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How Much Garbage Can You Identify From Zion National Park?

It can be amazing how much garbage folks drop, unintentionally or otherwise, during camping trips to the national parks. The accompanying photo shows a collection of items long-time Traveler reader Jon Merryman and his son collected from their campsite in Zion National Park. How many can you identify?
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NPCA Suggests Expanding Santa Monica Mountains NRA to Encompass Rim of the Valley Corridor

With time running down on the public's opportunity to comment on a proposal to add another unit to the National Park System in California, the National Parks Conservation Association is suggesting that the effort result in an enlarged Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

National Park Service Denies Request for Bridge Across St. Croix River Between Minnesota and Wisconsin

A Minnesota congresswoman, disappointed that the National Park Service has reversed its position on allowing a bridge to be built within the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, hopes to clear the way via legislation.
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What Every Visitor to Glacier National Park Needed to Know … in 1920

Glacier National Park's centennial year is winding down, so the Traveler thought it might be both fun and enlightening to take a peek at a pair of park brochures from the early years of the park. It's pretty clear from these excerpts that life in the park was just a bit different in 1912 and 1920 than it is today.

Camping 101 – Rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area Teach Area High Schoolers the Basics

In a world where most teenagers are focused on Tweets, Facebook and music via earbuds, how do we get a new generation interested in using the parks, much less trying a decidedly "low-tech" activity like camping? Rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area are trying one approach with high school students in the Las Vegas area, and Camping 101 is getting some positive comments.

Opening Events for The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Held in Two States

In 1838, the United States government forcibly removed more than 16,000 Cherokee Indian people from their homelands in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, and sent them to Indian Territory—a place we now call Oklahoma. Both the route they followed and the experience itself are known as the Trail of Tears, and they are commemorated by The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.