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Less than a mile from the St. Mary entrance to Glacier National Park, the St. Mary Lodge & Resort is well situated for a stay on the park's eastern border. With Divide Peak rising high overhead, and Divide Creek babbling along the property, the resort normally is a good basecamp. But a recent stay pointed to some serious problems.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2010 3:15am

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Interior Sec Salazar Glad to See Everglades National Park Returned to "In Danger" List

While the Bush administration worked to see the United Nations remove Everglades National Park from its list of World Heritage Sites "in danger," the Obama administration applauded the UN's decision to again give the park that tag.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2010 2:26am

Secretary Salazar Hopes To Negotiate R.S. 2477 Solution With Utah Officials

Long a bone of contention between state, local and federal authorities when it comes to public lands access is a nearly 150-year-old law initially passed to help advance westward expansion. Now Interior Secretary Ken Salazar hopes a pilot program in Utah can generate a solution to R.S. 2477 controversies.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2010 2:19am

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National Parks To Waive Entrance Fees August 14 and 15

Another weekend in the national parks free of entrance fees will be marked August 14 and 15, a weekend that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar hopes will lure more visitors to the parks.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2010 2:35am

New Rules For Fires on Ocean Beach At Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Beach fires long have flickered at night on Ocean Beach in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. But now park officials are trying to rein-in some of the behavior that has flared up around some of these night-time activities.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2010 2:29am

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National Parks Road Trip 2010: Return to the Missouri Headwaters

Greetings from Great Falls, Montana, where the Corps of Discovery encountered five large waterfalls on the Missouri River that delayed by several weeks their trip to the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had expected a single falls they would be able to portage in a day. Rather, they found five significant falls that required nearly two weeks of backbreaking toil.

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By David and Kay Scott - August 1st, 2010 2:22am

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Learn About Restoration of Herring River at Cape Cod National Seashore

For more than a century the Herring River, which flows through Cape Cod National Seashore, has struggled ecologically due to a dike built to keep mosquitoes from breeding in the surrounding salt water marsh. Now a collaborative effort is under way to restore the ecosystem.