A Year in the Parks
The past year was very kind to me in terms of getting out to visit some of the incredible units of our National Park System. Here's a look back at a year in national parks.
Arches National Park
Traveler's Checklist: Bryce Canyon National Park, Winter Edition
Though summer draws the bulk of Bryce Canyon National Park's 1.2 million annual visitors, a strong argument can be made that winter is a more fascinating time to visit this red-rock icon. The sharp contrasts between fresh-fallen snow, cerulean skies, and the park's red-hued amphitheaters are spectacular. If you can manage a winter escape, here are some tips for touring Bryce Canyon.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2010 11:20am
Santa Fe Woman Becomes 1 Millionth Visitor To Arches National Park
It's not often that, upon pulling up to a national park's entrance gate, your arrival is applauded. That's what happened to Victoria Carlson, though, when she arrived at Arches National Park and became the park's 1 millionth visitor of the year.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 2nd, 2010 2:15am
Snapshots of Where To Winter in the National Park System, Cold Weather Edition
Winter long has been regarded as the slow season for national park visits, and that's a good thing if you prefer to have the parks to yourself. With most travelers confined by school schedules to the summer months, and many convinced winter is a bad time to be outdoors, you can savor the best of the parks from coast to coast in winter. Here are some snapshots of wintry fun in the parks that bear that out.
Rocky Mountain-Winter Programs.pdf OLYM-XC Snowshoe trails.pdf MORA-Winter Trails.pdf MORA-Winter Camping.pdf MORA-Winter Recreation.pdf YOSE-Glacier Pt Trails.pdf YOSE-Mariposa in Winter.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2010 2:15am
Republicans On House Natural Resources Committee Planning Big Changes For Public Lands
Fresh off their Election Day tidal wave, and energized by it, Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee are planning big changes for public lands in the West, changes that could greatly impact national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 4th, 2010 3:15am
National Park Mystery Plant 13 Revealed: A Prostrate Little Plant with an Unlovely Name
The liverwort is a small, primitive, flowerless plant that you might easily mistake for moss or lichens.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2010 7:31am
New Director in National Park Service's Intermountain Region Looking Forward to Challenges
John Wessels finds himself in arguably one of the best jobs in the National Park Service, that as director of the agency's sprawling Intermountain Region, and yet there probably aren't many who envy him at this point.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 19th, 2011 12:45pm
Updated: NPCA Names Dirk Kempthorne to Its Board of Trustees
Former Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, a somewhat curious, and likely controversial, move in light of his oversight of the national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 27th, 2010 8:48am
Secretary Salazar Hopes To Negotiate R.S. 2477 Solution With Utah Officials
Long a bone of contention between state, local and federal authorities when it comes to public lands access is a nearly 150-year-old law initially passed to help advance westward expansion. Now Interior Secretary Ken Salazar hopes a pilot program in Utah can generate a solution to R.S. 2477 controversies.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2010 3:15am
John Wessels Appointed Director of National Park Service's Intermountain Region
John Wessels, who has served as the National Park Service’s Intermountain Region associate director for administration, business and technology since 2004, has been named director of the region, the largest in the agency.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 27th, 2010 2:15am
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