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Is "almost" good enough when you're talking about the health of a World Heritage Site such as Everglades National Park? Apparently the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne think so. On Sunday, UNESCO officials voted unanimously to remove the Everglades from its "sites in danger" list.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2007 1:39pm

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Let the Bidding Begin

There's an interesting poker game under way in Washington, D.C., and the national parks are right smack dab in the middle of it. The question, of course, is who will blink first?

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2007 11:42am

Paying to Enjoy The Parks

How much would you pay to hike a trail in Shenandoah, or Great Smoky Mountains or Sequoia? What do you think is a reasonable fee to take a dip at Cape Cod or Cape Hatteras national seashores?

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2007 7:26am

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Hawaii Volcanoes Displaying its Geologic Might

Things are rockin' and rollin' at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where new vents have been spewing hot lava for much of the past week. While witnessing these geologic machinations in person would be pretty cool, park officials are urging visitors to take special care in some sections of the park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 25th, 2007 1:38pm

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Senate Appropriations Committee Backs Snowmobiles in Yellowstone

What do the National Park Service hierarchy and members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee know about snowmobiles and their impacts that Yellowstone's scientists, the Environmental Protection Agency, and seven former NPS directors don't know?

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 25th, 2007 12:14pm

Repairing Rainier: A Question of Values

While park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga wants to rebuild a section of the road, the storm redesigned the Carbon River, in some places sculpting deep pools valuable to bull trout, a species protected by the Endangered Species Act.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 25th, 2007 12:09am

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A Modern History Of Public Lands Mismanagement

What's become of our public lands, you wonder? Why has there been so much pressure in recent years to drastically rewrite the National Park Service's Management Policies? What was the point behind a congressional committee's review of the National Park Service Organic Act?

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 23rd, 2007 9:03pm

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Mammoth Cave Ferries Docked Due to Low Water

Rainfall at Mammoth Cave National Park this year has been so low -- 10 inches below normal since the start of the year -- that the Green River is too low for the Green River Ferry and Houchins Ferry to operate.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 21st, 2007 6:03pm

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Yosemite Fee Hike Spiked

Under pressure from the gateway towns surrounding Yosemite, Director Bomar agreed to spike the proposed increase in the park's entrance fee, from $20 to $25.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 21st, 2007 2:59pm

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EPA Takes Issue With Yellowstone's Winter Use DEIS

The EPA in its formal comments to the Yellowstone snomobile DEIS says the parks' preference to allow as many as 720 snowmobiles in Yellowstone on a daily basis in winter "may not ensure adequate resource protection" and would result in much more pollution than the snowcoach-only alternative.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 20th, 2007 8:05pm

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