Replicas of Vintage Buses Returning to North Cascades National Park
They're big, they're red, and they're heading back to North Cascades National Park this summer.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 22nd, 2009 4:00am
Pronghorn Antelope Knocks Two Off Motorcycle in Grand Teton National Park
A Utah couple was knocked off their motorcycle in Grand Teton National Park when a pronghorn antelope slammed into it while trying to cross U.S. Highway 26/89/91.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 22nd, 2009 3:12am
New Southern Lake Michigan Water Trail Includes Indiana Dunes Shoreline
A kayaking expedition and landing site programs inaugurated the Southern Lake Michigan Water Trail on June 13-14. The new paddling route, which extends 40+ miles between Chicago and Michigan City, includes a 15-mile stretch of the waters and shoreline at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 22nd, 2009 3:00am
Naked Hikers Let It All Hang Out On the Summer Solstice
The summer solstice arrived early this morning. Now we’ll experience the longest day, the shortest night, and perhaps a spate of naked hiking.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 21st, 2009 5:00am
June 30 is Deadline for Comments on Death Valley Wilderness Stewardship Plan
If you’d like to comment on wilderness resource values and management alternatives in the largest named wilderness in the continental U.S., you’ve still got time, but you’d better hurry. The deadline for public input on the Death Valley Wilderness Stewardship Plan has been extended to June 30.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 21st, 2009 4:00am
Motorized Tours OK-ed for Cumberland Island National Seashore
Acting on a Congressional mandate, the Park Service will begin offering motorized tours at Cumberland Island National Seashore as soon as the necessary funding can be arranged.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 21st, 2009 3:30am
Dead Whales On a Sullivan's Island Beach Remind Us That There’s No Such Place as “Away”
An exhausted pygmy whale and her calf washed ashore last week near Charleston, South Carolina, and had to be euthanized. The mother whale was starving because she swallowed a plastic bag tossed from a boat.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 20th, 2009 12:50pm
Update: At 25 Years and Counting, Jackson Hole Airport Still Owes For Its Footprint
Jackson Hole Airport still hasn’t compensated the Park Service for the 533-acre footprint it planted inside Grand Teton National Park back in the 1980s. TNC says it’s high time for this 25-year old debt to be paid and suggests how the money can be raised.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 20th, 2009 11:50am
Don’t Do This with Your Helicopter
You can’t let people jump out of your helicopter anywhere you please. You can’t buzz the crowd on the shore. You can’t endanger other visitors when you land your helicopter on a houseboat. And if you keep doing this kind of stuff at Glen Canyon, law enforcement rangers will make your acquaintance and a federal court will help to shape your future.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 20th, 2009 4:01am
Recalling the Wonderland Hotel in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Demolition by Neglect?
Once a popular stopping spot in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Wonderland Hotel no longer exists. This video explains some of the hotel's history.
