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Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks

Three years after the International Mountain Bicycling Association said it simply wanted mountain bike access to dirt roads in national parks, Interior Department officials are said to be working to make it easier for the bikers to gain access to backcountry trails.

A Mammoth Cave National Park Christmas

Perhaps the most unusual ornament in the White House collection, this ornament depicts the Historic Entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park. It was created by Ranger John Yakel.

Starting with a five-inch ball, Ranger Yakel sliced a hole in the side of it and applied papier-mâché to depict layers of limestone at the Historic Entrance to the cave; he dripped hot glue over the “mouth of the cave” to create the spring, and applied modeling shrubbery to the top of the ball for the forest.

John Yakel

Park History: National Parks Built Around Caves and Caverns

One of the most intriguing interpretive tours I’ve joined across the national park system was the “wild cave tour” offered at Mammoth Cave National Park. For six or more hours in sections of the cave off-limits to the more traditional tours we scooted through tight places on our bellies when not able to get by on hands and knees.

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