Parks in the News

Elephant Seals Returning to Point Reyes National Seashore For Breeding

They're big, the males are ugly, and it's best to keep your distance. Yep, it's time for the Northern elephant seals to breed and pup at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 17th, 2008 7:26pm

Controlled Flood Proposed for the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon National Park

What in essence would be a controlled flood is being proposed for the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 17th, 2008 6:32pm

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NPCA Asks Secretary Kempthorne Not To Change Gun Regs in National Parks

National Parks Conservation Association President Tom Kiernan has asked Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne not to change regulations pertaining to guns in the national parks.

NPCA-Guns.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 14th, 2008 9:19am

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Association of National Park Rangers Opposes Change in Park Gun Regulations

You can add the Association of National Park Rangers to the groups that oppose a change in gun laws to allow concealed weapons to be carried legally in the national park system.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 14th, 2008 9:20am

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National Park Status Proposed for Oregon, West Virginia State Parks

In what surely is an uncanny coincidence, there are proposals to turn state parks in Oregon and West Virginia that are built around waterfalls into national parks.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 14th, 2008 9:57am

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Great Basin National Park's Air Could Be Compromised By Proposed Power Plant

Great Basin National Park, which boasts the cleanest air of any park in the Lower 48, could lose that distinction if a coal-fired power plant is allowed to go on-line as proposed just 38 miles northwest of the park.

GRBA-Power Plant Letter.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 11th, 2008 5:42pm

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Tiny Lizard That Calls Death Valley National Park Home Could Be Added to ESA List

A small lizard that skitters about Death Valley National Park might soon gain protection under the Endangered Species Act.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 11th, 2008 5:14pm

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Tar Sands Development Could Impact Canyonlands National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Glen Canyon NRA

A natural resources juxtapositonal twist of fate has placed the spectacular Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in close proximity to an energy deposit whose extraction could sully the park units.

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By Chance Finegan - October 25th, 2011 6:52pm

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Conservation Groups Sue DOE To Halt Transmission Corridors Without Further Study

In a bid to protect endangered species as well as national park viewsheds and landscapes, a coalition of conservation and environmental organizations is suing the U.S. Department of Energy over its National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors plans for the Mid-Atlantic and Southwestern states.

NIETC_MidAtlantic_Area_Corridor_Map.pdf

NIETC_Southwest_Area_Corridor_Map.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 10th, 2008 2:16pm

Do Cougars Roam Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?

A surprisingly steady flow of cougar sightings in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has park officials looking for the big cats, but so far they've managed to elude the searchers.

SLBE-Cougar Study.pdf

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 8th, 2008 7:10pm

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