By NATALIE B. COMPTON | The Washington Post | Published: April 15, 2021 If you ve been to Yellowstone during peak tourist season, you d think the national park system has an overtourism problem. But it s not that too many people are going to the parks - it s that too many people are going to a specific few parks at the same time. Last year, just six parks brought in a quarter of the entire system s 237,064,332 visitors. It s like going to a movie for the seven o clock show on Saturday night and expecting to get a good seat - it s not going to happen, says the National Park Foundation s chief executive, Will Shafroth. If you want to go to those places, you need to be thoughtful about what time of year, what time of day, what day of the week.
Oh, America, the beautiful.
When President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill that created the National Park Service, it read in part, [.] and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. More than a century later, national parks and monuments continue to do just that, boasting everything from impressive natural wonders to the ruins of peoples past.
Maybe it s been a while since you explored them. But now is a great time to get out there and make friends with nature, because Free Park Day is happening on Saturday, April 17. It s the start of National Park Week, which runs through Sunday, April 25.
MSUM professor and ceramicist creates body of work based on trips to national parks
With a body of work representing five residencies in parks across the nation, ceramicist Brad Bachmeier marries his craft of clay with a passion for archeology, geology and what he calls “investigating how humankind has relied upon clay since the beginning of time.” Written By: Ethan Mickelson | ×
Works by Fargo-based artist Brad Bachmeier are now on display at the North Dakota Museum of Art. His exhibition entitled “Conversation Through Clay” includes works such as this piece, “Paleo archaic Presence,” a wheel-thrown and sculpted pot made of earthenware and brick clay. Ethan Mickleson / The Arts Partnership
Trips to New York have been off the cards for the past year
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Today marks exactly one year since the US closed it s borders to UK citizens – since 3.59am on March 17 2020, no Britons have been allowed to set foot on US soil unless they are married to a US citizen or are a green card holder. Over the past year, there have been numerous times that travellers were given hope that this ban might be lifted, but to no avail, as political party changes and the vise of different variants put paid to any potential easing of the rules.