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How Will National Park Service React To Museum Proposal At Harpers Ferry?

Two-hundred-and-fifty million dollars buys an awful lot of museum. But does that mean the latest proposal to "save" some of the private land surrounding Harpers Ferry National Historical Park from development is a good one?

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2011 12:59pm

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Grand Canyon National Park: Open To Some Faiths

Religion in the national parks is a white-hot topic. Just mention that park rangers at Grand Canyon National Park can't discuss the geologic age of that canyon, as PEER suggested late last year, and you'll draw a crowd.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 3rd, 2007 11:37am

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New Orleans Businesses Want National Park Service to Stop Free Tours

Long one of the beauties of a national park visit have been the ranger-led tours, tours that traditionally have been free. While some parks sadly are beginning to charge for interpretive tours, others aren't moving in that direction quickly enough to suit some in private enterprise.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 3rd, 2007 11:04am

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Park Service's Top Investigator Pleads Guilty To Theft

After nearly 30 years with the National Park Service, Patricia Buccello retired last Friday after serving most recently as the agency's top special agent in charge. Yesterday she entered a guilty plea to stealing from the Park Service.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 1st, 2007 11:54am

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Letter from Congress Urges Director Bomar To Ban Snowmobiles from Yellowstone National Park

National Park Service Director Mary Bomar has been asked by nearly 100 members of Congress to ban snowmobiles from Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone congressional letter.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2007 1:17pm

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Big Cypress National Preserve: The Latest Battleground Over ORVs in the Parks

In the not-too-distant future the swampy landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve will become a key battlefield over off-road vehicle use on the national park system.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2007 10:46am

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Museum of the National Park Service Will be Built in West Virginia

A behind-the-scenes effort to both protect Harpers Ferry National Historical Park from neighboring development and obtain land for a Museum of the National Park Service has been pulled off.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 26th, 2007 2:38pm

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Jumping Off Bridge an Annual Tradition in New River Gorge

Annually, on the third weekend of October, thousands of spectators watch over the course of the day as hundreds of BASE jumpers leap from the top of New River Gorge Bridge with the hope their parachutes take them safely to the river's shore, 876 feet below.

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By jersu - June 13th, 2009 7:03pm

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Director Bomar: Let Science, Not Politics, Decide the Yellowstone Snowmobile Issue

The pledge by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar to let science prevail in national park management decisions is nearing its defining test. If science is not supported in Yellowstone, where else in the park system will it have the final say?

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 10th, 2015 4:50pm

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Groups Sue Cape Hatteras National Seashore Over ORV Traffic

Back in July I predicted that the managers of Cape Hatteras National Seashore would be sued for allowing off-road vehicles to navigate the seashore without a valid ORV management plan in place. Well, that lawsuit has arrived in court.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 9th, 2008 6:39pm

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