino, it's not always smart to play the odds, say weather experts gathering in Seattle today to discuss the upcoming season.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week praised the Senate's confirmation of Jonathan Jarvis to be director of the National Park Service.

Jessi Loerch / The Herald Jerry Weatherhogg hikes along Emerald Ridge in Mount Rainier National Park.

Mount Rainier National Park in Washington is just one of the many breathtaking destinations you'll travel to in the new national parks series from PBS and Ken Burns.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Thursday praised the Senate's confirmation of Jonathan Jarvis to be director of the National Park Service.

Saturday is National Public Lands Day and volunteer work events are scheduled throughout the Puget Sound region.

Gabriella Nordlund, then 5 years old, of Miami does a cartwheel as she and her family play in the snow at Mount Rainier National Park.

This summer was the busiest at Mount Rainier National Park since 2003. And apparently many of those visitors brought along their tents, trailers, camp stoves, coolers and sleeping bags, pushing campground use more than 20 percent higher than in 2008.

This series explores the grand lodges in the western national parks, showcasing a pivotal era of American craft and design.

The Anicia Checkerspot is commonly found in high elevation meadows. Males and females meet to mate, then the females fly back to flatlands to lay eggs.