🏛️National Register of Historic Places
The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated before April 5, 2025, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places.
Learn More📜Executive Order to Restore Truth in American History
Executive Order 14253 aims to address perceived historical revisionism within American cultural institutions by mandating a restoration of federal sites and promoting a unified narrative of American history. The order outlines steps to ensure that federal funding and exhibits honor shared American values and achievements, while opposing divisive ideologies and narratives.
Learn More🚗Glen Canyon Motor Vehicle Regulations Postponed Indefinitely
This action further postpones the effective date for a rule published on January 13, 2025, pending judicial review.
Learn More🏞️Apply for Vacancies in National Parks Overflights Advisory Group
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) invite interested persons to apply to fill two upcoming vacancies on the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). This notice invites interested persons to apply for the openings. The upcoming openings are for a representative of Native American tribes and a representative of Air Tour Operators.
Learn More🚗Glen Canyon Motor Vehicle Regulation Delay Announced
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays the effective date of a rule published on January 13, 2025, until March 21, 2025.
Learn More🏞️New Visitor Experience Improvements Authority Contracts Explained
This rule implements the Visitor Experience Improvements Authority given to the National Park Service by Congress in Title VII of the National Park Service Centennial Act. This authority allows the National Park Service to award and administer commercial services contracts and related professional services contracts for the operation and expansion of commercial visitor facilities and visitor services programs in units of the National Park System.
Learn More📊NPS Proposes Socioeconomic Study of National Park Visitors
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the National Park Service (NPS), are proposing a new information collection.
Learn More🌊Proposed Vehicle Permit Changes for Assateague Island Seashore
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Assateague Island National Seashore to remove certain permit eligibility requirements for motor vehicles that drive on designated beaches and oversand routes. The rulemaking would eliminate requirements addressing vehicle weight, ground clearance, and dimensions. These requirements were established in 1976 and are no longer necessary. In addition, the NPS proposes to make several technical, non-substantive changes to the regulations.
Learn More🛴New Regulations for Powered Micromobility in National Parks
The National Park Service proposes a management framework for the use of powered micromobility devices within the National Park System. The proposed rule would define powered micromobility devices separately from motor vehicles, traditional bicycles, electric bicycles, and human powered coasting devices, and create rules for where and how they may be used in units of the National Park System. Examples of powered micromobility devices include electric scooters (e- scooters), hoverboards, and Segways.
Learn More🏞️Glen Canyon Recreation Area Motor Vehicle Regulations Update 2025
The National Park Service revises special regulations for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to update rules about the use of motor vehicles on roads and off roads on designated routes and areas.
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