National Park Mystery Spot 22: See the Sunrise
Can you identify the national park mystery spot with just a few clues?
- By Bob Janiskee - March 16th, 2011 8:07am
North Cascades National Park Looking For Concessionaire On Lake Chelan
Ever get the urge to run a business on a backcountry lake surrounded by a national park? Your opportunity awaits at the North Cascades National Park Complex.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 16th, 2011 4:15am
For $30 Million You Could Have Zion National Park in Your Backyard
For just $30 million you could have not only a nearly 2,100-acre ranch in the gorgeous red-rock country of southern Utah, but you could have Zion National Park in your backyard.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 16th, 2011 4:15am
Slight Boost In Climbing Fees Approved For Mount Rainier National Park
A slight increase -- the cost of about four cups of coffee at Starbucks -- has been approved for the annual climbing passes sold at Mount Rainier National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 16th, 2011 3:15am
Cleanup From Tsunami Under Way At National Park Sites in Hawaii
Clean-up is ongoing in both Pu`uhonua o Honaunau and Kaloko Honokohau national historical parks in Hawaii from last week's tsunami, which officials say overtopped walls and surged hundreds of feet inland.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 15th, 2011 10:01am
Keeping Track of What The National Park Service Is Up To In Your State
As it continues to improve its web presence, the National Park Service has made it easier for you to find information on the parks in your state...as well as on other Park Service-related entities, such as properties on the national register, or wild and scenic rivers, or historic trails.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 26th, 2011 4:59pm
PEER Claims National Park Service Director's Order On Wilderness Management Is Off-Base
Is the National Park Service adding clarity, or confusion, about how it should be managing wilderness via revisions to its wilderness stewardship guidelines? Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility believes the agency is not only confusing matters, but lessening wilderness protections.
DO41-1.pdf
Spend National Park Week Helping To Rebuild Tallgrass Prairie At Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
If you're looking for a good, active way to celebrate National Park Week, consider helping the folks at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site rebuild an 81-acre tallgrass prairie.
Plowing Of Denali Park Road To Begin Wednesday in Denali National Park
A little more snow and ice-clogged culverts are awaiting crews at Denali National Park and Preserve who are scheduled to begin work Wednesday on opening the Denali Park Road for the summer.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 15th, 2011 3:15am
Is The Florida Panther Up Next For Extinction?
With word last week that the Eastern cougar has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it leaves just one native panther species alive in the East -- the Florida panther that resides in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park.
Florida-panther-petition-Okefenokee.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 14th, 2011 4:15am
