
Sam Hill
covering PNW national parks for @sfgate, freelance everywhere else. find me on bluesky: https://t.co/s0LFPo98Ng
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4 days ago |
sfgate.com | Sam Hill
Times are tough at Crater Lake National Park, where visitation sharply declined in 2024 and access to the lake via a main trail is set to soon close for years. On top of it all, the park’s top leader resigned Friday. Superintendent Kevin Heatley stepped down after just five months at the park, citing the Donald Trump administration’s ongoing cuts to National Park Service staff as his reason for taking a buyout offer.
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6 days ago |
sfgate.com | Sam Hill
Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the country, has always been a marvel for geologists, archeologists and travelers. But researchers are just now learning about the origins of the canyon — and it’s a lot younger than previously believed. Carved by the Snake River, the canyon is nearly 8,000 feet deep (or roughly 2,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon) and straddles the border between Oregon and Idaho.
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1 week ago |
sfgate.com | Sam Hill
The National Park Service has hired only about 3,000 of the 7,700 seasonal employees it pledged to find after the agency froze hiring and slashed permanent staff in February, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. “The [Trump] administration tried to turn some of this around and look good by exempting seasonal staff from the hiring freeze. They said, ‘We’re going to hire 7,700 seasonal staff.’ Well, guess what?
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1 week ago |
sfgate.com | Sam Hill
Perched atop the steep banks of Cave Creek, a charming lodge has always offered visitors to Oregon Caves National Monument a warm hearth to rest after exploring the marble halls of the nearby cavern. The Oregon Caves Chateau appears to grow out of the surrounding forest — an exemplar “parkitecture” vision, it was designed using Port Orford cedar bark and stones salvaged from the cave to blend into the slopes of Mount Elijah.
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2 weeks ago |
sfgate.com | Sam Hill
The bill was first introduced in 2012 and has gone through numerous revisions and scalebacks to garner support from those initially opposed to it — namely the timber industry, hunters and fishers. It has passed in the House twice with bipartisan support and passed through the key Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the Senate for the first time last year.
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