National Park Mystery Spot 2: You Walk Around, I’ll Walk In
Can you identify this national park mystery spot with just six clues?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:57am
An Untimely Accident Fatally Injures a Colorado National Monument Bicyclist
Last Saturday afternoon, 65-year old Stanley Dodson, an avid cyclist and freshly-retired university professor, became the first person in the 98-year history of Colorado National Monument to be fatally injured while bicycling in the park.
- By Bob Janiskee - August 26th, 2009 4:02am
Poor Snow Conditions at Mount Rainier National Park Make Hiking the Muir Snowfield Trickier Than Usual
If you're planning to tackle the Muir Snowfield during a late-summer trip to Mount Rainier National Park, be sure to pack your crampons and ice axe, as deteriorating snow conditions are making this hike a little trickier than normal for this time of year.
Reader Participation Day: What Indelible Image Best Reminds You of the National Parks?
If you've stood before Old Faithful as it erupts against a golden sunset, or perhaps a frosty sunrise, you're likely going to carry that image with you for the rest of your life. Or maybe the profile of Half Dome, as seen from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, leaps first to mind when you think of national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 26th, 2009 3:34am
Men Who Allegedly Poached Deer In Yosemite National Park Were Cornered By Their Own Records Of the Hunts
If you're going to poach in a national park, that last thing you ever, ever, ever want to do is keep written records of your hunts. That was one of the key mistakes a trio of California men apparently made in going after trophy mule deer in a remote corner of Yosemite National Park.
"Wilderness Wal-Mart" Near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Gets Go-Head From Virginia Officials
An effort to keep Wal-Mart from building a Supercenter on hallowed ground near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park has failed, with Orange County, Virginia, officials saying, "(T)his was a private deal between a private landowner and private business."
Does Ashy Storm Petrel Ruling Imply that Bush-Era “Ignore the Science” Policies are Being Perpetuated at DOI?
Brushing aside scientific evidence that the ashy storm petrel population is in profound decline, the Interior Department has ruled that this seabird doesn’t deserve federal protection. Having expected better from the new administration, disappointed environmentalists think it looks like same-old, same-old at Interior.
Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave: Time For Some Serious Upgrades
Crumbling infrastructure. Pitiful toilets. Overrun habitat. Those are just some of the things that have Sequoia National Park officials wanting to do some major restoration and rehabilitation work at Crystal Cave. And so they're asking for your thoughts on the proposal.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 25th, 2009 3:20am
Happy Birthday National Park Service!
For trivia buffs, today, the 25th of August, marks the 93rd birthday of the National Park Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 25th, 2009 3:01am
Grizzly Yearling At Glacier National Park Died From Lacerated Jugular Vein
A young grizzly that Glacier National Park officials had hoped to send off to a zoo died from a lacerated jugular vein somehow sustained during an attempt to tranquilize the bear, officials said Monday.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 24th, 2009 4:58pm
