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The Traveler's First "Take Your Family to The National Parks" Essay Contest

If you've always dreamed of visiting a national park, and wanted to take your family along, here's your opportunity. Three grand-prize winners of the Traveler's first Take Your Family to the National Parks essay contest will win lodging for four members of their family in one of the country's national parks, and some gear to help to help them enjoy the trip.

Updated: The National Park Foundation And The Special "National Parks Edition" Toyota FJ Cruiser

A promotion announced late in December, one that pairs the National Park Foundation with a massive Toyota sport utility vehicle, appears to be at odds with the foundation's stated mission and the National Park Service's approach to climate change.

Business Survey On Cape Hatteras National Seashore ORV Management Plan's Impacts Points to Uncertainty

A strong majority of businesses along Cape Hatteras National Seashore believe rules that restrict access of off-road vehicles and pedestrians for the benefit of nesting shorebirds and sea turtles will harm their operations.
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The Gate Lodges Of Acadia National Park: Rockefeller's Little Castles

Photographer and writer Steve Perrin was working in the planning office at Acadia when he lived at Brown Mountain gate house (or “gate lodge” as it’s officially called) during the winter of 1995–1996, “a true Maine winter, very cold with lots of snow.” Like other park employees before and after, Perrin was housed in a magnificent piece of history, employee housing whose great beauty belies its commonplace purpose.

Federal Appeals Board Orders That Teresa Chambers Be Restored As Chief of U.S. Park Police

After a seven-year odyssey that pitted political appointees in the Interior Department and National Park Service against a public servant who spoke out on how staff cuts would impact public safety, a federal appeals board has ordered the Park Service to reinstate Teresa Chambers as chief of the U.S. Park Police.
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The NPS Area Known as "LONG" Now Has a New, and Longer, Name

Many park fans know that each NPS site is assigned a 4-letter designation for administrative purposes, and that abbreviation is also used as part of each park's website address. Yellowstone, for example, is "YELL." The NPS unit dubbed LONG now has a longer, and more descriptive, official name. Do you know where it's located?

The National Park Service Played a Vital Role in the Buffalo Soldiers Mapping Project

The National Park Service's CRGIS facility produced maps of significant Buffalo Soldier sites using data supplied by African American and Indian college students working with the Warriors Project to document the "shared history" of black soldiers and American Indians in the frontier West.