National Parks Traveler

Earlier this summer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar designated three weekends as "entrance free" weekends in the National Park System. Anecdotally, the first of those three weekends attracted larger-than-normal turnouts to many parks. Which makes us wonder, do you mind paying entrance fees, or should they be eliminated?

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 15th, 2009 3:13am

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Rangers Looking for Missing Paddler at Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park rangers were searching Tuesday for a paddler who apparently failed to make it to shore after the canoe he was in overturned on Swiftcurrent Lake.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 14th, 2009 11:56am

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National Park Mystery Spot 1: Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth Used It

It’s a place somewhere in the National Park System. Can you identify it if we give you five clues?

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By Bob Janiskee - December 19th, 2009 10:25am

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Let's Start a Tradition: "Thank a Ranger Day"

When was the last time you thanked a national park ranger?

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 14th, 2009 3:55am

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How To Avoid A Bear Attack in the Great Outdoors, The Cartoon

Sometimes humor is the best approach, wouldn't you agree? That's the approach the folks at Howcast Studios took with their playful video, "How to Avoid a Bear Attack."

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 14th, 2009 3:51am

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Got Long Ties to Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Park Officials Want to Hear From You

Were you born on the landscape now covered by Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or where you perhaps a member of a Civil Conservation Corps group that worked in the park? Or were you in attendance when President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park in 1940? If you fall into any of those groups, park officials want to hear from you.

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 14th, 2009 3:30am

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Nearly 60 Percent of Mt. McKinley Climbers Reached the Summit This Summer

Nearly 60 percent of the climbers who set out to stand atop Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve succeeded this climbing season. However, that accomplishment was overshadowed by the deaths of four climbers.