Odds and Ends From Visitor Surveys at National Parks: You'd Be Surprised At Some of the Answers
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What Do GOP Politicians Have Against Protecting National Park Landscapes?
Can the irony be any richer? A Republican congressional candidate in North Dakota has suggested drilling for oil and natural gas beneath Theodore Roosevelt National Park. But then, Rick Berg is only the latest GOP candidate to cast eyes on a national park for energy exploration.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 5th, 2011 8:06am
Eat a Lionfish, Help National Parks, And Win Cash Prizes!
A series of lionfish fishing derbies is scheduled for the coming weeks with hopes the poisonous fish that is invading coastal national parks in Florida and the Virgin Islands can be cut down before it gains a significant foothold and impacts native fishes and corals.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 8th, 2010 2:15am
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
Land Deal To Help Save Everglades Moving Forward, But Scaled Back
A $197 million land purchase aimed at restoring water flows through the Everglades has been approved by the South Florida Water Management District, but it falls far short of the original proposal. Still, groups are applauding it as a step in the right direction.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 15th, 2010 3:15am
Flamingo Master Plan For Everglades National Park Proposes New Lodge, Cottages, Upgraded Marina
A vision for rebuilding the Flamingo area of Everglades National Park calls for an "eco-friendly" destination, one with a 30-unit lodge, two dozen cottages, "eco-tents," and a new marina.
Odds and Ends from Around the National Park System: Interior's Transparency Woes, Plowing Hurricane Ridge, and More
A look around the National Park System finds an interesting potpourri of issues, from the Interior Department's struggles with transparency and a move to see Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park kept open-year round to campfire restrictions in Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks.
National Park Quiz 85: Trees
True to its title, this quiz tests your knowledge of trees in the national parks. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we'll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: " Quantified Tree Risk Assessment provides a framework for assessing the three components of tree-failure risk; probability of failure, impact potential, and target value."
Interior Sec Salazar Glad to See Everglades National Park Returned to "In Danger" List
While the Bush administration worked to see the United Nations remove Everglades National Park from its list of World Heritage Sites "in danger," the Obama administration applauded the UN's decision to again give the park that tag.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2010 3:15am
Independent Review Calls on National Park Service To Bolster Its Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
National Park Service managers must do a better job "to advance natural resource stewardship and science" throughout the agency, according to an independent review of the Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate.
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