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Can New Ventures Help Save Historic Fort Hancock Buildings At Gateway National Recreation Area?

Gateway National Recreation Area officials are taking another stab at turning historic buildings at Fort Hancock into business ventures that can prevent futher deterioration of the structures.

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By NPT Staff - December 25th, 2013 2:14am

Photography In The National Parks: Dealing With Dancing Snowflakes

Recently a friend wrote to ask where I was spending the winter and when I replied, "Yellowstone," they appeared to be dumbfounded.

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By Deby Dixon - December 24th, 2013 3:02am

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Vicksburg National Military Park Developing "Foundation Document"

The National Park Service is preparing a foundation document to guide planning and management of Vicksburg National Military Park, and is seeking public input on the document.

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By NPT Staff - December 24th, 2013 2:45am

Nine Free Admission Days To National Parks In 2014

There will be nine admission-free days to the National Park System in 2014, though just one falls during the peak vacation months of summer.

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By NPT Staff - December 24th, 2013 2:28am

Consider A Year-End Donation To Your Favorite National Park Friends Group

Trail improvements, interpretive programming, historic preservation, and even transportation are some of the projects tackled by national park friends groups. With time running out in 2013, consider a year-end tax deductible donation to your favorite friends group to help them through 2014.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 23rd, 2013 3:14am

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Reserve An Ocean-Front Cabin At Cape Lookout National Seashore

They're barebones, rustic, Spartan -- choose your adjective -- but the sea-front cabins at Cape Lookout National Seashore are great basecamps if you like to surfcast or simply looking to spend some down time on a decidedly low key seashore.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 23rd, 2013 2:27am

Happy Holidays From Arches National Park, The Video

At this festive time of year, the folks at Arches National Park have sent out this video holiday greeting with ample amounts of red rock and snow.

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By NPT Staff - December 23rd, 2013 2:13am

Yosemite, For What And For Whom?

The path-breaking beginning of America’s national parks in Yosemite is the subject of these two anniversary-related books. For Dayton Duncan, in Seed of the Future, the Yosemite Grant remains the story of a national triumph. For Jen Huntley, in The Making of Yosemite, the act of June 30, 1864, bears irrefutable evidence of a national theft.

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By Alfred Runte - December 22nd, 2013 3:18am

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Exploring The Parks: Big Bend National Park In December

Happy Holidays, everybody! It’s almost the end of the year and after digging up some extra vacation days from beneath the couch cushions, I decided to take a mid-December road trip to Big Bend National Park

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By Rebecca Latson - December 22nd, 2013 2:42am

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Shuttle Bus System Aids Whale And Seal Watchers At Point Reyes National Seashore

The annual migration of Pacific gray whales from waters around Alaska to those off of Mexico is getting underway, and one of the best places to view both the whales and northern elephant seals from the shore is Point Reyes National Seashore. A weekend shuttle bus system, which runs from December 28, 2013, until late March of 2014, helps solve problems with limited parking and crowded roads.

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By Jim Burnett - December 22nd, 2013 2:38am