FOIA - Frequently Requested Documents

Frequent Reports

FOIA Request Log Reports

FOIA Logs are fiscal reports of FOIA requests submitted to the National Park Service. Each log is a compiled Common Separate Value (CSV.) file from October 1 to September 30 for the respective year. To access, click on the desired year to download. The asterisk (*) indicates a change in the electronic tracking system used that resulted in a shift of field names or format however did not affect the data collection.
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Part 1*, 2020 Part 2*, 2021, 2022, 2023

NPS Mortality Data Reports

The most recent output of NPS mortality data is available for download as an MS Excel file on Deaths in National Parks (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov). Available also on this page are the NPS mortality dashboard, an interactive way to explore the data, and data dictionary which features definitions of the terms used in the dashboard and more.

Frequently Requested by NPS Location

The information below is frequently requested records provided by the respective NPS park or office. The documents are in various electronic formats and are subject to be large files. In such instances, the download time will vary based on your internet speed.

Requests to the NPS Washington Office

• Trump Organization Correspondence (Added July 29, 2016)
• NPS Reservation List and Index - March 2022
• Twitter & Social Media Communications - January 20 - 23, 2017 (Added March 22, 2017)
• Communications with Executive Office of the President - Inaugural Photo Request January 21, 2017 (Added March 22, 2017)
• President Trump Salary donations NPS-2017-00687 Response & Documents (Added September 5, 2017) NPS-2017-01314 Part 1 & Part 2 (Released November 9, 2017), and NPS-2020-002257 (Released January 14, 2021)
• Targeted Fee Increase Proposal Public Comments Received October 24 - December 22, 2017 (Added January 2, 2018)
• Missing Person Cases Since 2013 (As of February 15, 2018)
• DOI - State of Maryland MOU Potential Land Exchange (Added December 21, 2018)
• NPS-2018-00433 and NPS-2018-00658 Sea Level Rise report Released Documents (Added February 7, 2019)
• NPS-2018-00764 Released Documents (Added April 30, 2019)
• NPS-2019-00809 Released Documents (Added June 11, 2019)
• Budget Justifications (Greenbook) data FY1993, FY1994, FY1995, FY1996, FY1997, FY1998, FY1999, FY2000, FY2001 (Added August 21, 2019)
• Search and Rescue (SAR) Dashboards 2015-2016, 2017, 2018 (Added January 1, 2020)
• Forrest Fenn Correspondence & Treasure Hunter Incident Reports (Added July 30, 2020) DOI-NPS-2022-003317 Released Documents (Added October 18, 2024) See also Jeff Murphy Yellowstone Fatality
• Correspondence relating to Albert Pike statue. (Added September 30, 2020)
• Incident Management Analysis & Reporting System (IMARS) Bigfoot - Yeti - Sasquatch Reports NPS-2018-00813 (Released June 5, 2018), NPS-2020-002280 (Released January 6, 2021), NPS-2022-003264 (Released April 27, 2022)
• NPS employee data list DOI-NPS-2021-3698 Response (Added April 29, 2021)
• NPS Search and Rescue (SAR) incidents lists:
• 2013-2018 (Released December 7, 2021)
• 2019-2020 (Released July 20, 2021)
• COVID-19 Emails & Correspondence, DOI-NPS-2020-000736, Release Date: January 3, 2022
• COVID-19 Cases by Park as of 8/6/2021, DOI-NPS-2020-000830, Release Date: September 2, 2021
• COVID-19 Executive Order Response, DOI-NPS-2020-000938, Release Date: November 4, 2020
• Shutdown (2018-2019) November 28, 2018 - January 29, 2019 (Added March 20, 2019) NPS-2019-00428 December 21, 2018 - February 11, 2019 Sanitation emails (Added June 17, 2022)
• NPS Mortality Data from CY2007 to CY2003 with Expanded Environmental Causes (Released August 2023)

Requests to the National Capital Region

• NPS Reservation List and Index - March 2022
• Map of Land Status of the Nation's Capital - March 2022

Requests to a Specific Location

Arches National Park

• NPS releases body worn camera footage from 2021 interaction with Gabby Petito (Added March 18, 2024)

Badlands National Park

• January 2017 Twitter & Social Media Materials (Added April 13, 2017)

Canaveral National Seashore

• Canaveral National Seashore releases body worn camera footage from April 27, 2025, drowning victim rescue

Channel Island National Park

• Draft General Management Plan Public Comments Submitted between November 2013 - January 2014 (xls file)

• Pier Replacement Contract, Amendments & Payment Bond 1443C2011080686 Awarded to American Civil Constructors (PDF - 1mb)

Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field

• Historic Preservation Tax Credit Application Materials (Through September 2014) (added January 11, 2015) - 45MB zip file (Through December 2014) (added February 11, 2015)

Crater Lake National Park

• Crater Lake Hospitality Annual Overall Rating reports from 2019-2023 (Added January 29, 2024)

  • We are working on a 508-compliant version of this document. It will be posted here as soon as the 508 compliance is complete.

Craters of the Moon National Monument

• 2013 Blakeslee-Linkert SAR Records (Added January 7, 2021)

Crow Creek Replacement School Project

• Previous FOIA releases NPS-2013- 00220 (Invoices and Payments, Contract, Mods, Settlement Letter)

Denali National Park

• Incident Report regarding the shooting of a moose on June 6, 2013. (added 6/28/2013)

Effigy Mounds National Monument

• NEPA Investigation Materials ***Warning Large file 72MB,

• Serious Mismanagement Report Draft (Added August 8, 2016),

• Investigation Review Team Report (Added August 30, 2016),

• MSBP FOIA Referral Materials (Added July 2016),

• SB Munson Investigation Case File (Added November 1, 2016)

• In Effigy Series Video (Added November 30, 2023)

• In Effigy Series Video - Open Caption (Added November 30, 2023)

• In Effigy Series Video Transcript (Added November 30, 2023)

Fire Island National Seashore

• Special Directive 91-3 Information on Public Nudity (Added February 14, 2013)

• Clothing-Optional Recreation, Superintendent's Determination, Fire Island National Seashore (Added April 10, 2013)

• Driving Information:

  • 2020 and 2021 Driving Permit Lists

  • 2022 FIIS Driving

  • 2023 Temporary Permits

  • FOIA Contractors and ES

  • Wait List

First State National Historical Park

• Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate Master Lease Agreement (Added February 24, 2022)

Gateway National Recreation Area

• Fort Hancock Building #21 Lease (Added February 9, 2017)

• Concession contract TC-GATE017-16 JEN Marine Development LLC (Added December 12, 2017)

• Lease GATE-1770-88624-77593-JBU Jamaica Bay Riding Academy (Added December 12, 2017)

• Aviator Sports concession contract GATE015-03-CC (Added August 21, 2019)

• 2001 Prospectus concession contract GATE015-03 (Added August 26, 2019)

• Moonbeam Great Kills Marina LLC lease (Added January 23, 2020)

• Aviator Contract Amendment No. 5, (Added June 7, 2023)

Floyd Bennett Field Lease Documents

• Floyd Bennett Field Extension Request (Added September 13, 2024)
• Lease Determination Memo for Amendment (Added September 13, 2024)
• Amendment to Agreement between the City of New York and State of New York (Added September 13, 2024)
• Amendment to the Floyd Bennett Field Lease (Added September 13, 2024)
• Categorical Exclusion Documentation Form (Added September 13, 2024)
• Lease Determination Memo (Added September 15, 2023)
• Floyd Bennett Field Lease (Added September 15, 2023)
• Agreement between the City of New York City and State of New York (Added September 15, 2023)
• Decision Memorandum and Environmental Review to Support Emergency Activities (Added September 15, 2023)
• Statement of Findings for Floodplain Management (Added September 20, 2023)

George Washington Memorial Parkway

• 2015 Draft Operations Evaluation of Claude Moore Farm (Added August 29, 2018)

Glacier National Park

• August 1967 grizzly attack materials (Added August 1, 2017)

• Mark Zuckerberg July 2017 visit (Added August 25, 2017)

• Interpretive Sign Removal (Added Feburary 19, 2020)

• October 2015 incident report of Glacier National Park visitor firearm discharge, (Accessibility version) (Added April 12, 2024)

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area & Grand Canyon National Park

• Expanded Non-native Aquatic Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) Public Scoping Comments (Added May 1, 2018)

• Expanded Non-Native Aquatic Species Management Plan (Added November 13, 2018)
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area releases body worn camera footage from May 3, 2025, officer involved shooting

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

• Google barge special use permit application materials ***Warning Large File 29MB

• Alcatraz Ferry Service Contract Final 508 - Added December 14, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit A LSI_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B Operating Plan Attachment 8 Wage Determination_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B Operating Plan FINAL REVISED 508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B Operating Plan UPDATED 2019.12.09_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B Operating Plan UPDATED 2022.10.20_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B-1 Vessel Operating Requirements UPDATED 2022.10.20_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B-1 Vessel Operating Requirements_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit B-2 Embarkation Site Improvements_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit C Nondiscrimination_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit D Assigned Land_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit E Assigned Govt PP_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit F Construction_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit G Effective LSI_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit H Maintenance Plan_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit I Insurance_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit J Transition to a New Concessioner_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit K IP Licensed Marks_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Exhibit L San Francisco Embarkation Site_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

• GOGA001-19 Schedule 1 Lease FINAL L-16723_508 (Added December 18, 2023)

Grand Canyon National Park

• Religious plaques Previous FOIA releases (Added July 9, 2015)

• Morgan Heimers disappearance files (Added July 20, 2016)

• IMRO GRCA Radiation Concerns August 2018 Safety Report with February 2019 Addendum_Redacted (Added March 25, 2019)

• GRCA Safety Audit Findings - Attachment A (Added March 25, 2019)

• Transcanyon Pipeline EA Public Comments (Added May 23, 2019)

• NP18174297 Bartz-Bonkowski Fatality Reports (Added August 2, 2019)

Grand Teton National Park

• NP16126804 Missing juvenile August 2016 (Added June 8, 2018)

• Gary Falk climbing fatality report (Added November 15, 2016)

• Grizzly Shooting Report (Added March 7, 2013)

• Incident Report June 20, 2013, Edward Tom Search & Rescue. (Added December 20, 2013)

• Incident Report September 6, 2013, Gary Miller Search & Rescue. (added 12/20/2013)

• Moose-Wilson Corridor Comprehensive Management Plan public scoping comments and Public Scoping Report, preliminary alternatives public comments (Added October 9, 2014), Draft EIS Public Comments (Added June 1, 2017)

• 1967 North Face rescue case incident report

• Mountain Goat Management Plan FOIA documents Batch 1 (Added May 29, 2020) Batch 2 & 3 (Added August 11, 2020) Batch 4 (Added August 11, 2020)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• 05-372 Bradley bear fatality (Released March 12, 2015)

• Fire Management Plan (Added March 20, 2017)

• Dennis Lloyd Martin June 14, 1969 (Added June 16, 2019)

• Trenny Gibson October 8, 1976 (Added July 15, 2019)

• Chimney Tops 2 Fire November 23, 2016 - December 5, 2016 Photos Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4 (Added July 10, 2019) Videos: Batch 1,