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Snowmobile Industry Works With Park Partners To Install Warming Huts At Voyageurs National Park

Three new warming huts are going up in Voyageurs National Park thanks to a donation from a major player in the snowmobile industry.

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By NPT Staff - November 9th, 2012 2:44am

The Hawaiian Petrel, Ready To Take Flight At Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park

Though November finds relatively few bird species nesting or fledging chicks in the United States, at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park this is the time of year when one of the state's rarest endemic seabird species, the Hawaiian petrel, watches its youngsters take wing.

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By NPT Staff - November 9th, 2012 2:33am

Farm Dating To Revolutionary War Added To Minute Man National Historical Park In Massachusetts

A 300-year-old house and its surrounding farm have been restored and added to Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts, bringing to the park a Revolutionary War landmark.

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By NPT Staff - November 9th, 2012 2:07am

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Musings On Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park

I really didn’t know exactly what to expect when I pulled up to the first overlook at Black Canyon. But when I walked to the edge of the canyon at Tomichi Point and looked down, the only thing I could think was "Oh, my goodness!"

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By Lee Dalton - November 9th, 2012 1:54am

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Effort Fails In San Francisco To Move Towards Draining Hetch Hetchy Valley In Yosemite National Park

A ballot initiative designed to move San Francisco away from reliance on the reservoir that submerged the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park was overwhelmingly rejected by voters.

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By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 7:47am

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Historic Stone Walls At Mammoth Cave National Park To Be Documented, Rebuilt

In advance of work to redesign the Green River Ferry landing in Mammoth Cave National Park, workers will be documenting historic stone retaining walls that will be taken down, and then rebuilt in their original design.

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By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 2:54am

Climate Change Interns Study Butterflies And Brook Trout In The National Park System

Students with the Park Service's George Melendez Wright Climate Change Interns and Fellows program studied butterflies at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and brook trout at St. Croix National Scenic Riverway to study the effects of climate change.

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By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 1:58am

Yellowstone National Park Staffer Blends Armed Forces Veteran With Park Service Career

These days Dan Hottle works in the public affairs office at Yellowstone National Park. But prior to his Park Service career, he was a Marine on active duty in the Middle East. Join him in honoring other armed forces veterans in the national parks during the Veterans Day Weekend.

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By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 1:36am

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Glacier National Park, Partners Honored For Collaborating On "Ice Patch Archaeology"

The Glacier National Park Ice Patch Archaeology and Paleoecology Project was recently awarded the Department of the Interior's 2012 Partners in Conservation Award in recognition of outstanding conservation achievements attained through collaboration and partnership.

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By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2012 1:26am

Reader Participation Day: Which Movie That Incorporates A National Park Setting Is Your Favorite?

National parks have served as backdrops for countless movies. Death Valley National Park played a role in Star Wars, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, of course, was prominently featured in North by Northwest, and Thelma & Louise drove through parts of Canyonlands National Park. Which movie, with a national park in a cameo role, is your favorite?

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By NPT Staff - November 7th, 2012 2:33am

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