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U.S. Highway 89, The Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks

U.S. 89 is a relatively narrow thread of pavement that wends its way 1,600 miles from Glacier National Park in northern Montana to Tumacacori National Historical Park in southern Arizona. Along the way, it passes through five states, past seven units of the National Park System, and through thousands of years of human experience. Ann Torrence captures this sliver of history in words and photographs in a story that is decided off the racetrack known as the interstate highway system.

National Parks Conservation Association Calls President's National Parks Budget Proposal Insufficient

President Obama's $2.7 billion FY2011 budget proposal for the National Park Service is insufficient and fails to keep pace with his pledge to restore the National Park System by 2016, the National Parks Conservation Association said Monday.

President's FY2011 Budget Proposal Seeks $2.7 Billion for National Park Service

President Obama's FY2011 budget proposal calls for $2.7 billion for the National Park Service, a number that includes a $35.3 million increase, to $2.3 billion, over FY2010 levels in operational funding tagged for ecosystem restoration, visitor services, cultural resource preservation and protection, and wildlife initiatives. Overall, though, the $2.7 billion is $21.7 million below FY2010's enacted Park Service budget.
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Updated: Strong Positions Developing As Yosemite National Park Officials Again Attack Merced River Plan

Climbers are expressing concern over how a renewed effort to craft a plan that controls development along the Merced River in the Yosemite Valley could impact their access to certain routes. At the same time, others are urging park officials not to turn Yosemite Valley into a "Popcorn Playground."
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"Green Groups" Offer An Environmental Budget, One That Focuses on Climate Change, Clean Energy, Ecological Health

While President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget proposal is headlining the news today, a coalition of conservation and environmental groups has offered its own approach to federal spending when it comes to the environment, one that would focus on coping with climate change, developing clean energy, and protecting natural resources.