Odds and Ends From Around the National Parks
A potpourri of items relating to, or brushing by, the national parks. Some interesting, some educational, some to ponder.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 10th, 2010 1:15am
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Plans To Burn Fields in Cades Cove This Week
If you're planning a drive through Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this week, you might want to postpone it, as park crews are planning to burn about 700 acres of fields in the cove.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2010 1:37am
Updated: North Face Deal Could Generate Big Bucks for National Park Foundation, But Is It A Good Deal For You?
A deal was announced the other day that could end up sending $150,000 to the National Park Foundation...but is it a good deal for you?
Another Month, Another Visitation Record in Yellowstone National Park
Another month, another visitation record at Yellowstone National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2010 1:25am
Snapshots of Where To Winter in the National Park System, Cold Weather Edition
Winter long has been regarded as the slow season for national park visits, and that's a good thing if you prefer to have the parks to yourself. With most travelers confined by school schedules to the summer months, and many convinced winter is a bad time to be outdoors, you can savor the best of the parks from coast to coast in winter. Here are some snapshots of wintry fun in the parks that bear that out.
Rocky Mountain-Winter Programs.pdf OLYM-XC Snowshoe trails.pdf MORA-Winter Trails.pdf MORA-Winter Camping.pdf MORA-Winter Recreation.pdf YOSE-Glacier Pt Trails.pdf YOSE-Mariposa in Winter.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2010 1:22am
Lost in a Blizzard of Canine Confusion On the Blue Ridge Parkway
Enjoying winter in the national parks doesn't mean traveling west to the Rockies or High Sierra. There are more than enough wintry adventures in the east at parks such as Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah, and as Randy Johnson explains in the following article, even along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- By Randy Johnson - November 9th, 2010 1:15am
Another Update on the My Yahoo! Problems
Just a quick update on efforts to restore the Traveler's feed on My Yahoo! In short, they're still working on the problem.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 8th, 2010 3:23pm
"Moon Buggies" Quietly Cruise the Roads at Craters of the Moon
Operating a couple of little GEM e2 electric vehicles is an interesting facet of this park's greening strategy.
- By Bob Janiskee - November 8th, 2010 2:59am
Civil War Preservation Trust Working To Save 49 Acres Surrounded by Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Reading about the Civil War is one thing, walking across the battlefields is something entirely different. As you follow the rise and fall of the landscape, see the forests, the cannons, the earthworks, it's not hard to imagine the terrible fighting that took place 150 years ago.
More Black-Footed Ferrets Call Wind Cave National Park Home
Another dozen black-footed ferrets now call Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota home, the result of plague preventing their release elsewhere in the West.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 8th, 2010 1:56am
