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A comic strip in my morning newspaper offered an amusing explanation about the Theory of Relativity, and it has a definite application to life in a park: "If you put in a swimming pool...you'll discover relatives you never knew you had." That's a concept anyone who has ever lived or near in a national park can understand!

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By Jim Burnett - June 30th, 2013 3:23am

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Shuttle Bus Service Resumes In Glacier National Park On July 1

Glacier National Park’s free optional shuttle system that provides shuttle services along the Going-to-the-Sun Road will begin operations July 1 and run through Labor Day.

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By NPT Staff - June 30th, 2013 2:49am

Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks Asked To Open More Waters To Canoeists, Kayakers

More rivers and streams in Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks should be open to paddlers, according to the American Whitewater advocacy group, which charges the National Park Service is wrongly banning the activity.

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By NPT Staff - June 30th, 2013 2:27am

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Hunting Permits Available At Cumberland Island National Seashore For Managed Hunts

Cumberland Island National Seashore, one of the park system units were hunting is permitted, on Monday will begin accepting on-line registrations for the 2013-2014 Managed Hunts

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By NPT Staff - June 29th, 2013 2:26am

Fire Restrictions Instituted At Rocky Mountain National Park, Dinosaur National Monument,

A blast of unseasonally hot air, coupled with extremely dry forests, has led to fire restrictions being put into effect at Rocky Mountain National Park and Dinosaur National Monument.

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By NPT Staff - June 28th, 2013 2:57pm

New Exhibits Installed At Petrified Forest National Park's Rainbow Forest Museum

Some new exhibits have been installed at the Rainbow Forest Museum in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

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By NPT Staff - June 28th, 2013 3:32am

Wind Cave National Park To Install New Airlock To Cave Entrance

The revolving door at the Walk-In Entrance to Wind Cave National Park will be replaced with a small airlock structure this winter as a result of a recently completed environmental assessment.

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By NPT Staff - June 28th, 2013 2:54am

Mountain Goat Research Coming To Logan Pass In Glacier National Park

A long-term research project into mountain goats and humans is getting under way in Glacier National Park, where researchers want to better understand how the goats are impacted by people, cars, and infrastructure.

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By NPT Staff - June 28th, 2013 2:34am

Washington State Man Dies At Glacier National Park, Possibly From Fall Off Highline Trail

Glacier National Park authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 64-year-old Washington state man who might have slipped in snow along the Highline Trail and fallen to his death.

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By NPT Staff - June 27th, 2013 8:03am

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Rockefeller Hall To Be Dedicated At Acadia National Park

The National Park Service and Schoodic Institute will dedicate the newly renovated Rockefeller Hall at the Schoodic Education and Research Center in a public ceremony on July 3.

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By NPT Staff - June 27th, 2013 2:43am

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