Reader Participation Day: How Many National Parks Do You Want To Visit In Your Lifetime?
Is 'bagging all of the national parks' a goal you've set for yourself?
- By Bob Janiskee - August 31st, 2011 2:35am
Website Launched To Garner Support For Protection Of Public Lands Around Glacier National Park
With hopes of building more support to protect the fragile landscapes surrounding Glacier National Park from mining, a coalition of non-profit groups has launched a website to promote legislation to safeguard the region.
Wolf Trap Foundation For Performing Arts To Offer Discount To Active-Duty Military Personnel In September
Tickets for September performances at The Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts will be discounted for active-duty military personnel and their families and friends.
Congresswoman Bachmann Would Support Drilling For Oil In Everglades National Park
It's been nearly four years since Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said he would support drilling for oil beneath Everglades National Park if there were substantial reserves there. Well, Mr. Thompson soon left that race, but another GOP presidential hopeful says she'd do the same thing.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 30th, 2011 2:54am
Addition of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Pushes Number of National Park System Units to 395
The addition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to the National Park System brings the total number of units in the system to 395.
Heritage Walk at Cumberland Gap NHP will Reconnect Visitors with Three Centuries of History
The Wilderness Road that travels through the Cumberland Gap has been the scene of centuries of and countless tales of heartbreak and joy, loss and discovery. Visitors can
discover some of these stories during the "Within the Shadows of Cumberland Gap" Heritage Walk on Saturday, September 3, at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
- By Jim Burnett - August 30th, 2011 1:07am
Hiker In Grand Canyon National Park Apparent Victim of Heat
Grand Canyon National Park rangers have recovered the body of a hiker who apparently fell victim to the high heat of the canyon's Inner Gorge.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 29th, 2011 6:32pm
Updated: Hiker In Yellowstone National Park Died From Grizzly Attack
A hiker whose body was found in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park was killed by a grizzly bear, according to autopsy results released Monday by park officials.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 29th, 2011 11:24am
Hurricane Irene Washes Out Road at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Various Damage At Other East Coast National Park Units
Reaching Cape Hatteras National Seashore by vehicle in the near future will be hard, if not impossible, due to breaching of Highway 12 by storm waters from Hurricane Irene.
National Park Service Issues 5-Year "Call To Action" Plan For Moving Toward Its Second Century
A more expansive, and inclusive, National Park System, stronger educational outreach, and a revised approach for managing today's natural and cultural resource challenges are among goals laid out in a blueprint for leading the National Park Service into its second century.
