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November, 2009

11/20/2009 - Slide Show Demonstrates Ida's Power at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
11/20/2009 - Storm Damage Update for Gulf Islands and Assateague Island National Seashores
11/20/2009 - Rare Ansel Adams Print of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Acquired By Knoxville Art Museum
11/20/2009 - Yellowstone National Park Officials Release Development Vision For Tower-Roosevelt
11/20/2009 - Land Acquisition Expands Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by 91+ Acres
11/20/2009 - Mystery Plant Revealed: The “Tree from Hell” is the Tree-of-Heaven
11/19/2009 - Funding Will Help Repair Historic Gun Batteries at Gateway National Recreation Area's Sandy Hook Unit
11/19/2009 - Search Now In Its Third Day for Missing Hunter At Big Cypress National Preserve
11/19/2009 - Mystery Plant: This “Tree from Hell” Smells Like Rancid Peanut Butter
11/19/2009 - Sunset and Moonlight Hikes and Talks at Saguaro National Park
11/19/2009 - Mystery Spot Revealed: You’ll Find It At the Bottom of the Grand Canyon
11/18/2009 - Search Under Way For Missing Hunter In Big Cypress National Preserve
11/18/2009 - This Time, the SPOT Alert Was Real, Leading Grand Canyon National Park Rangers to Man With Broken Leg
11/18/2009 - House Committee Asked to Support Castle Nugent National Historic Site in the Virgin Islands
11/18/2009 - National Park Foundation Helps Fund Eradication of Russian-Olive in Utah
11/18/2009 - Is There A Turf Battle Brewing Between National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service Over Oregon Caves NM Expansion?
11/18/2009 - Reader Participation Day: Where is Your Favorite National Park Campground?
11/18/2009 - National Park Mystery Spot: A Jenny May Take you There
11/18/2009 - National Park Service Opposes Redesignation Of Pinnacles National Monument as a National Park
11/17/2009 - Yet Another November Storm Wallops Olympic National Park
11/17/2009 - Lawsuit Aims to Halt Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon National Park
11/17/2009 - Special Programs in Two Parks Relive Holidays on the Frontier and in the Backcountry
11/17/2009 - Forest Service Open to Allowing Mountain Bikes on Continental Divide Trail, But What About Park Service?
11/17/2009 - Trail Repairs and Roof Work Among Recovery Act Projects At Grand Canyon National Park
11/16/2009 - Poaching Charges Pending In Case of Majestic Bull Elk Killed at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/16/2009 - Firefighter's Death Underscores Need For Promise Of Swift Evacuation From Fire Lines
11/16/2009 - Check Out The Traveler's Sponsors!
11/16/2009 - Visiting National Parks by Train – Central and Western U.S.
11/16/2009 - Traveler's Checklist: Death Valley National Park
11/16/2009 - Padre Island National Seashore: Wintering Grounds For Sandhill Cranes
11/15/2009 - Newspaper Turns Back the Calendar and Calls for "Buffalo Commons National Park" in Kansas
11/15/2009 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park To Lease Land For Farming
11/15/2009 - Interim Superintendent Appointed at Gettysburg National Military Park
11/14/2009 - BRP75 Opening Weekend in Asheville Highlights Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
11/14/2009 - Lawsuit Over Deer Culling At Valley Forge Highlights Troubles Of Squeezed National Parks
11/14/2009 - Traveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry?
11/14/2009 - Gettysburg’s Dedication Day and Remembrance Day Activities Mark Gettysburg Address Anniversary
11/13/2009 - Discovery of Skeletal Remains in Death Valley National Park May Solve an Old Mystery
11/13/2009 - Want the Latest On the Biodiversity Inventory At Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
11/13/2009 - Friends of the Everglades is Down, but Not Out
11/13/2009 - Grant From Boeing Will Help Mount Rainier National Park Move Towards Carbon Neutral
11/13/2009 - Consider Gettysburg for the Holidays
11/12/2009 - Brown Pelican Removed from Endangered Species List
11/12/2009 - Ida Gives Many Atlantic Coast National Parks a Severe Beating
11/12/2009 - Collecting National Park T-Shirts: The Passion and the Pain
11/12/2009 - Families With Ties to Mammoth Cave National Park Landscape Invited to Research Those Roots
11/12/2009 - Programming Note: Lighting of National Christmas Tree Will Be Televised This Year
11/11/2009 - Heavy Surf Expected Along East Coast National Seashores This Weekend
11/11/2009 - Split Appellate Court Erects Another Roadblock to World's Largest Dump Next to Joshua Tree National Park
11/11/2009 - Surveys of Bull Trout Populations At Glacier National Park Tell Different Stories
11/11/2009 - Rum Runners and Torpedo Bombers At Channel Islands National Park
11/11/2009 - Reader Participation Day: What's the Most Important Part of Your National Park Trip?
11/11/2009 - National Park System Quiz 73: Birds
11/11/2009 - Pancho Villa, the Army Air Corps and Big Bend National Park
11/10/2009 - Grand Canyon National Park Rangers Investigating Fatality on Bright Angel Trail
11/10/2009 - Wayward Hikers Demonstrate How Easy It Is To Get Lost In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/10/2009 - Programming Note: National Geographic Channel Explores the Appalachian Trail Tonight
11/10/2009 - Might Congress Fully Fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund For Park Projects?
11/10/2009 - Only Snow Drought Likely To Block Your Access To Yellowstone National Park This Winter
11/10/2009 - A Firefighter's Death Leads to Internal Analysis Of Protocols By National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service
11/10/2009 - A One-Act Play About Hopewell Furnace is a Different Sort of Outreach
11/09/2009 - Gulf Islands National Seashore Battens Down for Hurricane Ida
11/09/2009 - Stimulus Money Will Help With Rebuild of Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road
11/09/2009 - Visiting National Parks by Train – Eastern U.S.
11/09/2009 - Work On Foothills Parkway at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Could Surprise Some Folks
11/08/2009 - Center for State of the Parks Gives Lassen Volcanic National Park A "Fair" Rating
11/08/2009 - Acadia National Park Turning Back the Calendar For Historic Trail Names
11/08/2009 - Road Work Will Be Highly Visible in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2010
11/07/2009 - Backup Maintenance Could Take the Traveler Down Tonight
11/07/2009 - Glacier Bay National Park Rangers Use Satellite Technology to Help Tangled Whales
11/07/2009 - Is This the Most Unique Job in the National Park Service?
11/07/2009 - National Park Service Director Jarvis Reminds Employees To Be Ethical in All They Do
11/07/2009 - True Tales From the National Parks: Get Me Off Devils Tower!
11/06/2009 - Tidewater Goby Translocation: A Little Fish Gets a Big Boost
11/06/2009 - Traveler's Gear Box: A Tent For Every Occasion
11/06/2009 - National Park Service Sued Over Termination of Indian Trader at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
11/06/2009 - Fire at Historic Lodge at Bryce Canyon National Park Won't Delay the 2010 Season Opening
11/05/2009 - Mystery Photo Revealed: What's She Smiling About?
11/05/2009 - Wolves, Moose, and Nutrient Flows at Isle Royale National Park
11/05/2009 - How Many Wolves Are Enough In Washington State?
11/05/2009 - Is There a First State National Historical Park in Delaware’s Future?
11/05/2009 - Cowpens National Battlefield Invites Visitors to Enjoy a Backcountry Holiday at the Scruggs House
11/05/2009 - Skiing On Mount Rainier, Where You Really Earn Your Turns
11/04/2009 - Winter Lodging Specials at Sequoia National Park
11/04/2009 - Report Details Errors That Led to The Death of A Young National Park Firefighter
11/04/2009 - Reader Participation Survey: What Was Your Most Fascinating National Park Interpretive Program?
11/04/2009 - To Drill Or Not To Drill For Oil Beneath Big Cypress National Preserve, That Is The Question
11/04/2009 - Wind Cave Bison Translocation Restocks Mexican Preserve
11/04/2009 - Mystery Photo 16: What's She Smiling About?
11/04/2009 - National Parks Fee-Free On November 11 In Honor of Military Past and Present
11/03/2009 - Here's Your Window Into the Second Century Commission On National Parks
11/03/2009 - These Animals at Craters of the Moon National Monument Are Both Sprinters and Marathoners
11/03/2009 - Everglades National Park Officials Considering "Pole and Troll" Boating Zone to Protect Resources
11/03/2009 - New York Congressman Wants Hudson River Valley Considered For Inclusion in National Park System
11/03/2009 - Grand Teton National Park and Argentine Sister Park Work on Mending Trails
11/02/2009 - As the Civil War Sesquicentennial Draws Near, Endangered Battlefields Get More Federal Attention and Money
11/02/2009 - Discounted Lodging Rates at Canyon De Chelly National Monument Make a Winter Trip Tempting
11/02/2009 - Movie Nights At Valley Forge National Historical Park Bring Revolutionary War Films Into View
11/02/2009 - Researchers Survey Some of Mammoth Cave National Park's Many Cemeteries
11/02/2009 - By The Numbers: Economic Impacts of the National Parks
11/01/2009 - Man Pays $2,500 For Mussels at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, But They Weren't The Main Course
11/01/2009 - Shenandoah National Park Set to Ban Visitors From Bringing Their Own Firewood Into Park
11/01/2009 - With Year-End Holidays Not Far Off, Consider These National Park Escapes

October, 2009

10/31/2009 - Missing Hiker Found Deceased on Flanks of Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park
10/31/2009 - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Gets a Construction Permit at Long, Long Last
10/31/2009 - More Than A Few Ghost Stories Swirl About Crater Lake National Park
10/31/2009 - Each Generation Seems To Stamp Its Imprint on the National Parks
10/31/2009 - Visiting Zion National Park in November? Here’s the Fall Schedule for the Free Park Shuttle
10/30/2009 - Server Maintenance Could Briefly Knock The Traveler Off-Line Saturday Morning
10/30/2009 - How Interstate 40's Closure Is Affecting Travel To Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10/30/2009 - Search Expands for Missing Hiker On Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park
10/30/2009 - You'll Need to Win the Lottery to Attend This Year’s National Christmas Tree Lighting
10/30/2009 - Anniversary Celebration of California Desert Protection Act at Mojave National Preserve
10/30/2009 - Winter Lodging Deals at Mammoth Cave, Zion, Grand Canyon, and Death Valley National Parks
10/30/2009 - Fall's Arrival Means Fewer Open Roads and Campgrounds To Use at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10/30/2009 - Mammoth Cave National Park Harbors More Than A Few Ghost Stories
10/29/2009 - Congress Boosts National Park Service Budget by $130 Million to $2.7 Billion
10/29/2009 - Search Under Way for Missing Hiker on Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park
10/29/2009 - Yellowstone National Park's Interior Roads Close For Winter on Monday
10/29/2009 - Yosemite Fund Provides Nearly $6 Million For Yosemite National Park Improvements
10/29/2009 - Bison Will Soon Roam Again at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
10/29/2009 - The Ghosts Of Yellowstone National Park
10/29/2009 - It's Official - Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is the Newest NPS Unit
10/29/2009 - Glacier National Park Officials Working on Wildlife Viewing Plan for Many Glacier Area
10/28/2009 - Coast Guard Wants To Install Search-And-Rescue Communication Towers At Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
10/28/2009 - Road Work to Close Section of Road At Big Cypress National Preserve
10/28/2009 - After Plenty of Debate, General Management Plan for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is Completed
10/28/2009 - National Park System Quiz 72: Forts
10/28/2009 - Is The Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument Haunted?
10/28/2009 - Flight 93 National Memorial Groundbreaking is Finally Scheduled
10/28/2009 - Reader Participation Day: Is Your Guidebook Actually Bound, Or Do You Prefer Pixels?
10/27/2009 - House Passes Legislation That Could Lead the National Park Service to Rebuild Road at North Cascades National Park
10/27/2009 - What Would Longfellow Say About Ghosts and Halloween?
10/27/2009 - Conservation Easement Protects Nearly 1,500 Wooded Acres Rimming the Blue Ridge Parkway
10/27/2009 - Death Valley 49ers Gear Up for 60th Encampment
10/27/2009 - A Few Simple Precautions Could Greatly Enhance Your Safety in the National Parks
10/27/2009 - Evergreen Lodge Near Yosemite National Park Offering Holiday Packages
10/27/2009 - Recovery Funds Will Help Seal Abandoned Mines in Joshua Tree National Park
10/26/2009 - Nurseries Play A Key Role In Caretaking Coral Reefs at Biscayne National Park
10/26/2009 - Traveler's Checklist - Big Bend National Park
10/26/2009 - Nighttime Closures of Skyline Drive Through Shenandoah National Park Planned to Thwart Poachers
10/26/2009 - If A Winter Trip to Yellowstone National Park Is On Your Mind, Here Are Some Options
10/25/2009 - Keep An Eye Out For Bears During Your Fall Hikes in the National Parks
10/25/2009 - How Does Your Congressional Representative Rank on Environmental Issues?
10/25/2009 - What Would Teddy Think?
10/25/2009 - Pruning the Parks: Old Kasaan National Monument (1916-1955) – Moving the Totems Changed Everything
10/24/2009 - Can't Connect to Some NPS Websites? Don't Take it Out on Your Computer
10/24/2009 - A Miss is Much Better than a Mile for Hikers Rescued in Two Separate Falls
10/24/2009 - Rocky Mountain National Park Finds A Great Promoter In Bill Kurtis
10/24/2009 - Visiting Alaska National Parks – By Train
10/23/2009 - National Park Service Announces Superintendent Vacancy At Gettysburg National Military Park
10/23/2009 - Citizen Scientist Volunteer Opportunity at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10/23/2009 - Death At Channel Islands National Park Demonstrates Need to Be Prepared
10/23/2009 - Man vs. Squirrel… Place Your Bets
10/23/2009 - By the Numbers: The National Park Service Workforce
10/23/2009 - Yosemite National Park Says "No Thanks" to Major Cycling Race
10/22/2009 - Newspaper Reports That Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Is Stepping Down
10/22/2009 - Rocky Mountain National Park's Trail Ridge Road Closes; Can Winter Be Far Off For Us in the Lowlands?
10/22/2009 - Need to Identify Exotic Weeds in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area? There's An App For That!
10/22/2009 - Electronic Portal to Open Great Smoky Mountains National Park To Schools Next Month
10/22/2009 - Tamarisk Beetles Found in Grand Canyon National Park. "Oh, My" or "Oh, Me"?
10/22/2009 - Mystery Spot Revealed: Where Lincoln Famously Eulogized, It Stands Tall Amid Soldiers’ Graves
10/21/2009 - This Third Time Was Anything But Charming – SPOT Misuse At Grand Canyon National Park
10/21/2009 - What Now Becomes Of Fort Hancock At Gateway National Recreation Area?
10/21/2009 - Reader Participation Day: Winter Park Visits, Snow or Sand?
10/21/2009 - Traveler's Gear Box: Hauling Your Gear Around
10/21/2009 - Adding to the National Park System: Here's One List Of Possibles....
10/21/2009 - National Park Mystery Spot: Standing Tall in the Middle
10/20/2009 - Bad Timing: Road Closures Along the Blue Ridge Parkway During Leaf-Peeping Season
10/20/2009 - Traveler’s National Park System Quizzes – A Master List
10/20/2009 - History Abounds in the Waters Surrounding Isle Royale National Park
10/20/2009 - Restoring the Giacomini Wetlands At Point Reyes National Seashore
10/20/2009 - Point Reyes National Seashore To Mark One-Year Anniversary of Wetlands Recovery
10/19/2009 - Investigation Of Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Finds Cybertracks to Pornographic Images
10/19/2009 - Dr. Gary Machlis Has Ambitious Plans As Science Advisor to National Park Service Director Jarvis