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Yosemite National Park's environmental assessment for Half Dome says fewer ...
News10.netWashington Post - Jan 25, 2012
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials say lowering the number of permits to Half Dome is the best option for maintaining the wilderness character at the popular hiking spot. Officials recommended a 300-per-day limit in ...
National Forest
6-year-old Oregon girl playing in snow with family is missing after falling in ...
Daily MailWashington Post - Jan 23, 2012
They parked near Austin Hot Springs in the Mount Hood National Forest where a road is close to the stream. The spot is about 60 miles southeast of Portland. There's no cell service, and the family couldn't report her missing until they got to a phone ...
Yellowstone National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park 2011 visitations highest in decades
Sky Hi Daily News - Jan 24, 2012
The region includes multiple states and Yellowstone National Park. July sees the most visitors in Rocky Mountain National Park, followed by August, September and June. But Patterson cautions: “Gathering visitation statistics is not an exact science.
Grand Canyon National Park
Coconino Voices: Bison belong at Grand Canyon
Scientific American (blog)Arizona Daily Sun - Jan 25, 2012
As the National Park Service makes the case for the eradication of bison from Grand Canyon National Park, a growing number of scientists and citizens are convinced that bison should remain there. Eradication would be inconsistent with ecological ...
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park's environmental assessment for Half Dome says fewer ...
abc7.comWashington Post - Jan 25, 2012
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials say lowering the number of permits to Half Dome is the best option for maintaining the wilderness character at the popular hiking spot. Officials recommended a 300-per-day limit in ...
Hot Springs National Park
Rangers' jobs increasingly dangerous
CTV.caThe Seattle Times - Jan 3, 2012
The others: 1927: James Alexander Cary, ambushed by bootleggers at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. 1940: Ivan "Ike" Thompson, a US Park Police officer shot while trying to make a traffic-stop arrest. 1973: Ken Patrick, found shot to death near ...
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park development talk at East Rock SC
Augusta Free PressAugusta Free Press - Jan 26, 2012
25 to share his knowledge about the development of the Shenandoah National Park. For the 29 members and 10 guests/volunteers in our audience, we learned that the Park was developed by five companies and that the CCC boys actually just assisted with ...
Mount Rainier National Park
As 4 remain missing on Mount Rainier, experts say volcano's winter charms make ...
CTV.caChicago Tribune - Jan 23, 2012
... and sublime austerity of being up in the wilderness on the mountain is heightened in the winter," said Stefan Lofgren, mountaineering district ranger in charge of the climbing, search and rescue and aviation programs at Mount Rainier National Park.
Everglades National Park
Water truck sprays rainbow in Everglades National Park in Florida ...
Daily MailDaily Mail - Jan 26, 2012
The colourful arc was formed as farmers irrigated their crops near the Everglades National Park in Florida, America. The bright red colours formed when water used by the farmers to irrigate their crops hit the sunlight, giving Mr Patterson the chance ...
Badlands National Park
ForestCamping.com Features Buffalo Gap National Grassland in South Dakota
PR Web (press release)PR Web (press release) - Jan 24, 2012
Located in southwestern South Dakota, and surrounding the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a blend of rolling prairie, woodland draws, and dramatic rugged badlands. It offers a range of recreational opportunities from hiking to ...
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park says 2011 3rd busiest on record
Washington Post - Jan 18, 2012
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Rocky Mountain National Park says more than 3.3 million people visited the park in 2011 — the third highest year on record. Park visits peaked in 2000 at nearly 3.4 million, followed by 1999.
Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park
Lack of snow turns Yosemite National Park into a very different place
Enterprise-Record - Jan 18, 2012
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the southern Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park. Forecasters say that three storms will blow through the scenic mountains, bringing snow ...
Sequoia National Park
Tulare County websites boost business, tourism
Visalia Times-Delta - Jan 26, 2012
9 by the Sequoia Tourism Council, a partnership of the county with some cities, towns and chambers of commerce, as well as the Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park. Links to those organization are listed on the site, along with a way to ...
Zion National Park
Zion National Park: Kolob Terrace Road rehab project approved
St. George Daily Spectrum - Jan 25, 2012
of the environmental analysis for the rehabilitation of the Kolob Terrace Road and the signing of the finding of no significant impact by the National Park Service intermountain regional director. This approval followed a 30-day public review of the ...
Glacier National Park
New postage stamp features picture taken by Mystic photographer
TheDay.com - Jan 24, 2012
By Joe Wojtas Mystic - In 2006, local photographer Michael Melford was at Glacier National Park in Montana working on a story about the park for National Geographic magazine. Standing along Logan Pass, he spotted a field of yellow glacier lilies that ...
Acadia National Park
Bus system in Maine's Acadia National Park gets $1.3 million grant
The Republic - Jan 21, 2012
AP BAR HARBOR, Maine — The Island Explorer bus system that serves Maine's Acadia National Park is getting a $1.3 million boost to make safety improvements at bus stops and increase ridership. The Federal Transit Administration grant will go toward ...
Arches National Park
Denver Court Considers Oil and Gas Leases Near Utah Parks
StandardNetKUNC - Jan 19, 2012
But a closer analysis reveals that at least one lease was within three miles of the western boundary of Arches National Park. And several more were issued within proposed wilderness areas, or wilderness study areas. Earth Justice's Robin Cooley says ...
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park, Tex.: How to get there, where to stay, what to do
Washington Post - Jan 20, 2012
Big Bend National Park is about 245 miles away. Where to stay Lajitas Golf and Spa Resort 877-LAJITAS (5254-827) www.lajitasgolfresort.com Rustic-elegant resort with restaurant, bar, movie house, shops and more. Near park entrance.
Death Valley National Park
Renewable energy projects may soon provide power
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 21, 2012
These include a solar project at Death Valley National Park, photovoltaic panels at the visitor's center at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and a solar power system at the US Forest Service's facility at Mono Lake. ...
Bryce Canyon National Park
Tracy Spicer's USA road trip
NEWS.com.au - Jan 21, 2012
Picture: Tracy Spicer Source: Supplied Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied IN National Lampoon's Vacation, the Griswolds leave a trail of carnage across the US in their quest to reach Wally World.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
National park seeking teacher-rangers
The-News-Leader - Jan 25, 2012
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is seeking qualified teachers who would like to work as a park ranger this summer in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program. The TRT program offers teachers eight weeks working in national parks across the country and ...
Denali National Park
New superintendent hired at Valley Forge Park
The Times Herald - Jan 26, 2012
... a chief of interpretation at Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas and worked as a park ranger at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska and Walden Pond State Park in Massachusetts.
Dry Tortugas National Park
Free tours of Cold War Nike Missile Base at Everglades National Park
Sun-Sentinel (blog)Sun-Sentinel (blog) - Jan 13, 2012
Other parks you can visit for free on the Florida list: Dry Tortugas National Park, Canaveral National Seashore, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and Gulf Islands National Seashore. Three ways to keep up with the latest deals: "Like" our ...
Glacier Bay National Park
Visits to Alaska national parks up 2 percent in 2011
TheNewsTribune.com - Dec 29, 2011
Glacier Bay National Park and Klondike Gold Rush and Sitka national historic parks are in southeast Alaska and are popular stops for cruise ship passengers. Over 10 years, the most visits to Alaska parks were in 2007 with 2.63 million.
Glacier Bay National Park
Visits to Alaska national parks up 2 percent in 2011
TheNewsTribune.com - Dec 29, 2011
Glacier Bay National Park and Klondike Gold Rush and Sitka national historic parks are in southeast Alaska and are popular stops for cruise ship passengers. Over 10 years, the most visits to Alaska parks were in 2007 with 2.63 million.
Grand Teton National Park
A Grizzly Drama In The Tetons (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post - Jan 24, 2012
I've come to Jackson Hole because winter is the best time to view wildlife in Grand Teton National Park and I'm incredibly eager to see and photograph the wide variety of furry species that call the massive sanctuary home. On my first day wandering the ...
Great Basin National Park
Wild Land: Exploring the scenic views of Utah
Longview Daily News - Jan 20, 2012
We were bound for Great Basin National Park. Remote and little visited, Great Basin contains a wealth of towering peaks and deep caverns, sparkling alpine lakes, glaciers and 3000-year-old bristlecone pines. We didn't stay long.
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Wolves to be considered for culling elk herds
Pueblo Chieftain - Jan 25, 2012
The use of predators may receive some consideration in how the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve manages its elk herds. Park officials are conducting a study of bison and big game at the park that is due out at the same time as the management ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smokies draws most in visitor spending among national parks
Knoxville News Sentinel - Jan 27, 2012
By Morgan Simmons A new study by Michigan State University reaffirms Great Smoky Mountains National Park's position as the top national park in the US for visitor spending. The "Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation and ...
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Consider A Foot Path From Canada To Texas Through The Great Plains
National Parks TravelerNational Parks Traveler - Jan 23, 2012
Such a trail, running some 1500 miles, would wind south from Canada's Grasslands National Park through the Great Plains, across landscapes once milling with millions of bison, and lead you up onto the 8749-foot roof of Guadalupe Mountains National Park ...
Haleakala National Park
National Park Service and Maui County Search and Rescue Locate Missing Hiker
Maui NowMaui Weekly - Jan 23, 2012
22, triggered a search and rescue operation by Haleakala National Park Rangers and the Maui County Fire Department, which ended the morning of Monday, Jan. 23, after the hiker was located outside of the park. The day-hiker arranged to be dropped off by ...
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Magnitude-4.7 shakes Big Island in Hawaii
Big Island Video NewsFox News - Jan 23, 2012
The quake struck beneath the south flank of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at 4:36 pm (6:36 pm PST) at a depth of five miles, according to a report from the US Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 25 miles south of Hilo and 220 ...
Isle Royale National Park
Wolves, Snow and the Red Dragon
New York Times (blog)New York Times (blog) - Jan 27, 2012
By JOHN VUCETICH John VucetichFlying low over Isle Royale National Park, looking for a radio-collared wolf the researchers have named Romeo. John Vucetich, a wildlife ecologist from Michigan Technological University, leads the wolf-moose Winter Study ...
Joshua Tree National Park
Friday is deadline for comments on federal solar plan
The Desert Sun - Jan 26, 2012
The document covers 17 designated solar enterprise zones in six western states, including the Riverside East solar zone between Joshua Tree National Park and Blythe, which is the largest of all the zones. The zone was originally proposed for 202000 ...
Katmai National Park
Alaska policies expand aerial hunting of bears
Bend Bulletin - Jan 19, 2012
By Kim Murphy / Los Angeles Times A grizzly bear stands in tall grass at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park in Alaska in July 2005. The Associated Press file photo SEATTLE — In a new package of policies criticized even by some hunters, ...
Kenai Fjords National Park
Biscayne National Park Visitors Concerned About Climate Change And How It ...
National Parks TravelerNational Parks Traveler - Jan 23, 2012
... of climate-change attitudes and opinions that includes other units of the National Park System, from Biscayne and Everglades to Harpers Ferry National Historic Park to North Cascades National Park and on to Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve.
Lake Clark National Park
Capital projects should benefit Alaskans
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Jan 10, 2012
It is quite obvious a bridge would be the beginning of extending road access to the Beluga Coal Fields, Lake Clark National Park, Katmai National Park, McNeal River, Lake Iliamna, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Aniakchak Crater, Cold Bay, Dillingham, ...
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Free entrance, film festival at Lassen Park this weekend
Enterprise-Record - Jan 13, 2012
LASSEN PARK — Entrance to Lassen Volcanic National Park will be free Saturday though Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. In addition, the first Lassen Film Festival will be 10 am to 3 pm Saturday at the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center at the ...
Mammoth Cave National Park
State campaign includes three area attractions
Bowling Green Daily News - Jan 21, 2012
Mammoth Cave National Park, Lost River Cave and Valley and the National Corvette Museum made the list of 31 attractions, sites or events that the state intends to promote as unique to Kentucky. “This has been a long time in coming,” said Katie ...
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park waiving entrance fees through March 3
National Parks TravelerWashington Post - Jan 5, 2012
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Mesa Verde National Park is waiving its entrance fees through March 3. Park Superintendent Cliff Spencer said he's waiving fees to start the year because he wants to encourage visitors to come at a time when the park ...
North Cascades National Park
Biscayne National Park Visitors Concerned About Climate Change And How It ...
National Parks TravelerNational Parks Traveler - Jan 23, 2012
... of climate-change attitudes and opinions that includes other units of the National Park System, from Biscayne and Everglades to Harpers Ferry National Historic Park to North Cascades National Park and on to Kenai Fjords National Park and Preserve.
Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park visitation rises in 2011 over previous year
Peninsula Daily - Jan 24, 2012
Visitation at Kalaloch was up 396 percent from December 2010 and is attributed to boosting the park's overall recreation visits for the month by 22 percent. Total visits in December were 78846. In December 2010, visits totaled 65092.
Petrified Forest National Park
What Are the Worst Roadside Dinosaurs?
Smithsonian (blog)Smithsonian (blog) - Jan 20, 2012
One of the sad dinosaurs at Stewart's Petrified Wood near Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Photo by David Williams. I have a fondness for roadside dinosaurs. Not because they're accurate. Quite the contrary. Concrete and plastic dinosaurs ...
Redwood National Park
Aldaron's Walkabout
North Coast JournalNorth Coast Journal - Jan 5, 2012
After graduating in 1978 from Humboldt State University, he and some friends started a business called Northcoast Reinhabitation Group; Redwood National Park had just expanded its boundaries, and the group was hired to do the park's first watershed ...
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park to Waive Entrance Fees for Martin Luther King Holiday
msnbc.comKOLD-TV - Jan 13, 2012
AP Entertainment News Video Saguaro National Park will be joining along with other national park units across the country to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a fee-free entry into the park this holiday weekend. This year, the fee-free designation ...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Spirit Lake Nation, Theodore Roosevelt National Park getting $6.8 million for ...
Grand Forks Herald - Jan 21, 2012
Theodore Roosevelt National Park also will receive just more than $3 million through the US Department of Transportation's Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads, which was allocated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to Sen. ...
Virgin Islands National Park
National Park offers free admission to its beaches for King's holiday
Virgin Islands Daily News - Jan 14, 2012
The Christiansted National Historic Site and Trunk Bay at Virgin Islands National Park will offer free admission over the long weekend, as the National Park Service commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The fee-free days are ...
Voyageurs National Park
Winter Wonderland at Voyageurs National Park
Northland's NewsCenterNorthland's NewsCenter - Jan 25, 2012
By KBJR News 1 International Falls, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- It's a winter wonderland up at Voyageurs National Park as a foot of snow creates perfect conditions for their trails. However, park officials are asking snowmobilers to drive slowly ...
Banff National Park
Great deals for winter getaways
Toronto Sun - Jan 22, 2012
A three-night package that includes a two-day tri-area lift ticket is available in Banff National Park for as little as $229 per person. It must be booked no later than Jan. 31. Accommodation is at either Inns Of Banff or Lake Louise Inn. The lift ...
Jasper National Park
Jesse Kline: Jasper park project beset by anti-American panic
National Post (blog)National Post (blog) - Jan 20, 2012
Parks Canada is expected to make a decision this month on a proposed development in Jasper National Park, Alta., that has proven to be inexplicably controversial. Brewster Travel, which has operated tours in the parks since 1892, wants to build a ...
Yoho National Park
BC's Yoho National Park may have unearthed whole new species
Montreal Gazette - Jan 19, 2012
But the fossil field in BC's Yoho National Park was hiding something far more interesting than a lost memento: it may be a whole new species with no known living counterpart. And scientists suspect they may have found some lost branch of the tree of ...
Nairobi National Park
Nairobi Park Diary: Cheetah hunts Kongoni
The Star - Jan 23, 2012
... to ensure the future of the cheetah in this wonderful park! The park is open daily from 6am to 7pm. For more information on the park you can link to the following websites www.kws.org or www.nairobigreenline.com or on facebook – Nairobi National Park.
Kruger National Park
Floods 'replenish' Kruger Park
The New Age Online - Jan 25, 2012
At Lower Sabie inside the Kruger National Park, a high-water level of 7.126m was recorded last Wednesday with an estimated flow of 6500t a second. While the rain and floods caused extensive infrastructural damage in the internationally renowned game ...
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Park has new superintendent
Lethbridge Herald - Jan 16, 2012
You need JavaScript enabled to view it Having grown up in Jasper, Ifan Thomas is no stranger to nature, or National Parks, and that makes him the perfect candidate for the new Field Unit Superintendent job at Waterton Lakes National Park and Bar U ...
Channel Islands National Park
National parks in our own back yard
OCRegister - Jan 13, 2012
Five islands off the coast of the California mainland comprise Channel Islands National Park. Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara islands, along with their ocean environments, preserve and protect a wealth of natural and ...
Crater Lake National Park
Snowshoe tours at Crater Lake, Mt. Bachelor match experts with beginners
OregonLive.com (blog)OregonLive.com (blog) - Jan 4, 2012
Regularly scheduled walks for the general public are offered at 1 pm on weekends from mid-December through April at Crater Lake National Park (also during Christmas week), in the southern Oregon Cascades. Meet the ranger or volunteer at the Rim Village ...
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave seeks comments on plan for new airlock
Rapid City Journal - Jan 24, 2012
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK - Wind Cave National Park is soliciting comments on a draft environmental assessment (EA) written to replace the existing revolving door at the cave's walk-in entrance. The park's preferred alternative is to replace the current ...
Canyonlands National Park
The Wild Bunch
Salt Lake City WeeklySalt Lake City Weekly - Jan 26, 2012
San Juan County has been in a legal battle over Salt Creek Trail, a single jeep road in Canyonlands National Park, for the past 12 years. The case is still in appeals. According to environmental advocacy group Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), ...
Capitol Reef National Park
Pave a road near Capitol Reef? Why Utah hikers should care
Salt Lake Tribune (blog) - Jan 16, 2012
The north-by-northwest-south-southeast road runs through Wayne and Garfield counties along the east edge of Capitol Reef National Park. Notom Road also reaches the Burr Trail and a lot of dry washes and hiking trails along the way.