Search Under Way for Missing Snowshoer On Mount Rainier
Rangers at Mount Rainier National Park have been working to find a 22-year-old Washington man who was swept down the mountain by an avalanche.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 8:44pm
Senators' Letter to Open National Parks to Concealed Weapons
Attached is the letter a number of senators sent to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne asking him to overturn the National Park Service's ban on concealed weapons in national parks.
Firearms-Parks Letter.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 5:07pm
Robin Winks on the Evolution and Meaning of the Organic Act
The late historian Robin Winks long has been heralded for his distillation of the National Park Service Organic Act. In this, the latest parks essay from the George Wright Society, his words are recalled. Denis Galvin, a former deputy director of the National Park Service, provides an afterword.
George Wright Society-Winks.pdf Winks-National Park Service Organic Act.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 10th, 2015 4:50pm
Senators Pushing To Allow Concealed Weapons in National Parks
There's a move under way in the U.S. Senate to have Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne reverse the National Park Service's ban against the public carrying concealed weapons in the national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 10:58am
Congressional Democrats Working to Keep Hunters Out of Santa Rosa Island
Congressional Democrats are working to see that the omnibus spending bill working its way to President Bush contains language that would bring a halt to private hunts on part of Channel Islands National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 10:16am
National Parks Spending Bill Explanation
For policy wonks, the accompanying attachment explains how the omnibus spending bill aids the national park system. Within its pages you can find some specific appropriations for historic preservation, construction, and land acquisition.
FY08 Omnibus NPS Explanatory .pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 9:45am
Omnibus Bill Provides $2.39 billion 08 Budget for National Park Service
The omnibus spending bill awaiting full Senate action calls for $2.39 billion for the National Park Service in FY08 (which started this past October).
FY08 Omnibus NPS.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2007 11:46am
Assateague Island National Seashore Rangers Troll Internet For Big Catch
The Internet can be a fascinating place, but for one boastful angler it proved her undoing. The woman in question made the mistake of bragging about catching smaller-than-allowed striped bass from Assateague Island National Seashore.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 18th, 2007 9:18am
Park History: Capitol Reef National Park
Walking out of the visitor center at Capitol Reef National Park will be one of the most surreal experiences of your life, as you pass through a portal not only into a red-rock cathedral but also back into the past. The park is a pure slice of heaven in the desert, seemingly waiting for Irma to open up a pie stand.
- By Chance Finegan - December 17th, 2007 8:04pm
Dying in the Parks: Park Service Concerned About Suicides
Each year nearly 100 people attempt suicide somewhere in the national park system. That's a troubling statistic for the National Park Service.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 17th, 2007 9:30am
