Reader Participation Day: What's On Your National Park Bucket List?
What's on your national park bucket list?
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 30th, 2011 3:15am
Reader Participation Day
Reader Participation Day: Would You Ever Go On A Multi-Week, Or More, Hike?
Would you ever head off down a trail for a multi-week, or longer, hike, carrying all you need in a pack on your back?
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 23rd, 2011 4:15am
Reader Participation Day: Should Costs Of Operating Special Programs In the Parks Be Shared By All?
Should the National Park Service do away with special use fees and simply spread the costs of running special programs across all those who enter the parks?
Reader Participation Day: Should A Federal Budget Stalemate Lead To Closure of National Parks?
With Congress struggling to come to terms on a federal budget, should the politicians extend the Continuing Resolution to keep the national parks and the federal government operating beyond March 4, or should they let the government shut down?
- By Jim Burnett - February 23rd, 2011 4:33pm
Reader Participation Day: Where in The National Parks Do You Head To Bird, and What Birds Do You Hope To See?
Birding is one of the many popular activities in the National Park System, and by carrying your binoculars and perhaps a field guide to help you identify what you see, you quickly can expand your "life list" during a park visit. If you're a birder, where in the system do you go, and what are you looking for?
Reader Participation Day: Are You Heading To A New Park This Year? Which One, And Why?
Many of us go to the same national park, or parks, year after year after year. Do you fall into that category, or are you someone who looks to a new park every year, or every few years? If you're planning to visit a park for the first time this year, which one, and why?
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2011 3:15am
Reader Participation Day: What Do You Look For In A National Park Vacation?
What do you look for when you start thinking about a national park vacation? Are you looking for some great hikes, perhaps a paddling vacation, or prefer to steep in some of the country's rich history?
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2011 9:31am
Reader Participation Day: How Far In Advance Do You Plan Your National Park Escape?
How far in advance do you plan your national park trips? A year? Six months? Two weeks out?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 26th, 2011 2:15am
Reader Participation Day: How Important Are National Park Visitation Data to You?
How important is it to you to know that Glacier National Park saw record visitation in 2010, that visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park dipped, or that overall visitation to the National Park System declined by 1 or 2 percent or rose by 1 or 2 percent in any one year?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 19th, 2011 3:15am
Reader Participation Day: What Is The Most Unusual, Interesting, Or Silly National Park Souvenir You've Seen?
National Park Service stores sell books, photographs, postcards and T-shirts. But every once in a while, you can also discover some gems, both silly and fascinating, in the visitor center stores. What have you found?
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