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Watchdog Group Claims NPS Buried Harassment Report, Agency Disagrees

While a watchdog organization claimed Monday that the National Park Service "buried" a report on how pervasive harassment is across the agency, the agency claimed the Covid-19 pandemic slowed its distribution.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 15th, 2021 1:50pm

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UPDATE | Biden Calls For Withdrawal Of Federal Lands Around Chaco From Energy Exploration

Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico should be protected from new oil and gas exploration by withdrawal of that activity from federal lands within a 10-mile radius of the park, President Biden was to announce Monday.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 15th, 2021 8:20am

Traveler's View | Poor Park Housing, Dealing With Climate Change

If Charles Sams, who is waiting for the Senate to confirm him as National Park Service director, is serious about his top priority being to lift the morale of the agency's workforce, seeing better, and more, housing for the field staff should be in tandem with better pay.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 15th, 2021 2:15am

Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent Honored For Conservation Work

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash has been honored for his conservation work with the Walter T. Cox Award from the Clemson University Institute for Parks.

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By Compiled From N... - November 15th, 2021 1:45am

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In Search Of Reasonable Housing For National Park Service Employees

Yellowstone National Park in 2020 embarked on what Superintendent Cam Sholly calls "the largest housing improvement project in the National Park Service since Mission 66" for park employees, but not all parks are so fortunate.

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By Lori Sonken - November 14th, 2021 2:15am

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 14th, 2021 2:15am

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Rockfall Affects Access To Zion National Park

A rockfall early Friday along the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway closed access to Zion National Park from the eastern side of the park.

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By Compiled From N... - November 12th, 2021 2:11pm

Review | Life Lived Wild: Adventures At The Edge Of The Map

Rick Ridgeway started his life of adventure at 18, when he joined a group of friends to sail a small boat to Tahiti. Over the next half-century, he enjoyed (and survived) more adventures across the world than most of us can even conceive of.

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By John Miles - November 12th, 2021 2:00am

Another Batch Of Fishers Released At Olympic National Park

Five more fishers have been released into the forests of Olympic National Park, just the latest released in a nearly two decades-long project to restore the native species to Washington State.

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By Compiled From N... - November 11th, 2021 1:45am

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Wounded Veterans Benefit From Diving While Helping Dry Tortugas National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park hosted volunteer divers from the Wounded American Veterans Experience Scuba (WAVES) Project who spent a week helping the coral reef ecosystem at the park and in return received therapy, healing and relief from their service-connected disabilities.

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By Compiled From N... - November 11th, 2021 1:45am