Do Professional Hockey And Yosemite National Park Belong Together?
Coming to the national park nearest you, professional hockey! OK, not every national park, just Yosemite National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 9th, 2008 5:15pm
Park History: Wind Cave National Park
Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wind Cave National Park preserves not only its namesake cave, but one of the last remnants of the mixed-grass prairie that once covered the majority of the Northern Plains.
- By Chance Finegan - January 9th, 2008 8:30am
Do Cougars Roam Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?
A surprisingly steady flow of cougar sightings in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has park officials looking for the big cats, but so far they've managed to elude the searchers.
SLBE-Cougar Study.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 9th, 2008 4:01am
Will Spring Bring Gorgeous Wildflowers to Death Valley National Park?
Spring 2005 in Death Valley National Park gained venerated status among flower lovers for its incredible wildflower blooms. Those blooms --dubbed the "bloom of the century" -- were trigged by heavy fall and winter rains that dumped nearly 6.5 inches of moisture on Death Valley. So, with 2008 starting out stormy in the West, how will Death Valley's blooms be this spring?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 8th, 2008 4:16pm
Zion National Park's New Backcountry Management Plan Reduces Daily Traffic in The Narrows
It won't be quite so crowded in Zion Narrows under the new backcountry management plan adopted by Zion National Park.
National Park Service Retirees Outline 2008 Goals for Park Service
Science-led decisions. More principled leadership. A halt to fee hikes. Those are some of the things the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees would like to see from the National Park Service this year.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 7th, 2008 3:30am
Segways in the National Parks: Do We Really Need Them?
Two Segway entrepreneurs have their sights on Yosemite and Sequoia national parks as the next frontier for these two-wheeled contraptions.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 6th, 2008 12:21pm
Death Valley's Bobcats Likely Lured In By Poor Food Handling at Inn
Two recent bobcat attacks at Death Valley National Park likely were spurred by poor food handling at the Furnace Creek Inn, according to park officials.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 4th, 2008 4:27pm
Lynx, Long Sought in Yellowstone National Park, Is Caught on Film
One of the most mysterious creatures of the boreal forest, the lynx historically has been tied to Yellowstone National Park. But in recent years, its existence in the park has been hard to document, tied only to a few paw prints and DNA coaxed from scat and hairs. Now park biologists have a photograph to add to their evidence.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 4th, 2008 12:00pm
The Secret Life of Lobsters
I know, this doesn't sound like a park-related read, but it's based around the livelihoods of lobstermen who settled on and around Mount Desert Island more than a century ago.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 4th, 2008 4:13am
