Masks now required at US national parks
Marnie Hunter and Liz Stark, CNN
Share This (CNN) Face masks are now required in US national parks when visitors can’t maintain physical distance and in all National Park Service buildings to help protect against the spread of coronavirus.
The National Park Service mask requirement for all employees and visitors was announced by the Department of Interior in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
“Getting outside and enjoying our public lands is essential to improving mental and physical health, but we all need to work together to recreate responsibly,” said NPS Office of Public Health Director Captain Sara Newman, in the release.
US national parks now require face masks for visitors
Face masks are now required in US national parks when visitors can t maintain physical distance and in all National Park Service (NPS) buildings to help protect against the spread of coronavirus.
The NPS mask requirement for all employees and visitors was announced by the Department of Interior in a news release Tuesday afternoon.
The new policy requires mask wearing in NPS buildings and facilities and on park lands when social distancing can t be maintained, including narrow or busy trails, overlooks and historic homes, the announcement said. Getting outside and enjoying our public lands is essential to improving mental and physical health, but we all need to work together to recreate responsibly, said NPS Office of Public Health Director Captain Sara Newman, in the news release.
The National Park Service has begun to accept applications for noncommercial rafting trips down the Colorado River in 2022.Every year, the park has a lottery for a do-it-yourself version of what some people call a once-in-a-lifetime adventure: a raft trip down the Colorado River.This year’s lottery will assign 246 non-commercial permits.River parties must be self-guided, and