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2007 National Park Visitation Shows 3 Million Visitor Increase

National park visitation during 2007 showed a boost of roughly 3 million visitors over 2006 totals, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park again led all the "national parks" in visits, with 9.4 million.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 7:36pm

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Western National Parks Contaminated By Airborne Heavy Metals, Pesticides

How do you like your fish seasoned? A little mercury, perhaps some DDT? That's what you might get if you eat fish caught in national parks in the American West.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 6:09pm

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Former Park Service Director Dickenson Passes Away

Russell Dickenson, who managed to survive as director of the National Park Service under four different Interior secretaries and both a Democratic and a Republican president, has died.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 3:30pm

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Olympic National Park Entrance Fees to Stay Unchanged Through 2009

Negative public reaction to a proposed increase in Olympic National Park's entrance fees has prompted park officials to leave the current fees in place through 2009.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 10:12am

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Keeping Track of Grand Teton National Park's Bighorn Sheep

Tick off a list of Grand Teton National Park's wildlife and bison, elk, moose and bears come immediately to mind. Bighorn sheep? Not so quickly, but they're there.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 9:03am

Park History: Grand Canyon National Park

Quick now, how old is Grand Canyon National Park, 100, or 89? Some might say both answers are correct.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2008 7:08am

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Park History: Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park not only is one of America’s most photogenic national parks but, oddly enough, it's one of our most controversial.

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By Chance Finegan - February 26th, 2008 5:00am

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Critics: Changing Gun Laws in National Parks Would Open a "Pandora's Box" of Problems

Allowing national park visitors to carry loaded weapons would open a "Pandora's box" of problems, according to four groups hoping to build public opposition to such a change in park rules.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 25th, 2008 4:02pm

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Coalbed Methane Projected Proposed North of Glacier National Park Tabled

A plan to develop coalbed methane reserves in British Columbia just north of Glacier National Park have been dropped. However, there still are plans to develop coal reserves in the region.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 23rd, 2008 6:50pm

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Rangers Association Points Out Flaws In Secretary Kempthorne's Weapons Logic

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's rationales for potentially opening national parks to concealed weapons are "hypocritical in some cases and just plain wrong in others," according to the president of the Association of National Park Rangers.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 23rd, 2008 10:24am

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