National Park Mystery Spot 21: Alas, Poor Hillside Homes
National Park Mystery Spot 21 is a place you've almost certainly seen.
- By Bob Janiskee - February 10th, 2011 5:15am
Reader Participation Day: Are You Heading To A New Park This Year? Which One, And Why?
Many of us go to the same national park, or parks, year after year after year. Do you fall into that category, or are you someone who looks to a new park every year, or every few years? If you're planning to visit a park for the first time this year, which one, and why?
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2011 3:15am
Bison, Pine Nuts, Trout and Grizzlies: Perfect Storm For Yellowstone National Park's Wildlife Managers?
Yellowstone National Park's northern range at times has been labeled "America's Serengeti" for the rich and diverse wildlife that inhabits it. But today, with native trout imperiled by non-native predators, whitebark pine trees at risk of climate change, and bison being cut off from valuable winter habitat and at times slaughtered, is the ecosystem unraveling?
Valley Forge National Historical Park Officials Honored By NPCA
The superintendent and chief of planning and resource management for Valley Forge National Historical Park have been honored by the National Parks Conservation Association for their stewardship of the park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2011 3:15am
Traveler Classic: Rare Motion Pictures Show Civil War Veterans at Gettysburg
With the Civil War 150th anniversary commemoration gathering steam, this is a good time to reach into the Traveler archives for one of our all-time popular posts: links to videos showing movies of Civil War veterans at the Gettysburg 75th anniversary reunion in 1938. Get ready for goosebumps.
- By Bob Janiskee - February 8th, 2011 8:58am
Grand Teton National Park, The Land of Legends
Technology and art often are intertwined to bring a subject to life. For Mike Cavaroc, Grand Teton National Park was the subject, and time-lapse photography was his tool for bringing the park to life.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 8th, 2011 3:15am
Glacier National Park Rangers to Lead Moonlight Cross-Country Ski, Weather Permitting
Night-time cross-country ski excursions can be wonderful opportunities to see a national park landscape from a different perspective. On February 19, Glacier National Park rangers will lead a four-mile ski for all interested, weather permitting of course.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 8th, 2011 3:15am
150th Anniversary of Lincoln's Inaugural Journey Commemorated in Sixteen Cities This Month
This month marks the 150th Anniversary of the trip by then President-elect Abraham Lincoln from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C. The National Park Service will commemorate the journey by sponsoring programs from February 11 to February 23 in sixteen cities and towns where Lincoln made stops and remarks during his trip.
- By Jim Burnett - February 8th, 2011 2:15am
Traveler's Checklist: Crater Lake National Park
Despite its deep, shimmering namesake lake, Crater Lake National Park is one of the lesser visited of the great national parks. For those who make the journey, that's a great reward. For those who don't, well, they're missing something special.
- By [email protected] - February 7th, 2011 3:41pm
Olympic National Park, Tribes to Continue Study of Kokanee Salmon in Lake Crescent
Are the kokanee salmon in Lake Crescent at Olympic National Park a genetically unique population that dates back several thousand years to when the lake was formed, or are they progeny of hatchlings released nearly a century ago?
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 7th, 2011 8:54am
