Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles

by the National Park Service on 02/12/2021.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles

by the National Park Service on 01/15/2021.

The National Park Service amends its special regulations for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to manage the use of motor vehicles on and off park roads. The rule requires a permit to operate a motor vehicle off roads in selected locations, designates routes and areas where motor vehicles may be used off roads, and allows the superintendent...

Jurisdiction in Alaska

by the National Park Service on 11/16/2020.

This rule revises National Park Service regulations to comply with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sturgeon v. Frost. In the Sturgeon decision, the Court held that National Park Service regulations apply exclusively to public lands (meaning federally owned lands and waters) within the external boundaries of National Park System units...

General Provisions; Electric Bicycles

by the National Park Service on 11/02/2020.

The National Park Service promulgates regulations governing the use of electric bicycles, or e-bikes, within the National Park System. This rule defines the term ``electric bicycle'' and establishes rules for how they may be used. This rule implements Secretary of the Interior Order 3376, ``Increasing Recreational Opportunities through the use...

Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves

by the National Park Service on 06/09/2020.

The National Park Service amends its regulations for sport hunting and trapping in national preserves in Alaska. This rule removes regulatory provisions issued by the National Park Service in 2015 that prohibited certain sport hunting practices otherwise permitted by the State of Alaska. These changes are consistent with Federal law providing...

Hot Springs National Park; Bicycling

by the National Park Service on 11/22/2019.

The National Park Service amends the special regulations for Hot Springs National Park to allow bicycle use on a new trail connection between the Park and property owned by the City of Hot Springs, Arkansas. The new 0.65-mile trail will provide local residents and visitors with access in and across the Park to an extensive network of...

Death Valley National Park; Designation of Airstrip

by the National Park Service on 08/19/2019.

The National Park Service revises the special regulations for Death Valley National Park to designate the Saline Valley Warm Springs Airfield, commonly known as the Chicken Strip, within the Saline Valley Warm Springs Area as a location available for the operation of aircraft.

National Capital Region; Event at the Washington Monument

by the National Park Service on 07/09/2019.

The National Park Service is temporarily revising a regulation for the National Capital Region. This revision will allow the projection of government-selected film footage and associated imagery of the Apollo 11 Mission onto the Washington Monument for an official celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. This...

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Removal of Outdated Regulations

by the National Park Service on 06/21/2019.

This rule removes special regulations for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area about rock climbing and commercial vehicles that are no longer necessary.

Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Pea Ridge National Military Park; Bicycles

by the National Park Service on 09/25/2018.

The National Park Service promulgates special regulations for Pea Ridge National Military Park to allow bicycle use on two multi-use trails located within the park. One trail will be approximately 0.55 miles in length and the other will be approximately 1.17 miles in length. Both trails will require trail construction activities to accommodate...

Transporting Bows and Crossbows Across National Park System Units

by the National Park Service on 09/18/2018.

The National Park Service allows individuals to carry or possess an unloaded bow or crossbow within the National Park System when accessing otherwise inaccessible lands or waters contiguous to a park area when other means of access are otherwise impracticable or impossible.

Technical and Clarifying Edits; Criminal Violations NPS Units Nationwide

by the National Park Service on 06/08/2018.

This rule removes criminal penalty provisions that are outdated and unnecessary under federal statute. The rule also clarifies--consistent with recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court-- that, absent exigent circumstances, a search warrant is necessary to require a motor vehicle operator to submit to a blood test (rather than a breath or urine...

Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Rocky Mountain National Park; Bicycling

by the National Park Service on 03/02/2018.

The National Park Service amends the special regulations for Rocky Mountain National Park to allow bicycle use on a 2-mile segment of the East Shore Trail located within the park. A portion of this 2- mile segment will require trail construction to accommodate bicycles and is therefore considered a new trail. National Park Service regulations...

General Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, Free Distribution of Other Message-Bearing Items

by the National Park Service on 01/16/2018.

The National Park Service revises its general rule governing the sale or distribution of printed matter to include the free distribution of message-bearing items that do not meet the regulatory definition of ``printed matter.'' This change gives visitors an additional channel of communication while protecting the resources and values of the...

Rights of Way; Removal of Outdated Reference

by the National Park Service on 01/16/2018.

This rule removes an outdated reference to a document establishing environmental criteria for electric transmissions lines that is no longer used by the National Park Service to evaluate applications for right-of-way permits.

Alaska; Subsistence Collections

by the National Park Service on 02/13/2017.

In accordance with a January 20, 2017, memorandum of the Chief of Staff for the White House, we, the National Park Service, are delaying the effective date of a rule we published on January 12, 2017.

Alaska; Subsistence Collections

by the National Park Service on 01/12/2017.

The National Park Service amends it regulations for National Park System units in Alaska to allow qualified subsistence users to collect nonedible fish and wildlife parts and plants for creating handicrafts for barter and customary trade. The rule also clarifies that capturing, collecting or possessing living wildlife is generally prohibited and...

Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras National Seashore-Off-Road Vehicle Management

by the National Park Service on 12/21/2016.

The National Park Service (NPS) amends its special regulation for off-road vehicle (ORV) use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, to revise the times that certain beaches open to ORV use in the morning, to extend the dates that certain seasonal ORV routes are open in the fall and spring, and to modify the size and location of...

General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights

by the National Park Service on 11/04/2016.

We are updating our service-wide regulations governing the exercise of non-federal oil and gas rights, to improve our ability to protect park resources, values, and visitors from potential impacts associated with nonfederal oil and gas operations located within National Park Service units outside Alaska. The rule also makes the regulations...

Gathering of Certain Plants or Plant Parts by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Traditional Purposes

by the National Park Service on 07/12/2016.

The National Park Service is establishing a management framework to allow the gathering and removal of plants or plant parts by enrolled members of federally recognized Indian tribes for traditional purposes. The rule authorizes agreements between the National Park Service and federally recognized tribes that will facilitate the continuation of...