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Photography In The National Parks: Looking Back On 2014

Whether you were looking to improve your technical expertise with a camera, or curious about the thought processes that professional photographers went through in framing their photos, Contributing Photographers Deby Dixon and Rebecca Latson covered the bases for you through the past 12 months. Here for your review, and just a click away, are the columns they wrote in 2014.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 23rd, 2014 4:00am

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Wednesday's The Last Day To Comment On Proposed Sport Hunting Regs At National Preserves In Alaska

National Park Service officials, looking to offset the recent liberalization of Alaska state hunting regulations, are proposing regulations that aim to better protect predators from hunters. The comment period on the proposed regulations runs out Wednesday.

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By NPT Staff - November 30th, 2014 8:50am

Photography In The National Parks: Katmai Or Lake Clark National Parks, Which Is Best For Bear Photography?

So you can't decide between Katmai National Park or Lake Clark National Park for your bear viewing photography? Rebecca Latson weighs in on comparisons between the two.

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By Rebecca Latson - December 22nd, 2014 9:51am

Subsistence-Collection Regs To Be Developed For National Park Lands In Alaska

Regulations will be developed for gathering of "wild, renewable resources" on national park lands in Alaska where it is allowed.

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By NPT Staff - May 10th, 2014 3:00am

Fish In National Parks From Alaska To Colorado Have Unhealthy Mercury Levels

Timing often is happenstance, but with Earth Day arriving next week, word of high mercury levels in fish in national parks from Alaska to Colorado is particularly sobering. In some cases, the levels exceed limits OKed for human consumption.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 17th, 2014 3:03am

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Looking Back At Lake Clark National Park Pioneer Dick Proenneke

For three decades Dick Proenneke lived in a rich slice of Alaskan wilderness that would become Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. He built his cabin by hand and survived off the land. This short video provides some insights into his life at Twin Lakes.

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By NPT Staff - April 6th, 2014 3:03am

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Lake Clark National Park Working To Update Its Management Plan

Thirty years after Lake Clark National Park and Preserve's initial General Management Plan was crafted, officials are working to update it with an eye on more clearly providing for visitors to the remote Alaskan park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2014 3:15am

Photography In The National Parks: A Day Trip To Lake Clark National Park And Preserve

Katmai National Park and Preseve in Alaska tops the marquee when brown bears are mentioned, but there's another national park in Alaska that will surprise you with its bear-viewing opportunities.

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By Rebecca Latson - July 30th, 2013 9:43am

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EPA's Assessment Of Proposed Mine Near Alaska's Lake Clark National Park Raises Many Theoretical Concerns

Miles and miles of lost or blocked streams. Thousands of acres of lost wetlands. Biological shudders through the underlying ecosystem. Those are some of the potential impacts of a massive mining operation being considered on a landscape near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 11th, 2012 3:00am

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Sportsmen Groups Boost Pressure On EPA, Land Management Agencies To Protect Alaska's Bristol Bay From Potential Mine

Hundreds of outdoors groups, from big game outfitters to fishing groups, are maintaining the pressure on federal officials to ensure that a gold mine proposed to be built near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve does not impair the Bristol Bay watershed and its fisheries.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 25th, 2011 3:15am

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