National Park Mystery Spot 8: Higher! Higher!
Wretched poetry will take you to this mystery spot located somewhere in the National Park System.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:23am
Reader Participation Day, Valentine's Edition: For That Romantic National Park Getaway, Lodge or Tent?
With Valentine's Day this Sunday, it seems only appropriate that this week's question revolve around romance. So tell us, would your beau/significant other prefer a national park getaway spent in a lodge, or in a tent?
Experts Piece Together A Jigsaw Puzzle of Broken Gypsum at Mammoth Cave National Park
Piecing together a Jigsaw puzzle is challenging even when you have a picture to guide you. Imagine the challenge Jim Werker and Val Hildreth-Werker faced when they were confronted by 600 pounds of fragile gypsum pieces that they were tasked with putting back in place in a passageway in Mammoth Cave National Park's Crystal Cave.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 10th, 2010 3:48am
The Dark Side of National Park Visits
When you're planning a visit to a national park, don't overlook the dark side. No, we aren't suggesting you join forces with Darth Vader, but many parks offer a great opportunity to enjoy a view that's unfortunately becoming increasingly rare—the night sky. An upcoming nationwide event and several other opportunities can help you protect and enjoy the beauty of the night.
- By Jim Burnett - February 10th, 2010 3:25am
Zion National Park Commemorative Coin Out of This World
An astronaut aboard the space shuttle Endeavour is carrying with him a Zion National Park commemorative coin, an expression, perhaps, that the park's red-rock landscape is other worldly.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2010 3:25am
How to Have "The Best Field Trip Ever" at Gettysburg National Military Park
Anyone who has ever been part of a school field trip knows that such events can be a fun…or frantic experience. The folks at Gettysburg National Military Park have prepared a kit to help anyone planning such expeditions to that park to have the "Best Field Trip Ever!"
- By Jim Burnett - February 9th, 2010 3:24am
Dinosaur National Monument Crews Recognized For Removing Ruins From Recommended Wilderness
Not all proposed wilderness areas are always pristine. Some have waning vestiges of an early day. In Dinosaur National Monument, for instance, there long have been some falling down structures in an area along the Green River that has been recommended for wilderness designation. It took a while, but crews from the monument were able to remove all the facilities from the setting.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2010 3:22am
1,000-Mile Yukon Quest Dogsled Race Under Way in Alaska
In one of the "Iron man," or perhaps "Iron dog," events of sled-dog racing, the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest race is under way, with 24 teams mushing from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Whitehorse in the Canadian Yukon. The trail follows historic Gold Rush and Mail Delivery routes from the turn of the 20th Century, and passes through part of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 9th, 2010 3:04am
Corps of Engineers Rules Against Road Tunneling Beneath the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided not to allow the North Carolina Transportation Department to build a four-lane highway beneath a stretch of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
Corps_letter_to_NCDOT_Oct_2009.pdf
- By Wally Smith - February 8th, 2010 11:25am
With Some Quick Flourishes Of the Pen, Great Smoky Mountains National Park's "Road to Nowhere" Saga Ends
It promised to be the biggest event in Western North Carolina in 67 years – bigger certainly than when Eric Rudolph was caught dumpster diving in Murphy. The North Shore Road controversy in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was over. Swain County was going to get its $52 million over 10 years -- an amount calculated as the present value of the road that was flooded in 1943 to create Fontana Lake and Fontana Dam.
