Comment Period for Proposed Gun Rule Change in National Parks Extended 30 Days
Interior Department officials have agreed to extend through July the comment period on a proposal to allow visitors to national parks to carry guns.
Parks in the News
Yellowstone National Park Sees Record Visitation in June
If you went to Yellowstone National Park in June, you weren't alone. The park saw record visitation last month as more than 610,000 folks made their way to Yellowstone.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 3rd, 2008 9:32am
Senators Willing to Legislate Clean Air Over National Parks if EPA Does Protect Airsheds
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has gone on record with the director of the Environmental Protection Agency that they will find legislative solutions to provide clean air over national parks if his agency can't protect those airsheds.
EPA visibility Alexander Letter.pdf
NPR on the National Parks
National Public Radio is on the road in the National Park System this week, visiting both iconic and obscure parks. But is there a chink in NPR's coverage?
Yellowstone National Park Bison Unhappy With Photo Shoot Tosses Pennsylvania Boy
A 12-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been hospitalized after a Yellowstone National Park bison, evidently perturbed that he was part of a family photo shoot, tossed the boy about 10 feet into the air.
Prescribed Fire in Grand Canyon National Park Now Out of Control
Best laid plans literally have gone up in flames in Grand Canyon National Park, where a prescribed fire has blown out of control. The Walla Valley Fire on the park's North Rim is burning across 225 acres and is just 15 percent contained. It's located about 9 miles west of the North Rim's developed area.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 27th, 2008 6:07pm
Park Advocates Rallying Around Theodore Roosevelt National Park
A friends group is forming to support Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The group, Friends of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, is holding an organizational meeting on Sunday, June 29.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 27th, 2008 11:25am
Celebrating Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road
It's an engineering wonder, one that not only delights, but also perplexes and confounds, both motorists and road crews. And today the 75th birthday of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is being celebrated. It's a time to both reflect on the history of this 50-mile pathway across the park's interior and look as well at the effort to rebuild it.
Sun Road Points of Interest.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2008 3:05pm
Comment Period For Revised Gun Regulations for National Parks About to Close
Barring a last-minute change of heart, the Interior Department on Monday will close the public comment period on a proposal to allow national park visitors to arm themselves.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2008 5:00pm
Deal to Close Sugar Plant and Preserve 187,000 Acres Should Benefit Everglades National Park
In what's being called an unprecedented chapter in land conservation history, the state of Florida has agreed to buy 187,000 acres north of Everglades National Park and preserve the land to help ensure water flows into the park from Lake Okeechobee.
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