Exhibit at Ellis Island National Monument Profiles Basques
There is a new exhibit at Ellis Island National Monument: Hidden in Plain Sight: the Basques:
- By beschundler - May 3rd, 2010 2:21am
Crews At Gulf Islands National Seashore Continue To Take Precautions Against Oil
While some barrier islands along the Louisiana coastline were being coated with an oily slick Sunday from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the barrier islands and mainland shores of Gulf Islands National Seashore still were oil-free, according to the National Park Service.
Keeping Track of Panther Kittens At Big Cypress National Preserve
There were, at last count, at least five dens with panther kittens this spring in and around Big Cypress National Preserve, which offers arguably the best habitat for the big cats. But how do biologists keep track of these kittens?
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 2nd, 2010 2:13am
Is There Good News, Or Bad News, To Relate Concerning the Florida Panther?
Among the pine forests and palmetto thickets of south Florida something of a miracle in wildlife biology has played out during the course of three decades. A creature once thought destined to endure a fate similar to that of the Passenger Pigeon has rebounded and seems poised to move towards a sustainable population.
Florida Panther Recovery Plan.pdf
Join a Covered Wagon on the Santa Fe Trail near Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Tales from Santa Fe Trail have fired the imagination of generations of Americans, but what was life really like on the Trail? You can get some glimpses into the past on May 8 near Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site during a three-mile hike down part of the trail behind an ox-driven covered wagon. Interpreters will demonstrate trail life in the 1840s during the trip. It's just one of several great living history programs at the park during its 50th anniversary.
Gulf Islands National Seashore Still Oil-Free From Deepwater Horizon Disaster
As of early Saturday afternoon there had been no reports of oil washing ashore at Gulf Islands National Seashore from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Crews were staying busy, though, deploying containment booms around the seashore's barrier islands.
Gulf Islands National Seashore Wildlife At Risk From Oil
When oil comes ashore at Gulf Islands National Seashore from the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon well, what impacts might wildlife that use the seashore encounter? Here's a look.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 1st, 2010 10:51am
North Rim Of Grand Canyon National Park To Open to Vehicles May 15
If all goes as planned, vehicle access along Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be possible at 7 a.m. on May 15.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 1st, 2010 2:53am
Bruce Springsteen, Dikembe Mutombo Honored At Ellis Island National Monument
It's not every day you can write a story that puts Bruce Springsteen inside the National Park System, but he and others were honored the other day with Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 1st, 2010 2:52am
Two Historic Orchards and Open Areas at Gettysburg National Military Park Being Replanted
They're planting trees at Gettysburg National Military Park. More specifically, they're planting areas that were forested during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and that today are open ground.
