Yosemite National Park Employee Dies in Climbing Accident
A Yosemite National Park wildlife biologist has been killed in a climbing accident in the park's backcountry.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 1st, 2009 5:17pm
Was “Heaven’s Gate” the Worst Movie Ever Filmed in a National Park?
The 1980 movie “Heaven’s Gate,” a mega-flop filmed in Glacier National Park, was so wretched that it nearly destroyed the director’s reputation, helped extinct United Artists, and sent Hollywood westerns to the doghouse.
- By Bob Janiskee - September 1st, 2009 10:50am
Cape Lookout National Seashore Marking Lighthouse's 150th Birthday With Juried Art Exhibit
For 150 years, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse has alerted mariners to the shoals off the North Carolina coast. Among the many events Cape Lookout National Seashore is holding this anniversary year is a juried art exhibit open to painters and photographers alike.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 1st, 2009 10:45am
National Park Foundation, Armed With $500,000 Grant, Working To Bring More Minorities into National Parks
It long has been recognized that the National Park System appeals heavily to Anglo-Americans, and less so to minorities. Head away from the metropolitan areas of California and the East Coast and it often becomes more and more difficult to see many Hispanics, Asians, or African-Americans in the parks. The National Park Foundation hopes to reverse that trend through a grant program fueled with a $500,000 grant from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr., Fund.
Marine Sciences Group Renovating Historic Fort Hancock Building at Gateway National Recreation Area for HQ
Controversy was ignited when the National Park Service tendered a six-decades-long contract to a developer who wanted to turn rundown historic buildings at Gateway National Recreation Area into restaurants, B&Bs, and lecture halls. The same can't be said about a marine sciences group's renovations to another historic building at Gateway.
Too Many Deer in the Nation's Capital? Rock Creek Park Holds a Public Meeting on Wednesday
What's a manager to do when a park has more deer than the area can support? That's a common dilemma in a growing number of areas, but... in Washington, D.C.? Rock Creek Park is holding a public meeting this week to discuss a deer management plan for that site.
- By Jim Burnett - September 1st, 2009 8:50am
National Park Service Reaches Final Agreements To Obtain Land Needed for Flight 93 Memorial
A long, sometimes acrimonious, effort to secure land for the Flight 93 Memorial came to fruition Monday when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the government has reached agreement with all the affected landowners for the properties needed to build the memorial honoring those who died in the western Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001.
Great Smoky’s Highway 441 to be Closed Temporarily for 75th Anniversary Rededication Ceremony
Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441), the only highway crossing Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Gatlinburg and Cherokee, will be closed from sunset Tuesday, September 1, until late afternoon Wednesday, September 2.
- By Bob Janiskee - August 31st, 2009 11:07am
Another "Inland Tsunami" Damages Facilities at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington State has experienced several impressive waves caused by large landslides on the adjacent shoreline. The latest occurred last week, when a slide-triggered wave damaged shoreline facilities at a park campground.
- By Jim Burnett - August 31st, 2009 7:19am
Officials Working to Ensure Recovery Of Endangered Fishes In Upper Colorado River Basin
A longstanding problem for fisheries in the Upper Colorado River Basin is the competing demands for water. It's needed for irrigation, it's needed to generate power, and it's needed, not surprisingly, to sustain fisheries. With drought a frequent visitor to the states of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, how that huge watershed is cooperatively managed is critical for all these demands.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 31st, 2009 5:27am
