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Olympic National Park Newsletter

The Olympic National Park Newsletter is published here biweekly, or as frequently as possible. Click one of the dates below to get the latest on park events, employees and seasonal suggestions for things to do and see.

 

 
man helps woman at information desk

Olympic National Park Newsletter
October 3, 2008

Changes to Wilderness Info Center
Public Meeting Next Week
NPS Mourns Fallen USFS Officer

 
two bull elk sparring

Olympic National Park Newsletter
September 12, 2008

Elk Bugling in the Hoh Rain Forest
Coho Photo
Hurricane Ridge Road Reconstruction Update

 
sunset over ocean

Olympic National Park Newsletter
July 3, 2008

Enjoy the Fourth!
Seasonal Employee Training
Acting Superintendent Honored

 
two people outside a building

Olympic National Park Newsletter
June 20, 2008

Accessibility Survey
Bugler Online Now

 
 
ranger at information desk

Olympic National Park Newsletter
May 23, 2008

Ready for Memorial Day
Chief of Resource Education to Retire
Firewood Suppliers Sought

 
queets river

Olympic National Park Newsletter
May 9, 2008

Queets Access Restored
Hoh Rain Forest Update
Beach Cleanup Report

 
april 25

Olympic National Park Newsletter
April 25, 2008

New Superintendent
Things to Do
Hurricane Ridge Views

 
skunk cabbage

Olympic National Park Newsletter
March 21, 2008

Park Prepares for Spring!
New Photos

 
truck on snow covered road

Olympic National Park Newsletter
January 18, 2008

Hurricane Ridge Update
Employee Honored
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

 
people in snow

Olympic National Park Newsletter
December 21, 2007

Avalanche Training
Holiday Greetings

 
damaged road

Olympic National Park Newsletter
December 7, 2007

Storm Damage Photo Gallery
Olympic NP Ornament at White House
Avalanche Workshop

 
fallen power pole

Olympic National Park Newsletter
November 23, 2007

Wind's Effects in Elwha Valley
Chinese National Park Delegation
Visitation Update

 
two chairs near lakeshore

Olympic National Park Newsletter
October 19, 2007

Salmon Cascades update
New concessions contracts

 
domed instrument

Olympic National Park Newsletter
October 9, 2007

New observatory station to track Earth's plates
Park visitation jumps

 
snorkler in river

Olympic National Park Newsletter
September 21, 2007

Biologists Swim 42 Miles in Elwha River
Fisher Reintroduction Plan
Things To Do This Month

 
fall colors

Olympic National Park Newsletter
August 31, 2007

Fall Colors
New Park Maintenance Chief
Rangers Make Drug Bust

 
photographer

Olympic National Park Newsletter
August 17, 2007

Elwha Restoration News
Volunteers to be Honored
August in the High Country

 
smiling female ranger

Olympic National Park Newsletter
August 3, 2007

Twenty Years of Visitor Service
SCA Celebrates 50 Year Partnership
Passing of Matt Albright

 
people standing on log

Olympic National Park Newsletter
June 15, 2007

Volunteer Groups Lend a Hand
Park Employee Recognized
Elwha Volunteer Event Scheduled
snow covered forest and meadow  

Did You Know?
That endemic Olympic snow moles are scurrying beneath this blanket of snow? Olympic National Park's Hurricane Ridge is blanketed with over ten feet of snow for most of the winter, providing water for summer and protection for snow moles in winter.

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Last Updated: October 02, 2008 at 17:05 EST