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Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Army Corps Won't Permit Pebble Mine Near Lake Clark National Park

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, deciding that a sprawling gold, copper, and molybdenum mine proposed to be built near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska was not in the best interest of the public, refused to issue a crucial permit needed to move the Pebble Mine forward.
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Photography In The National Parks: Birdy, Birdy In The Sky

Photographing birds help flesh out the story of a national park or protected land you visit. Those photos also teach you something about bird life and their environment. You don’t have to be a hardcore birder or an expert in avian photography to photograph birds. Photographer Rebecca Latson provides tips and examples of birds she’s captured on the fly (pun intended) in this month’s photography column, with the aim of helping you and your camera capture your own cool national park bird shots.

National Parks Well Represented On List Of Volcanoes Posing Highest Threats

Have you visited Hawai'i National Park and gotten close to the Kīlauea Volcano, enjoyed Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park, climbed to the top of Lassen Peak in its namesake park, or hiked down to Crater Lake? If so, you've placed yourself in the midst of some of the country's most dangerous volcanoes in terms of the threats they pose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Photography In The National Parks: Capturing Texture, Pattern, And Color In Your Compositions

Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson wants you to focus your powers of observation on the properties of texture, pattern, and color that you see in your viewfinder. Rebecca offers five techniques that she uses when photographing compositions focusing on any and all of these properties found within a national park.

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