Redwood National and State Parks

Creature Feature: The Marbled Murrelet is a Flagship Species in the Old-Growth Forest Preservation Movement.

Logging in the old-growth forests of the North Pacific Coast is being blamed for the sharp decline of the marbled murrelet population. More logging restrictions are needed to save the little seabird, and that is causing quite a stir.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 22nd, 2011 11:25am

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At Quake-Struck Redwood National and State Parks, People Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop

The powerful earthquake that struck the northern California coast Saturday didn’t yield a tsunami, kill anybody, or inflict serious property damage. But a strong aftershock is likely, and that can make a person nervous.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 22nd, 2011 11:26am

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Leap Into the Redwoods, Limp Back Out

You can’t walk more than half way into the woods, and sometimes you can’t even get that far. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and face up to your limitations. Sometimes the experience can be rewarding

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By Bob Janiskee - October 22nd, 2011 11:26am

Does Ashy Storm Petrel Ruling Imply that Bush-Era “Ignore the Science” Policies are Being Perpetuated at DOI?

Brushing aside scientific evidence that the ashy storm petrel population is in profound decline, the Interior Department has ruled that this seabird doesn’t deserve federal protection. Having expected better from the new administration, disappointed environmentalists think it looks like same-old, same-old at Interior.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 22nd, 2011 11:18am

The First NPS Area to be Officially Tsunami-Ready? Redwood National and State Parks

The staff at Redwood National and State Parks has gone the extra mile to prepare for a hazard most visitors don't think about very often: a tsunami. The park is the first NPS area to earn TsunamiReady designation by the National Weather Service. Here's a quick tsunami primer.

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By Jim Burnett - October 22nd, 2011 11:16am

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Don't Take National Park Landscapes for Granted

How comfortable have we become with national park settings? With the big sweep of granite that frames the Yosemite Valley, with Old Faithful's not-quite-so-faithful demonstrations of steam and hot water, with the fall's colorful deciduous forests of Great Smoky and Shenandoah?

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 22nd, 2011 11:19am

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Creature Feature: The Pacific Treefrog

If you've ever heard a frog doing its “ribbet” thing anywhere along the Pacific Coast, it's probably been a Pacific Treefrog. And if you’ve ever seen one of these little critters up close, you know why many consider it one of the most fascinating of all the amphibians.

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By Chance Finegan - October 22nd, 2011 11:19am

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National Park Quiz 2: Straddlers

Folks had fun with the little quiz we published last week, so we’ve decided to publish a national park system quiz in Traveler every week. Most will be themed. The first one was about centers, and this one is about straddlers. Straddlers are parks that straddle state lines, rivers, mountain ranges, or anything else a park can straddle. There's an extra credit question that's a little off the wall. Answers are at the end. Don’t peek.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2011 11:16am

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Poaching Trees from Redwood National Park

Illegal poaching of resources from national parks has a long, unsettling history. In Great Smokies, it’s ginseng poaching. In Petrified Forest, it’s thievery of fossilized trees.

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By Chance Finegan - October 22nd, 2011 11:20am

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