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One Of The Knife Creek Glaciers, Katmai National Park And Preserve

A brown glacier flowing between two snowy mountains and emptying out into a brown river in Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Some 3,000 feet (914 m) below Mount Katmai and encroaching into the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes are the Knife Creek Glaciers, covered with as much as 6 feet (2 meters) of ash and pumice. Hikers can walk right up to the foot of, and even onto the glaciers, if they wish (with caution).

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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #79: National Parks In Alaska Edition

Alaska is a big state (twice the size of Texas) with 19 National Park System units, eight of which are national parks. So how about a quiz focused on these eight parks? How many of you have traveled to any or all of them, and just how much do you really know? Test your knowledge with these 10 quiz questions. You might learn something from the questions as well as the trivia.

National Park Service Adopts New Rule Concerning Bear Baiting In Alaska Preserves

The National Park Service has adopted a new regulation pertaining to bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska, a rule that bans the practice for sport hunting but allows it for subsistence hunts focused on putting food on the table.
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