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Not priceless: Grand Teton land valued at $107M
The Associated Press - Sep 8, 2010
Turns out that a chunk of land inside a national park isn't priceless after all — not if you've got $107 million. That's the appraised value of two square ...

National Forest

Local briefs: Blaze spreads in national forest
Fresno Bee - Sep 8, 2010
The Sheep fire in Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Forest has grown to 4395 acres, officials said Tuesday. The blaze is now burning along the ...

Yellowstone National Park

Underground column of molten rock found at Yellowstone

msnbc.commsnbc.com - Sep 8, 2010
A plume of molten rock rising from deep beneath Yellowstone National Park is probably what is fueling the region's volcanic activity, ...

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park helicopter searching for campers in Hobble Fire ...

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Examiner.com - Sep 7, 2010
The Hobble Fire burns in the Kaibab National Forest south of Grand Canyon National Park. Photo: US Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Kaibab National ...

Yosemite National Park

Existence of rare red fox confirmed

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Sep 6, 2010
... of Yosemite National Park have confirmed the existence of a red fox, thought to have been all but wiped out, the US Forest Service announced last week. ...

Hot Springs National Park

National parks: Offbeat, unusual and free

msnbc.commsnbc.com - Aug 12, 2010
Hot Springs National Park didn't officially become a national park until 1921. But because it was established by Congress as the Hot Springs Reservation ...

Shenandoah National Park

Fall Spectacular: Fall Colors From a National Park Lodge

National Parks Traveler (blog)National Parks Traveler (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
The Blue Ridge Parkway that winds through North Carolina and Virginia, and its northern neighbor, Shenandoah National Park, are two of our country's ...

Mount Rainier National Park

Three Lakes Trail offers solitude at crowded Mount Rainier National Park

TheNewsTribune.comTheNewsTribune.com - Sep 5, 2010
Even on summer weekends when Mount Rainier National Park is teeming with visitors there is a simple trick for finding solitude. ...

Everglades National Park

Deer hunting season called off in Big Cypress

Wink NewsMiamiHerald.com - Sep 7, 2010
The area is known as the Stairsteps Unit for its jagged shared boundary with Everglades National Park south of US 41. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Badlands National Park

Proposal would create tribal national park
Tulsa Native American Times - Sep 8, 2010
The change involves the 208 square-mile South Unit that's part of Badlands National Park in southwest South Dakota. In 1942, the US government's War ...

Rocky Mountain National Park

Freedom of speech debate remains silent for RMNP
The Coloradoan - Sep 7, 2010
Only four "First Amendment expression areas" at Rocky Mountain National Park are designated for "public expressions of views," according to National Park ...

Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park

Sequoia National Park

National Park Service seeks comments about Sequoia-Kings Canyon water system
Visalia Times-Delta - Sep 3, 2010
... serves approximately 2900 visitors and staff a day in the developed areas of Giant Forest, Lodgepole, Wolverton, and Wuksachi in Sequoia National Park. ...

Zion National Park

Zion National Park to temporarily close trails
Victoria Advocate - Sep 7, 2010
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) - The Angels Landing hiking trail in Zion Park will be closed periodically from mid-September to mid-October. ...

Glacier National Park

A Stroll Down (Data) Memory Lane
Wall Street Journal - Sep 7, 2010
... the information age: It's the American Computer Museum—a quirkily engaging stop-over before or after a visit to Yellowstone (or Glacier National Park, ...

Acadia National Park

Great Excuses To Visit The National Park System This Fall

National Parks Traveler (blog)National Parks Traveler (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
(For more ideas, search www.nps.gov/ for a specific park) Acadia National Park: Don't miss the 2nd Annual Acadia Night Sky Festival, which is right around ...

Arches National Park

Moab, Utah: Rugged, Challenging, and Unexpectedly Romantic
Huffington Post (blog) - Sep 1, 2010
Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park are short drives from the center of Moab. Each one features breathtaking red rock formations that ...

Big Bend National Park

The 50K and 24K trail runs are scheduled for Jan. 16, 2011 at Big Bend ...
Austin 360 (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
Courtney Lyons-Garcia, executive director of the Friends of Big Bend National Park, will talk about the park itself, giving tips on places to stay, ...

Death Valley National Park

Restaurant and saloon in Death Valley burns
San Jose Mercury News - Aug 27, 2010
AP DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—Authorities say a fire has done extensive damage to the Stovepipe Wells restaurant and saloon in Death Valley ...

Bryce Canyon National Park

Prescribed Fires Planned for September in Bryce Canyon National Park
KCSG - Sep 8, 2010
(Bryce, UT) - Fire officials from Bryce Canyon National Park and the Dixie National Forest plan to ignite the Dave's Hollow and ...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Around Town
Aurora Advocate - Sep 8, 2010
The National Park Service at Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) and Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) are seeking volunteers to spread holiday cheer ...

Denali National Park

Drop Anchorage for a rail trek
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 8, 2010
The pick is the Denali Star, a rail journey that takes you into the heart of Denali National Park (nps.gov/dena/), which has more wildlife than a Richard ...

Dry Tortugas National Park

Have mystery, will travel
Concord Monitor - Sep 6, 2010
... in Dry Tortugas National Park (Flashback), where the government imprisoned the Lincoln assassination conspirators alongside Confederate prisoners of war ...

Glacier Bay National Park

New superintendent named for Sitka park
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Sep 4, 2010
He has been chief ranger at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, and has 26 years with the National Park Service. A native of the San Francisco area, ...

Glacier Bay National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton Park services closing for winter
Casper Star-Tribune Online - Sep 6, 2010
Campground and visitor services in Grand Teton National Park will close in September and October during the annual transition from fall to winter. ...

Great Basin National Park

Gallery: Scenes of our summer

DavidsonNews.netDavidsonNews.net - Sep 3, 2010
Karen Hales wades in Stella Lake in the shadow of Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park (Nevada). (Paul Gallimore photo) At Bryce Canyon National Park, ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Wind, water keep Great Sand Dunes in place at base of Sangre de Cristo Mountains
The Canadian Press - Aug 31, 2010
Driving up to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the view seems almost silly: Across from shallow creeks at the base of the 4260-metre Sangre de ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Clingmans Dome Road to close for six days
Knoxville News Sentinel - Sep 6, 2010
By News Sentinel staff GATLINBURG - The Clingmans Dome Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed for one week beginning Monday, Sept. ...

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

A Slice of the Rockies in Texas? Exploring Guadalupe Mountains National Park
CultureMap - Sep 5, 2010
My brother and I had arrived in Guadalupe Mountains National Park two days before, in hopes of traversing the range and back on a 40-mile backpacking trip. ...

Haleakala National Park

Hawaii road trip: Sweet sunset solitude on Maui's Haleakala volcano
Hawaiimagazine.com (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
At the Haleakala National Park entrance, about 7000 feet above sea level, I notice the outside temperature has dropped to 62 degrees. ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaiian rainforest stamp to get first-day issue at Hawaii Volcanoes National ...

Hawaiimagazine.com (blog)Hawaiimagazine.com (blog) - Aug 31, 2010
The morning ceremony will be free and open to the public, as will entry to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park until noon. In June, HawaiiMagazine.com reported ...

Isle Royale National Park

Brian Lambert: Deserted Isle on Superior
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Aug 29, 2010
At first glance, a long-simmering dispute between 16 cabin "owners" and the National Park Service up on Isle Royale National Park appears ...

Joshua Tree National Park

Keys Fire in Joshua Tree National Park Now 80% Contained
KPSP Local 2 - Aug 28, 2010
(08-26-10) Firefighters are making progress in containing the blaze burning in Joshua Tree National Park. The wildfire has burned 110 acres and is 80% ...

Katmai National Park

Reward increased for finding missing airplane near Katmai
Anchorage Daily News - Sep 7, 2010
21 in Katmai National Park and Preserve, according to the father of one of those on board. Three National Park Service employees -- Mason McLeod, 26, ...

Kenai Fjords National Park

Exit Glacier shrinks? National Park Service installs instruments to monitor ...
Kenai Peninsula Online - Sep 7, 2010
National Park Service staff at the Kenai Fjords National Park work on the Exit Glacier mass balance study. Exit Glacier shrinks? ...

Lake Clark National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Existence of rare red fox confirmed

PhysOrg.comLos Angeles Times - Sep 6, 2010
A rare Sierra Nevada red fox is photographed at Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2002. Researchers are hailing the find of a Sierra Nevada red fox near ...

Mammoth Cave National Park

Teaching Students In the Underground Maze of Mammoth Cave National Park

National Parks Traveler (blog)National Parks Traveler (blog) - Sep 7, 2010
The gypsum-covered passageways of Mammoth Cave National Park have been turned into classrooms for Western Kentucky University students. In the top photo, ...

Mesa Verde National Park

Visiting the Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park
SmarterTravel.com - Aug 30, 2010
Local ranchers first discovered these cliff dwellings in the late 1800s and Mesa Verde National Park was created in 1906 to preserve them. ...

North Cascades National Park

Body of boxing promoter's son found on Wash. peak

Globe and MailSeattle Times - Sep 5, 2010
... recover the body of John Arum - the son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum - who died while mountain climbing in Washington's North Cascades National Park. ...

Olympic National Park

The Elwha River returning to life
Seattle Times - Sep 5, 2010
REMOVAL of two big dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park is amazing because of the scale of the demolition project and, simply, because it is ...

Petrified Forest National Park

The road becomes home for retiring boomers
Poughkeepsie Journal - Sep 5, 2010
They've spent a lot of time in Arizona, visiting the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. While touring the desert, ...

Redwood National Park

Parks set to begin fall burns; prescribed fires on prairies meant to keep ...
Times-Standard - Sep 5, 2010
”What we're looking for is to apply the fire in an even and consistent manner and get it to kill the encroaching Douglas fir,” said Redwood National Park ...

Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park offers year-round enjoyment
Yuma Sun - Sep 8, 2010
Saguaro National Park offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the Sonoran Desert. It was first established in 1933 as a national monument; ...

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Theodore Roosevelt National Park looks into future programming
Dickinson Press - Aug 26, 2010
Officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park are looking to the future and ideas and concerns were discussed during a public workshop for a long range ...

Virgin Islands National Park

Eat a Lionfish, Help National Parks, And Win Cash Prizes!

National Parks Traveler (blog)National Parks Traveler (blog) - Sep 8, 2010
And earlier this summer a lionfish was caught in the waters of Virgin Islands National Park. With hopes of reducing its numbers, the National Oceanic and ...

Voyageurs National Park

National Parks join the movement to get kids outside

Examiner.comExaminer.com - Aug 12, 2010
... National Monument to swimming at Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and canoeing in a 26-foot Norse canoe at Voyageurs National Park. ...

Banff National Park

special vacations
Payson Roundup - Sep 8, 2010
A wonderful vacation departs from Toronto on a 13-day train trip featuring spectacular sightseeing, including Banff National Park. ...

Jasper National Park

Maine climber found after 21 years in Canadian ice

ABC NewsThe Associated Press - Aug 30, 2010
The remains of William Holland, 38, of Gorham, were found in Jasper National Park in Alberta this month by a pair of hikers, said Garth Lemke, public safety ...

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