National Park Mystery Photo 49 Revealed: Wind Plus Sand Plus Time Equals Erosion
What we have here is a reminder that wind is a powerful agent of erosion.
- By Bob Janiskee - May 11th, 2012 5:03am
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Islands National Park To Celebrate Decade Of Bald Eagle Recovery
Since bald eagle recovery efforts began at Channel Islands National Park in 2002, the number of resident bald eagles in the park has grown to more than 30. On May 19 the park will celebrate this achievement with a day full of activities.
- By NPT Staff - May 5th, 2012 3:00am
Good Start: Bald Eagle Chick Hatches At Channel Islands National Park
It wasn't too long ago that you couldn't find a nesting bald eagle at Channel Islands National Park, but things are definitely different today. Just the other day the 2012 bald eagle breeding season got of to a record start with the earliest known natural hatching of a bald eagle chick on the Channel Islands, according to park staff.
- By NPT Staff - March 9th, 2012 3:00am
House GOP Expected To Resume Push To Exempt Border Patrol From Environmental Laws Across National Parks
When Congress returns to Washington later this month, watch for Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee to resume a push to exempt the Border Patrol from a wide variety of environmental and National Park Service regulations.
Birding in the National Parks
This past year we started a bimonthly column on birding in the national parks, which is a great way to enjoy the parks while learning more about the hundreds of species that flit about the National Park System. Here's a look back at those columns.
- By NPT Staff - December 27th, 2011 3:00am
Massive Restoration Effort Aimed At Improving Coastal Wetlands At Channel Islands National Park
Restoring landscapes is not always easy, but when they are restored, the benefits to the surrounding ecosystem can be highly measurable. At Channel Islands National Park off California's coast, restoring Prisoners Harbor will bring back a particularly rare landscape -- a coastal wetland.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 29th, 2011 3:00am
Public Access To Santa Rosa Island At Channel Islands National Park To Be Restricted For Deer, Elk Hunt
Public access to most of Santa Rosa Island at Channel Islands National Park will be restricted in the coming months to allow for a final hunt of non-native deer and elk on the island.
Rare Bird At Channel Islands National Park: First California Common Murre Chicks In 100 Years
They really do have a rare bird at Channel Islands National Park: For the first time in a century biologists have spotted California Common Murre chicks on one of the park's islands.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 14th, 2011 3:00am
Bald Eagle Hatching on Anacapa Island is Big News for Channel Islands National Park
Efforts to reestablish a bald eagle population in Channel Islands National Park reached another important milestone when scientists confirmed the successful natural hatching
of a chick on West Anacapa Island - the first such event in over 60 years.
- By Jim Burnett - June 25th, 2011 1:15am
New Staircase Allows Anacapa Island At Channel Islands National Park to Reopen To Public
It took about three months longer than anticipated, but a new staircase is in place at Anacapa Island at Channel Islands National Park, and so the public will again be able to visit this island off the California coast.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 3rd, 2010 3:28pm
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