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Reader Survey Day: What Untold Stories Do You Want Told?

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So many parks, so many stories. Really, when you think of the National Park System, you have to wonder how many intriguing stories there are out there. We're not talking stories about managing the parks or search-and-rescues, we're thinking rather about explorations and scientific research.

What untold national park stories would you like to see told in 2016? Not stories about the management side of the National Park System -- though they're important -- but rather stories about explorations, science, personalities behind the badges of park staff.

We're thinking stories about underground lakes in Wind Cave National Park, efforts to find Ivory-billed woodpeckers in national parks of the Southeast, a day in the life of climbing rangers at Mount Rainier National Park, how to make the most out of a visit to Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

And that's just the tip of that veritable literary iceberg.

So, travelers, what untold stories would like to see told this year?

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How about a story about how much NPS spends on "planning" at the Ice Age National Scenic Trail" compared to similar parks around the country and compared to what was spent on planning the AT? About ten years ago an NPS official from the east stated, "You are planning the Ice Age Trail to death" in a meeting with NPS IATR staff and partner organization officials.


I would like to see a story about the native American rock art in the Parks, especially the least accessible.  It's getting almost impossible to get info from NPS employees.  It seems like their assumption is that if the locations are made too easy to obtain, We The People will over run the site or vandalize it.  The reality is those people who do deface or vandalize are a very small minority.  The majority are folks like me who are interested in archaeology and photography.  We understand the importance of Leave No Trace, especially in sensitive archaeological areas. Anyhow, I'm interested in the remotely located rock art sites, not the ones near the roads.  The NPs of the Southwest must have many.  Thanks.


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