National Park Mystery Plant 4 Revealed: The “Tree from Hell” is the Tree-of-Heaven
Did you correctly identify the tree of heaven as the Mystery Plant of yesterday’s quiz?
- By Bob Janiskee - December 20th, 2009 8:46am
Funding Will Help Repair Historic Gun Batteries at Gateway National Recreation Area's Sandy Hook Unit
Congress has provided $800,000 for the National Park Service to have repairs and restoration done to the historic gun batteries in the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, according to U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 19th, 2009 3:17pm
Search Now In Its Third Day for Missing Hunter At Big Cypress National Preserve
Searchers headed out for a third day Thursday morning to look for a 30-year-old hunter who walked away from his camp Monday in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 19th, 2009 8:12am
National Park Mystery Plant: 4: This “Tree from Hell” Smells Like Rancid Peanut Butter
This tree is an Asian import that grows fast, spreads fast, damages ecosystems and crop land, and is very tough to eradicate. It stinks, too.
- By Bob Janiskee - December 20th, 2009 8:42am
Sunset and Moonlight Hikes and Talks at Saguaro National Park
Late fall is a great time for outdoor activities at Saguaro National Park near Tucson, and if you're in that area and want to work off some Thanksgiving dinner calories, the park is offering some special sunset and moonlight hikes and programs in late November and early December.
- By Jim Burnett - November 19th, 2009 3:48am
National Park Mystery Spot 5 Revealed: You’ll Find It At the Bottom of the Grand Canyon
Were you able to solve yesterday’s mystery spot quiz?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 9:25am
Search Under Way For Missing Hunter In Big Cypress National Preserve
An intensive search is under way in Big Cypress National Preserve for a hunter who walked away from his camp and hasn't been seen since.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2009 11:20am
This Time, the SPOT Alert Was Real, Leading Grand Canyon National Park Rangers to Man With Broken Leg
This time the signal from SPOT really was sent seeking aid with a medical emergency, alerting Grand Canyon National Park rangers to a man with a fractured leg deep in the canyon.
House Committee Asked to Support Castle Nugent National Historic Site in the Virgin Islands
Congress is being urged to take one of the longest-operating cattle ranches in the Virgin Islands and add it to the National Park System as a national historic site.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2009 4:48am
National Park Foundation Helps Fund Eradication of Russian-Olive in Utah
Russian-olive can be an interesting addition to your landscape, with its dense coat of silvery leaves, bright yellow flowers, and relatively compact stature. But it also is a non-native tree that can overwhelm native vegetation, hog water, and disrupt nutrient cycles. In Utah, the National Park Foundation is helping combat this invasive by providing funding to a coalition trying to eradicate Russian-olive from public lands in the southern part of the state.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2009 4:24am
