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A bull grazing on the hills of the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. (Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public
With two wild gazelles already dead, Nature and Parks Authority, Agriculture Ministry, draw line around northern Israel region hit by new strain of viral infection
By Sue Surkes
Israel's first National Marine Park at Caesarea in northern Israel, announced by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and the Planning Administration, on November 25, 2024. (Guy Levian, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
November 26, 2024, 2:12 pm
Israel dives into offshore conservation with first National Marine Park
Area off Caesarea joins large extension to the Evtach Marine Reserve in waters between Ashkelon and Ashdod, plus projects in Hadera and additional land in the Ramon Crater
By Sue Surkes
An employee from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority inspects a burned tree following a rocket attack from Lebanon at the Tel Dan nature reserve in northern Israel on November 4, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
November 15, 2024, 12:55 pm
Hezbollah bombardments take heavy toll on nature in northern Israel
Despite 70% drop in bird migration since beginning of war with Lebanese terror group, ornithologist says winged visitors likely to gradually return once hostilities end
By AFP and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from a fire which broke out from missiles fired from Lebanon at a forest outside the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 24, 2024. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
October 16, 2024, 7:14 am
Head out to nature, or stay near a bomb shelter? The Israeli Sukkot dilemma
As the Jewish state’s ultimate hiking holiday approaches, millions debate whether to get fresh air and risk being caught by enemy rockets – as this writer did
By Aviv Lavie
The new visitor's center at the Einot Zukim (Ein Feshkha) nature reserve on the northern Dead Sea, southern Israel. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2024, 10:29 am
Dead Sea oasis’s new visitor complex showcases efforts to save unique ecosystem
Einot Zukim Nature Reserve – also known by its Arabic name Ein Feshkha – has a new standout desert-life education center that blends in with the surrounding cliffs
By Sue Surkes
A fabric showing the insignia of the Israel Police found in rubble from the Sderot police station that was moved into a nature reserve north of the city, February 2024 (Courtesy)
February 11, 2024, 11:35 am
Wreckage of Sderot police station destroyed on Oct. 7 found dumped in nature reserve
Order was given to demolish police station after it was overrun by terrorists; police equipment found abandoned in wilderness as part of growing wave of construction waste crimes
By Aviv Lavie
A lizard perches on a rock in the newly declared Ramat Mazar Nature Reserve in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. (Arieh Rosenberg, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
October 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
Planners green-light new nature reserve in Negev Desert
Ramat Mazar is home to several species that are unique to Israel, among them the Nubian ibex, dorcas gazelle, desert tawny owl and Blanford’s fox
By Sue Surkes
A view from the Malkiya Overlook. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 17, 2023, 9:16 am
A land with a view: Visit these scenic Israeli overlooks featuring audio guides
Scattered throughout the country’s mountains and hills are hundreds of lookout points with histories both modern and ancient. Here are just a few of them
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Masada was the most popular site among tourists to Israel in 2022. (Yaniv Cohen, INPA)
December 7, 2022, 12:50 pm
New nature chief aims for tourists to see more of Israel’s national parks, reserves
With lengthy to-do list, Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s first female chief talks about new sites, continuing threats, and a plan to stop feeding cranes to avert bird flu
By Sue Surkes
Hundreds of families take part in the annual Katzrin and Golan nature walk in different trails of the Katzrin forest, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, on October 13, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 17, 2022, 6:52 pm
Record 1.5 million Israelis visit national parks during Sukkot break
Nature and Parks Authority reports a 22% rise in visitors compared to last year’s holiday; Caesarea, Ein Gedi and Masada are the most popular sites
By Michael Horovitz
A proposed site for an amphitheater in the Negev's Ramon Crater, next to the Selina firm's glamping site. (Courtesy, Lev Hamidbar)
September 14, 2022, 8:56 pm
Desert council again seeking to build amphitheater in Ramon Crater
Mitzpe Ramon Council issues new tender for project in popular stargazing area, despite past opposition from green groups, nature authority and ministries
By Omer Sharvit and Sue Surkes
A species of flying fish at the Evtach marine reserve. (Guy Lavian/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 22, 2022, 9:09 pm
New Mediterranean reserve planned to protect creatures in the sand and sea
Evtach Marine Reserve, offshore between Ashdod and Ashkelon, will help rehabilitate area damaged by aggressive fishing, boosters say
By Sue Surkes
Gathering the carcasses of wild cranes killed by avian flu at the Hula Lake Nature Reserve in northern Israel, December 27. (Hadas Kahaner, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 28, 2021, 5:07 pm
Grim cleanup of cranes that died of bird flu begins in Hula Valley Reserve
Agriculture Ministry appeals to residents of northern moshav at epicenter of H5N1 outbreak to keep stray cats — potential carriers of virus — from wandering around poultry sheds
By Sue Surkes
Natural vegetation around Poleg. (Rivka Eidelman)
October 30, 2021, 10:55 am
Activists fight Netanya hotel plan they say will harm nature reserves
Ecological corridor supposed to link Poleg reserve with wildflower hub and seasonal pool deemed too small, with court set to decide if city broke planning agreement
By Sue Surkes
Trash on the shore of the Dead Sea. (Dov Greenblat, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
January 11, 2021, 5:22 pm
Israelis more concerned about littering than climate change, extinctions — poll
Survey subjects give themselves high marks for cleaning up, but are critical of their peers; four in ten favor fines for litterbugs
By Sue Surkes
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