Traveler's Checklist: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
You can't properly visit this park without seeing the main cave and its Big Room, but there are other delights to sample as well.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 18th, 2010 2:59am
Velma Melmac Has Left Yosemite, Never to Return
Every summer, Velma parked her mammoth RV in Yosemite. There she kept nature in check, terrorized rangers, smoked like a chimney, and left only after the first acorn of autumn fell into her gimlet.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 18th, 2010 2:59am
Easy Park Hikes – Big Thicket National Preserve
The Big Thicket National Preserve in southeast Texas has been called the "Biological Crossroads of North America," and some easy hikes in the park offer plenty of interesting sights. Just watch your step—it's a place where carnivorous plants catch their own lunch
- By Jim Burnett - October 18th, 2010 2:09am
End of Season Coming For Shenandoah National Park
As fall colors drift across the lower elevations of Shenandoah National Park, they signal not only the height of fall but the end of the park's high season.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 18th, 2010 1:00am
Washington Man Dies After Encounter With Mountain Goat in Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park officials are trying to determine if a 63-year-old Washington man was killed during an encounter with a mountain goat in the park's backcountry.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 17th, 2010 8:05am
54-Year-Old Colorado Man Dies in Fall At Rocky Mountain National Park
A 54-year-old Colorado man has been killed in a tumbling fall on the Taylor Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 17th, 2010 7:56am
Pruning the Parks: Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument (1908-1937)
Proclaimed in 1908, Montana's Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument never could muster get the monetary support needed to develop and operate it as a viable national park. Congress abolished it in 1937 and it subsequently became Montana's first state park.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 17th, 2010 2:55am
100 Years of Apples and History at the Buckner Orchard in the North Cascades
For a full century the Buckner family has been growing apples in the scenic Stehekin Valley in Washington's North Cascades. The orchard is now managed as part of North Cascades National Park Complex, with some vital help from the Stehekin Community and the Buckner Homestead Heritage Foundation.
- By Jim Burnett - October 17th, 2010 1:33am
Like to be an Artist in Residence at Denali National Park Next Summer? Get Your Application in Soon.
If you're a professional visual artist looking for an inspiring place to work next summer, this opportunity is hard to beat. Denali National Park is accepting applications for the 2011 Artist in Residence program, and those who are selected will have use of the historic Murie Cabin in the heart of the Alaskan park for 10 days.
- By Jim Burnett - October 17th, 2010 1:20am
Visitor Survey: Bryce Canyon National Park
Visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park overwhelmingly love the views down into the park's colorful amphitheaters with their whimsically eroded hoodoos, but aren't quite as enamored with the spectacular night skies overhead.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 16th, 2010 2:02am
