National Park Quiz 84: Ringer II
Nine of these ten statements are true. Can you tell which one is not?
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 6:44am
Dry Tortugas National Park
Photo Collage of Florida's Coastal Seabirds Reminds Us of What's At Stake With Deepwater Horizon
Passage of time can, on occasion, be an insidious eraser of events. As we near the two-month "anniversary" of the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, are we becoming numbed to its impacts, realized and potential?
By the Numbers: Dry Tortugas National Park
Nearly all of Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park is underwater, but there is a lot more to this amazing place than meets the eye.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 11th, 2010 10:09am
As Oil Comes Ashore at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Republican Calls for Renewed Drilling Along Outer Continental Shelf
More oil was coming ashore Friday in parts of Gulf Islands National Seashore, with tar balls several inches in diameter seen near Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island. In Washington, D.C., meanwhile, a top Republican was calling for the Obama administration to lift the moratorium on off-shore drilling.
Oil Coming Ashore at Gulf Islands National Seashore, South Florida Parks Still Oil-Free
A slurry of oil and tar balls roughly 2 miles long and a yard wide from the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been keeping cleanup crews busy at Gulf Islands National Seashore, while other parks in South Florida still have not been impacted.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 10th, 2011 10:25am
Monitors Ringing Dry Tortugas, Everglades, and Biscayne National Parks Ready to Detect Deepwater Horizon Impacts
A series of paint-can-sized pails are bobbing in the Straits of Florida where the Gulf of Mexico mingles with the Atlantic Ocean, ready to chronicle what impacts, if any, will descend on Dry Tortugas, Everglades, or Biscayne national parks from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Did Tar Balls At Dry Tortugas National Park Descend From "Spills of Opportunity"?
When word came earlier this month that tar balls had washed ashore at Dry Tortugas National Park, the implication was that they were related to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. But then an analysis showed they weren't related, so where did they come from? Some think they were tied to a "spill of opportunity."
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 28th, 2010 3:15am
Environmental Groups Cite Public Treasures Threatened By Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster
Hoping to raise the nation's -- and politicians' -- awareness of the rich resources in the Gulf of Mexico, two environmental groups Wednesday released a list of 15 state and federal properties that could be fouled by oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
National Park Foundation Launches Disaster Recovery Fund Drive For Gulf of Mexico Parks
As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to flow into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the National Park Foundation is mounting a campaign to raise money to help national park units affected by the disaster.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 25th, 2011 7:31pm
Visiting Dry Tortugas National Park: The Logistics
Sometimes referred to as America‘s “most isolated national park,” the seven islands and surrounding water and reefs of Dry Tortugas National Park lie at the end of the Florida Keys, closer to Cuba than the U.S. mainland.
- By David and Kay Scott - May 24th, 2010 2:15am
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