BLM Announces Temporary Trail Closure on Portion of Nome Creek Trail in the White Mountains National Recreation Area

BLM Announces Temporary Trail Closure on Portion of Nome Creek Trail in the White Mountains National Recreation Area

  Closure starts July 6 for 1.5 miles of trail during summer stream restoration construction work   Fairbanks -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office will begin a temporary trail closure on July 6 for Nome Creek Trail in the White Mountains National Recreation Area due to construction associated with summer stream restoration work. The temporary closure affects approximately 1.5 […]

National Park Service Employee Dies During Mountaineering Patrol on Mount McKinley

National Park Service Employee Dies During Mountaineering Patrol on Mount McKinley

  DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — A National Park Service employee on a climbing patrol died around 2 p.m. Thursday after falling into a crevasse near 14,000 Foot Camp on Mount McKinley. The ranger was identified as Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Wash.; a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve. Pendery […]