118. No More Deaths in Our Parks (National Park Service, USA)

My episodes might become a little more boring and a little bit more ambiguous soon (obviously that's supposed to be a joke.) I’ve noticed a trend of incident reports being less and less detailed over the years, but now a new law might make accidents and deaths in our parks even more vague. Why is the Department of the Interior trying to conceal incidents within the national park service sites?

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service

https://www.nps.gov/index.htm

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-25/national-park-staff-ordered-not-to-reveal-deaths-as-part-of-new-policy

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/nps-internal-memo-deaths/

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/mortality-data.htm

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/life/department-of-the-interior-changes-policy-about-reporting-deaths-injuries-in-national-parks/article_14353bd8-568b-4572-a744-0af9af26c5f3.html

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