National Park Mystery Spot 23: Cue Ball's Habitat
This one's a piece of cake for people who are well schooled in pocket billiards, raptors, 70s music, and dead Middle Eastern dictators.
- By Bob Janiskee - April 13th, 2011 4:15am
Reader Participation Day: Is April A Good Time To Mark National Park Week?
Is April really the best month to celebrate National Park Week? After all, some northern tier parks such as Glacier, Yellowstone, and North Cascades have limited access, and many kids are in school and can't get away to the parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 13th, 2011 2:30am
Updated: Historic Structures at Fort Davis National Historic Site Threatened by Major Wildfires
We've grown accustomed to media coverage of property threatened by raging wildfires in California, but… West Texas? Large fires that raced across the high desert last weekend caused major damage in the small town of Fort Davis. Thus far, the key historic structures at Fort Davis National Historic Site have escaped, but it's been a close
call, and fires are still not controlled.
Stripping ESA Protections From Northern Rockies Wolf Packs Could Harm Yellowstone National Park Wolves
Yellowstone National Park wolves, which have brought balance to the park's ecosystem and tens of millions of dollars to its surrounding communities, could find themselves targeted by hunters if an amendment attached to the latest Continuing Resolution remains intact.
Sixty Years Later, "Permanent" Oconaluftee Visitor Center Opens In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The new Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the North Carolina side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is airy, spacious and so beautiful.The museum focusses onthe cultural history of the park.
Traveler's Gear Box: Brooks-Range Mountaineering's Cirro Hoody Jacket
How will a backcountry user honed on down garments react to synthetic insulation? Our intrepid backcountry guide gave the Cirro Hoody Jacket from Brooks-Range Mountaineering a field test. Read her thoughts.
- By Julie Trevelyan - April 12th, 2011 2:34am
New Approach to Measuring Yellowstone National Park's 'Hotspot' Shows Much Larger Plume
A different approach to measuring the geologic hot spot that drives Yellowstone National Park's geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles depicts a plume of molten rock larger than previously thought.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 12th, 2011 2:02am
An Atonement at Fort Sumter
The world knows Fort Sumter as the place where the Civil War started 150 years ago, but I know it as the place where I earned redemption less than two months ago.
Reenactments Highlight Fort Sumter Battle Anniversary Commemoration
One hundred and fifty years ago this Tuesday, April 12, the first salvos of the Civil War were launched when Confederate forces began a 34-hour bombardment that ended with the surrender of Fort Sumter.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 11th, 2011 2:21am
Uncertain Path: A Search For The Future of National Parks
The challenges facing the National Park Service and its collections of parks are daunting, perhaps more so than ever before due to the implications of climate change. William Tweed examines those challenges in a new book, Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.
- By Jeff Pappas - April 11th, 2011 2:07am
