The Grand Canyon: A Quick Peek
This short video gives you a quick overall of that hole in the ground known as the Grand Canyon.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 22nd, 2010 5:00am
Take a Historical Tour of LBJ Country with a Former "First Daughter" – On Your Bicycle
The LBJ Ranch and other key sites in the Texas Hill Country associated with President Lyndon B. Johnson are now part of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. An event on March 27 will offer the chance to explore the area by bicycle on four separate tour routes, including a special historical tour narrated by Luci Baines Johnson, the former president's youngest daughter
- By Jim Burnett - February 21st, 2010 4:45am
Will The Long-Desired "Completion" Of Canyonlands National Park Ever Arrive?
From the lip of Grand View Point, an immense ruddy sweep of a landscape in a constant state of decay runs before your eyes. And yet, though you're in the heart of Canyonlands National Park, not all you see is within the park. And for many, that's a problem that should have been corrected long ago.
Completing Canyonlands NPCA.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 21st, 2010 4:45am
Return of the Peregrine Prompts Viewing Opportunities and Seasonal Closures in Several Parks
Peregrine falcons have long fascinated humans with their beauty, speed and dramatic dives, but the birds had all but disappeared from much of North America only a few years ago. They're making a dramatic comeback, and seasonal closures of key nesting areas in several parks are both helping in that recovery and offering opportunities to see the birds.
- By Jim Burnett - February 21st, 2010 4:30am
Final Batch of Fishers to Be Freed in Olympic National Park
Three years have passed since Washington state and Olympic National Park officials embarked down the road of fisher recovery in the national park. On Saturday, the final batch of these weasel-like predators were to be set free into the park's backcountry.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 20th, 2010 5:00am
Everglades National Park Works to Control Boaters' Speed To Protect Manatees
With hopes of reducing collisions between boaters and manatees, officials at Everglades National Park are establishing speed limits in Chokoloskee Bay near Chokoloskee Island.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 20th, 2010 5:00am
Nesting Bald Eagles Mean Trail Restrictions at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Does anyone remember back in the 1970s when the fate of the bald eagle seemed questionable because of DDT? These majestic birds have recovered so well that they're showing up in more and more parts of the country, and not just winging their way to somewhere else. At Cuyahoga Valley National Park signs of bald eagles nesting in the Pinery Narrows Area of the park have prompted park officials to institute some trail restrictions to give the birds a little privacy for the next few months.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 20th, 2010 4:45am
Special Backcountry Tours of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Slated for March
As with Mesa Verde National Park, much of the backcountry at Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona normally is closed to the public to protect the artifacts. However, in March rangers will be leading special tours to some of the sites in celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 20th, 2010 4:35am
Proposed Boundary Change Would Add Nearly 241 Acres to Olympic National Park
A boundary change being proposed at Olympic National Park would add nearly 241 acres to the park in the name of sockeye salmon habitat protection.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 20th, 2010 4:30am
British Columbia, Montana Officials Sign Agreement to Protect Glacier, Waterton Lakes National Parks
Officials from British Columbia and Montana have finalized an agreement to collaborate on protecting the environment of the Flathead River Basin from energy development. The agreement not only is designed to safeguard Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in British Columbia from environmental contamination, but goes further, promising that the two will work on climate change issues as well as renewable energy solutions.
