Mystery Photo 40 Revealed: The Glow Plug
An object so brightly hued can't be nature, can it? It can, if you know where in the National Park System to look.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 22nd, 2011 3:00am
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Spectacular Lava Show At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Nature's fireworks are on display at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where a stream of lava from Kīlauea’s is pouring into the Pacific Ocean.
- By NPT Staff - December 16th, 2011 3:00am
NPS Director Jarvis Allows Parks To Ban Disposable Plastic Bottles
Those seemingly ubiquitous disposable plastic bottles, the ones that generated a storm of controversy over their proposed ban at Grand Canyon National Park, may now be banned by park superintendents nationwide.
Policy on Disposable Plastic Water Bottles.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 14th, 2011 8:11pm
Looking At The National Park Service's Goal To Eliminate Plastic Bottles
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is determined to rid plastic bottles from the national parks, but wants to consider all factors before doing so, the agency's communications chief said today while addressing the uproar over the director's decision to put a hold on a water bottle ban at Grand Canyon National Park.
NPS-Bottle Bans.pdf NPS-Bottles Cost Factor.pdf NPS-Green Parks Plan Bottles.pdf 
NPS-Jarvis Bottles.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 2nd, 2011 12:52pm
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Officials Searching For Solution to Non-Native Animals
For more than 1,000 years non-native animals have called the forests of Hawaii home. But those animals -- pigs, deer, goats, and sheep -- are exacting a toll on the native flora and fauna, as well as the landscape, of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where officials are working to hone their strategies for removing the intruders.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 23rd, 2011 3:00am
National Park Quiz 98: Lakes
Take this quiz and see if you know as much about national park lakes as you think you do. Answers are at the end. You can peek if you feel the need.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 4:27pm
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s Changing Landscape is the Only Constant
Change is constant, and magical, at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Here change is taking place right in front of you.
- By Claire M. Walter - August 21st, 2011 3:00am
Latest Eruption at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Offering "Spectacular Evening Views"
Dramatic geologic events in recent days at Kīlauea volcano in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park have produced what park officials are describing at "spectacular" evening views of the current eruption.
- By Jim Burnett - August 7th, 2011 5:31am
National Park Quiz 94: Ringer IV
Nine of the first ten statements are true, but one is not. Can you tell which one is the ringer? You might want to try the two bonus questions too.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 4:49am
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Proves Attractive Nesting Grounds For Unusual Turtle
Turtles nesting on the beaches of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not an unusual occurrence, although when the species in question is an olive ridley turtle the event generates significant attention.
- By Kurt Repanshek - June 21st, 2011 8:10am
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