An Atonement at Fort Sumter
The world knows Fort Sumter as the place where the Civil War started 150 years ago, but I know it as the place where I earned redemption less than two months ago.
Reenactments Highlight Fort Sumter Battle Anniversary Commemoration
One hundred and fifty years ago this Tuesday, April 12, the first salvos of the Civil War were launched when Confederate forces began a 34-hour bombardment that ended with the surrender of Fort Sumter.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 11th, 2011 2:21am
Uncertain Path: A Search For The Future of National Parks
The challenges facing the National Park Service and its collections of parks are daunting, perhaps more so than ever before due to the implications of climate change. William Tweed examines those challenges in a new book, Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.
- By Jeff Pappas - April 11th, 2011 2:07am
Yellowstone's Ecosystem History is Written in the Bones of Long-Dead Animals
A "death assemblage" study in Yellowstone National Park has confirmed that skeletal remains accumulating on the ground provide accurate information about the park's ecological history.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 10th, 2011 3:59am
Recent Rescues Demonstrate Dangers Of Going Off Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inviting as the lushly vegetated landscape that wraps the trails that wind through Great Smoky Mountains National Park might be, heading off-trail can be incredibly dangerous, as two recent incidents in the park demonstrate.
Artifacts And Archives From Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Heading South For Safekeeping
Sometime this summer a truck, or trucks, loaded with artifacts and papers at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, will be sent south all the way to Tucson, Arizona, a journey designed for safekeeping until the monument can build a proper curatorial facility.
Visitation Statistics for 2010 Released
The newly-released Statistical Abstract 2010 details National Park System visitation in 2010 as well as forecasts for 2011 and 2012.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 9th, 2011 3:59am
Signs Indicate Federal Government Shutdown Would Save Little In National Park Circles
A shutdown of the federal government, while shuttering most of the National Park System, might not save much money, as local economies would be stung and the National Park Service still would have to maintain some presence in the parks.
By the Numbers: Fort Sumter National Monument
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. One hundred and fifty years later, a national park preserves and interprets the site.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 8th, 2011 3:59am
Nominate A National Seashore "Hero" For The "Ocean Heroes Contest"
Seen any heroes down at the beach lately? The folks at Oceana, a non-profit that works to protects oceans, are looking for some heros.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 8th, 2011 2:50am
