Saguaro National Park Officials Considering Use of Microchips To Slow Theft of Namesake Cactus
A needle prick in the not-too-distant future just might safeguard Saguaro National Park's namesake cactus from thieves.
Pilgrim Places: Civil War Battlefields, Historic Preservation, and America’s First National Military Parks, 1863-1900, Part III
As with the southern Pennsylvania countryside surrounding the town of Gettysburg, the struggles between the United States and Confederate armies from 1861 to 1865 often brought war to beautiful places, with many battles fought in the pastoral landscapes of eastern, southern, and middle America— in rolling fields and woods, along rivers and streams, among farmsteads, and often in or near villages, towns, or cities.
Toyota's Donation to Yellowstone National Park: Corporate Greenwashing, or Good Partner?
What do you say about Toyota giving an $800,000 check -- along with the keys to five rigs -- to the Yellowstone Park Foundation? Thank-you-very-much, or thanks, but no thanks? Was this corporate green-washing at its worst, or a wonderful gift that will benefit Yellowstone National Park and children who know too little about the natural world?
What's the Solution For Cape Hatteras National Seashore?
The spit of sand that buffers the North Carolina coast from the worst the Atlantic Ocean can toss at it carries a wide array of contentious issues that seemingly have no easy answers. And as with most contentious issues, there's no doubt a measure of spin when talk comes to access at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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- By Kurt Repanshek - August 15th, 2008 5:20pm
Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Reorganization of 1933 Impacted the National Park System Like No Other Event Before or Since
What’s the single most significant date in the evolution of the National Park System? It’s hard to argue with August 10, 1933. That’s when the Reorganization of 1933 took effect, and no other event in the history of the national parks before or since can match it for the sheer scale and portent of its long-lasting impacts.
Cedar Breaks National Monument About to Turn 75
In geologic time, something that's quite evident at Cedar Breaks National Monument, 75 years is pretty insignificant. But that doesn't mean the folks who operate the monument and those who take pride that it's in their backyard aren't going to throw a heck of a birthday party.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 14th, 2008 6:45pm
Summer Slump? Lodging Deals To Be Found At Shenandoah National Park
Could high gas prices be impacting national park visitation as the last gasp of summer sets in? That question comes up in the wake of a pretty impressive lodging deal being offered in Shenandoah National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 14th, 2008 5:20pm
MSNBC’s Top 10 National Park Lodges List Draws Curmudgeonly, but Gentle Criticism
MSNBC has compiled a Top 10 National Park Lodges list for the purpose of helping us choose where to “sleep in style on a summer escape to our nation's national parks.” They might want to re-state that. Two of the lodges aren’t in the United States and another is said to be in a park that, technically speaking, doesn’t exist yet.
- By Bob Janiskee - August 11th, 2008 5:42pm
Remnants of Golf Course Being Removed from Rocky Mountain National Park
Nearly 50 years after the thwack of a golf club meeting a little white ball could be heard near Rocky Mountain National Park, the remnants of the 9-hole course are being erased by park crews.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 13th, 2008 1:29pm
National Park Quiz 15: Ring of Fire
This week’s quiz tests your knowledge of geologic features and processes in the national parks that lie within the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that rings the Pacific Basin. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we'll make you write "convergent boundary" 100 times on the whiteboard.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:05am
