Assateague Island National Seashore

Assateague Island National Seashore Looking for Your Input as it Crafts General Management Plan

Assateague Island National Seashore embraces "one of the largest and last surviving Mid-Atlantic barrier islands possessing a continuum of intact coastal habitats where the full range of natural processes occur with little or no human interference." How should the National Park Service continue to manage that property?

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 28th, 2009 11:14am

Storm Damage Update for Gulf Islands and Assateague Island National Seashores

The coastal storm dubbed Ida may have been a late bloomer, but the November storm left a mess at several parks from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic. Here's an update on the status of two parks: Gulf Islands National Seashore and Assateague Island National Seashore.

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By Jim Burnett - December 28th, 2009 10:45am

Ida Gives Many Atlantic Coast National Parks a Severe Beating

The remains of Tropical Storm Ida have inflicted some of the heaviest damage that Atlantic Coast beaches have seen in quite a few years. NPS units in the impacted area will have a major cleanup & fix up job on their hands.

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By Bob Janiskee - November 13th, 2009 3:18am

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Heavy Surf Expected Along East Coast National Seashores This Weekend

Now that Hurricane Ida has veered eastward and been downgraded to a tropical storm, national seashores located along the East Coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod can expect high surf and gusty conditions heading into the weekend.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 11th, 2009 5:12pm

Wildlife on the Move: Migrations in the National Parks

As the weather cools and available daylight decreases, many wild animals become restless. They know winter is on the way and they could face months of freezing temperatures and food shortages.

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By Jessica Jones - October 1st, 2009 6:00am

National Park Quiz 46: Glaciers

This week’s quiz is all about glaciers and glaciation in the national parks. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “Eskers, depositional landforms composed of stratified gravel and sand, characteristically exist as long, narrow, sinuous ridges with steep sides.”

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By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 4:21pm

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Why, sea horses, of course!

If you're old enough, you just might remember Misty of Chincoteague, the story by Marguerite Henry about the wild horses of Assateague Island.

Here's the backstory from the National Park Service:

National Park Service

www.nps.gov/asis

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 28th, 2009 10:43am

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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.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 18th, 2007 9:18am

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Park History: How the National Seashores Came to Be

For years, summer trips to Cape Cod were an annual ritual for my family. My parents had retired to the Cape, and our boys loved romping in the surf and building castles in the sand. Lobster feasts, game-fishing, and whale watching were added benefits, as were exploring the seashore’s lighthouses, roaming its dunes, and looking for sea creatures in its mudflats.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 28th, 2009 10:44am

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