Top Six Family Adventures In National Parks
A year's worth of family vacations to national parks led to the following list of top family adventures in the national parks.
- By Michael Lanza - December 12th, 2011 8:03am
Yellowstone National Park
Humans, Comfort-Loving Animals That They Are, Are Changing Their National Park Habits With Climate Change
Humans are creatures of comfort, so perhaps it should not be a surprise that warming temperatures associated with climate change are altering the seasons slightly when it comes to visiting national parks, according to a study.
Yellowstone National Park A Week Away From Opening For Winter Season
Snow conditions willing, Yellowstone National Park will open for the winter season a week from today.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 8th, 2011 3:00am
100 National Park Quizzes
Traveler has published 100 national park quizzes for your edification and amusement. Here is the master list with hotlinks.
Reader Participation Day: Why Are National Parks So Controversial?
Why are national parks so dang controversial?
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 7th, 2011 3:00am
Looking At The National Park Service's Goal To Eliminate Plastic Bottles
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is determined to rid plastic bottles from the national parks, but wants to consider all factors before doing so, the agency's communications chief said today while addressing the uproar over the director's decision to put a hold on a water bottle ban at Grand Canyon National Park.
NPS-Bottle Bans.pdf NPS-Bottles Cost Factor.pdf NPS-Green Parks Plan Bottles.pdf 
NPS-Jarvis Bottles.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 2nd, 2011 12:52pm
House Natural Resources Committee To Hold Hearing On Endangered Species Act
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, concerned that the Endangered Species Act is wasting more money on lawsuits than recovering species, has scheduled a full committee hearing on the act for next week.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 30th, 2011 3:00am
Why The Delay In Designating Official Wilderness In National Parks?
There is a false sense of security in the National Park System surrounding officially designated wilderness. And political actions, or, rather, inaction, demonstrates why there should be concern for the long-term fate of lands with wilderness qualities.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 27th, 2011 3:00am
A Potpourri of Suggestions For Visiting The National Park System This Winter
Just because winter is on its way and the weather is turning gray and colder, that doesn't mean there aren't great places to enjoy in the National Park System. Here are some random suggestions.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 25th, 2011 3:00am
Appellate Court Rules Yellowstone Area Grizzly Bears Should Remain On Endangered Species List
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in finding that grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem should remain a threatened species, has ruled that federal wildlife biologists were wrong when they concluded the decline of whitebark pine trees was not detrimental to the bears' future.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 28th, 2011 5:55pm
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