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Search and Rescue Ops Cost the National Park Service $4.8 Million in 2008

There were almost 3,500 search-and-rescue missions conducted across the National Park System during 2008 at a cost of $4.8 million, according to best available National Park Service statistics. One-hundred-32 of those missions involved a fatality, and 16 ended without the subject being found.

Is Another "International Park" on the Horizon for the NPS?

The U.S. already has a cross-border park arrangement with Canada (Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) and proposals for some type of agreement with Mexico across from Big Bend National Park have been floating around for decades. Now there's news of renewed interest in expanded cooperation with another country, but it doesn't involve either Canada or Mexico. Can you locate "Beringia" on a map?

Trout Unlimited Joins With National Park Service to Remove Diversion Dam near Grand Teton National Park

For four decades the Spread Creek Dam has blocked the migratory route of a unique species of cutthroat trout in waters that flow into Grand Teton National Park. That's all about to change thanks to a partnership between Trout Unlimited and the National Park Service.

Mountain Biker/Attorney Argues For Making Wilderness Safer

Sometimes, it helps to read the fine print. And then Google it. When the New York Times ran an op-ed piece the other day on the dangers of an unsigned wilderness area, it simply identified the author as an attorney. It turns out he's also an avid mountain biker, which helps explain his motivation in assailing The Wilderness Act.
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It's Ambitious and Expensive: History-Making Effort to Restore Elwha River Takes a Big Step Forward

A history-making and much debated project to restore the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State has taken a big step forward. A contract has been awarded to remove the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams in an ambitious, and expensive, effort to reverse decades of environmental damage to an important river system.