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The National Park Service recently completed an acquisition to add more than 100 acres to Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Florida.

A proposed national urban park in Windsor has taken a big step forward with the completion of the Ojibway Shores land transfer from Transport Canada to Parks Canada.

An unexpectedly large snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin is expected to raise the elevation of Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area higher than previously forecast, leading to the likelihood of more boat ramps being in use this summer.