THE GOVERNMENT NEWS DESKPERMANENT NPS STORY ARCHIVE
Organized by publication date and destination. Each story retains its permanent State & Nation address and official NPS source.
The National Park Service is partnering with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library to loan artifacts and interpretive materials from national park collections as the new library honoring America’s 26th president prepares to open July 4, 2026, during the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.
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A new National Park Service report shows that 131,333 visitors to Sagamore Hill in 2023 spent $8.8 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 92 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $12.7 million.
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A historic silver pocket watch that traveled the world with Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency, including his charge up San Juan Hill and travels to Africa and down the Amazon River, has returned to his family home at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
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Six Kwanzan cherry trees with historical connections to the cherry trees of Washington DC recently traveled 324 miles from Berryville, Virginia to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Oyster Bay, NY as part of an ongoing tree replanting project in the park.
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A Little Free Library is now open to the public at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, offering free books to park visitors, as well as the local community, on a variety of subjects. The Little Free Library is located adjacent to the parking lot near the New Barn and visitors are encouraged to take or leave a book as they wish.
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The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a $5 increase for guided tours of the interior of the Theodore Roosevelt Home at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Official NPS sourceThe National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to increase the fee for guided tours of the interior of the Theodore Roosevelt Home at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site from $10 to $15 for adults in the spring of 2024. This proposed increase, the first in nine years, will align ticket prices with prevailing prices at local museums and historic sites, provide revenue to address critical historic preservation projects, and facilitate park improvement projects to benefit visitors.
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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site is dedicated to ensuring that beautiful, historic trees within the park remain healthy for generations to come. On October 25, the park will begin the removal and replanting process for five Kwanzan Cherry trees and two apple trees that are in poor condition and well beyond their natural lifespans.
Official NPS sourceMost forests in eastern United States national parks are at risk due to browsing by overabundant white-tailed deer and crowding by invasive plants, according to a National Park Service (NPS) study published in the journal Ecological Applications.
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This week the eastern National Park Service Arborist Incident Response Team will trim and likely remove two hazardous trees immediately adjacent to the Theodore Roosevelt Home.
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