Katmai National Park and Preserve

The park is now in the second year of a permit program aimed at educating visitors on how to behave along the Brooks River, and staff want to hear from the public.

The bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park have been busy all summer feasting on salmon and stocking up on nutrients for their winter hibernation, and they’ve got the fall bods to prove it.

Bears have a harder time fishing in deep waters of the Brooks River, and the park's partial closure will give bears unhindered access to shallower waters.…

A commercial de Haviland Turbine Otter made an emergency landing Tuesday. Katmai National Park's superintendent said the pilot and passengers were…

For years, Katmai National Park has had a problem with "bear jams." On June 30, the park opened a new, permanent, elevated bridge aimed at fixing the problem for good.

A three-year study at Katmai National Park has hit the mid-point. Changing Tides is the name of the research project looking at, among other things, food…

A new study centers on Katmai bears, but it's the people watching them both in the park and online who are the focus. Researchers are looking at how…

Superintendent positions are open in King Salmon and Kotzebue, and the National Park Service's Alaska Native liaison is encouraging locals to apply. The…

The National Park Service has published it's annual look at possible regulation changes - including some for Southwest Alaska parks.The National Park…

Brown bears, salmon, Katmai rangers and camera-wielding tourists -- Coming soon, probably, to a LEGO box set near you. Gavin Gardner "bleeds green and…