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Work Starts Monday On Stehekin Winter Ferry Landing Project at North Cascades National Park

Work on what is described as the "most notable improvement to the Stehekin Ferry Landing in almost 40 years" in North Cascades National Park Complex begins Monday.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 18th, 2011 2:39am

Science in the National Parks: The Video

Along with offering incredible landscapes to explore, the National Park System offers researchers incredible "laboratories" to learn more about the world around us, as this short video explains.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 18th, 2011 1:00am

America's Great Outdoors Report Carries Lofty Goals That Need Widespread Support For Success

Though bold and lofty in its vision, with chapters devoted to youth, communities, both public and private lands, and heritage, the Obama administration's detailed report on how to reconnect the country to its outdoors landscape is threatened to be undercut by today's fiscal and political realities.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2011 2:50am

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National Park Mystery Photo 32 Revealed: One of Three In a Row

The recent haste in which readers have been solving the Traveler's Mystery Photos prompted us to go to extremes this time around and use a more tightly cropped photo.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 21st, 2011 9:23am

Photo Exhibit To Benefit Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks

Another photo exhibit is scheduled to benefit national parks, this one in Seattle with the proceeds to go towards programs at Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades national parks.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2011 2:20am

Arizona Officials Planning Shooting Range Near Walnut Canyon National Monument

Unless Arizona officials change their minds, a visit to Walnut Canyon National Monument soon could be against the staccato backdrop of gunfire courtesy of a shooting range the state intends to build near the monument.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2011 2:20am

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U.S. Senator, Colorado Governor Lobby National Park Service To Allow Bike Race Through Colorado National Monument

National Park Service officials are being lobbied by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to allow a professional bike race to zoom through Colorado National Monument.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 16th, 2011 2:34am

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Wind Cave National Park Elk Capture Scheduled to Start Thursday

As long as the weather allows, crews will head into Wind Cave National Park on Thursday and Friday if necessary to round up 35 elk and fit them with radio collars so their movements can be monitored.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 16th, 2011 2:26am

National Park Mystery Photo 32: What Object Might This Be?

With hopes of baffling the most-skilled of national park sleuths we've gone to extremes with our cropping tool for the Traveler's latest Mystery Photo. Winners need not only identify what it is, but locate the park in which it was taken.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 21st, 2011 9:21am

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Reader Participation Day: Where in The National Parks Do You Head To Bird, and What Birds Do You Hope To See?

Birding is one of the many popular activities in the National Park System, and by carrying your binoculars and perhaps a field guide to help you identify what you see, you quickly can expand your "life list" during a park visit. If you're a birder, where in the system do you go, and what are you looking for?

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 16th, 2011 2:18am