Is Senator Feinstein Speaking Out of Both Sides of Her Mouth on National Park Matters?
National parks very well may be one of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's loves, but oysters seemingly trump her view of national park values.
National Park Quiz 60: Bears
This week’s quiz will be a snap if you know your bears. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “Sporadic euthermal arousal imparts an episodic character to hibernation.”
The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges
David and Kay Scott are still traveling the country to stay in as many lodges in the National Park System as possible. The latest edition of their book -- number six if you're counting -- is ready to take its place in your home library.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 24th, 2009 3:52am
National Park Service Launches Website to Help You Plan Your Fourth of July Celebration
With the Fourth of July holiday weekend not too far off, the National Park Service has launched a website that will help you plan your holiday celebration somewhere in the National Park System. And you'd expect the Park Service to have some pointers, as it preserves numerous areas that commemorate the birth of the United States and American Independence.
Grand Canyon National Park Crews Working to Restore Endangered Humpback Chub To Shinumo Creek
There are efforts under way to restore a stream in Grand Canyon National Park with some endangered humpback chub.
Land Donation Will Boost Size of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park By 176 Acres
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park will expand by 176 acres on Thursday as the Civil War Preservation Trust transfers a key part of the battlefield to the National Park Service during ceremonies on historic School House Ridge.
Field Notes From Yosemite: Yosemite's High Country, A Tradition in Educational Excellence
Nestled peacefully in Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows, at roughly 8,600 feet above sea-level, sits Parsons Memorial Lodge, a modest fieldstone structure built in 1915 to celebrate the life and good works of Edward Taylor Parsons. It’s surrounded by some of the most recognized topographical icons in the Sierra Nevada, such as Cathedral Peak, Unicorn Crest, Mountains Dana and Gibbs.
- By Jeff Pappas - June 23rd, 2009 4:17am
Ice Age Floods Trail Commemorates Floods of Unimaginable Ferocity
The Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, America’s first national geologic trail, was established to interconnect sites in four western states that interpret the geologic consequences of some of the biggest floods this planet has ever produced.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 23rd, 2009 4:01am
National Park, New Jersey, Reached for the Gold Ring
National Park, New Jersey is not a national park, nor is it even associated with one. This little town on the Delaware River near Philadelphia got its interesting name because its founding fathers dreamed of bigger things.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 23rd, 2009 4:00am
Inspiring Service in the National Parks
If there ever was a model of the value of service in our national parks, it is Megan Cantrell. She first signed up with the Student Conservation Association during the summer of her junior year in high school. After those hot, grueling months fixing eroded trails in Yellowstone, she was hooked.
- By Andrea Keller Helsel - June 23rd, 2009 3:18am
