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The Great White North has some pretty awesome national parks: Kootenay, Yoho, Banff, Jasper, Mount Revelstoke, and Glacier. These national parks located within the snaggle-toothed mouth of Canada’s mountainous west are the subject of this month’s quiz and trivia piece. See how much you know with this quiz. You might even learn something new!

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By Rebecca Latson - October 16th, 2023 3:00am

Review | Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain

Bruised by a past of logging and dam building, the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state has demonstated its resilience time and again, and while climate change likely will inflict more bruises on the peninsula and its national park, Tim McNulty is confident it will endure.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 18th, 2023 1:27pm

Magnolia Trees Being Replaced At Hot Springs National Park

Five aged and weakened magnolia trees at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas are being replaced with younger, healthier trees.

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By Compiled From N... - October 15th, 2023 2:30am

Trails I’ve Hiked: To The Toe Of The Athabasca Glacier

The Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park is one of the most accessible glaciers in North America. You can book a ride to go walk on the glacier, or, if the thought of a crowded bus doesn’t appeal to you, why not hike a short trail to the toe of the glacier for a little exercise and an expansive view at trail’s end.

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By Rebecca Latson - October 14th, 2023 3:00am

Partial Reopening Of Death Valley National Park On October 15

Death Valley National Park will partially reopen on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Visitors will be able enter the park via CA-190 from the west via Lone Pine or from the east via Death Valley Junction. All other park entrances will remain closed.

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By Compiled From N... - October 13th, 2023 5:45pm

The Last Of Us And Other Reasons To Love Waterton Lakes National Park

Of all the typically wholesome reasons to visit a national park, to see where a post-apocalyptic TV series was filmed isn’t usually one of them.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 28th, 2024 6:41am

New Shark Species Identified Through Fossil Research At Mammoth Cave National Park

Spoon-sized fossils found within Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky belonged to a previously unknown shark species that swam hundreds of millions of years ago.

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By Compiled From N... - October 12th, 2023 2:30am

Hurricane Ridge At Olympic National Park To Close For Demolition

Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park in Washington will temporarily close to the public so removal of the remains of the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge, which burned to the ground back in May, can be removed.

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By Compiled From N... - October 11th, 2023 5:13am

Search For Missing Trail Runner At Rocky Mountain National Park Scaled Back

Following more than a week of fruitless searching for a 49-year-old trail runner in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park, the search is being scaled back.

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By Compiled From N... - October 10th, 2023 2:18pm

A Royal Bell Will Soon Anchor One of Philadelphia’s Hidden Gardens

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of American independence in 1976, the people of Great Britain gave the people of the United States a gigantic bronze and tin bell presented by Queen Elizabeth II in Philadelphia and engraved with the words “Let freedom ring.”

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By Jennifer Bain - August 29th, 2024 2:04pm

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