Archive

December, 2011

12/07/2011 - Nearly 6 Years After Being Vandalized, Statue Honoring 4th New York Battery Returned To Pedestal At Gettysburg National Military Park
12/07/2011 - Reader Participation Day: Why Are National Parks So Controversial?
12/07/2011 - Lodging Plan For Flamingo Area Of Everglades National Park Continues To Evolve
12/06/2011 - Last Body From Trio Swept Over Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park Identified
12/06/2011 - Passport Picks For Winter: Where In the National Park System Should You Visit?
12/06/2011 - Acadia National Park Will Hold Holiday Open House At Jordon Pond Gate Lodge
12/06/2011 - Hiker Wants Great Smokies Mountain National Park To Divulge Comments On Proposed Backcountry Fee
12/06/2011 - Orphaned Florida Panther Released into the Wild at Big Cypress National Preserve
12/05/2011 - Second Body Of Trio Swept Over Vernal Fall At Yosemite National Park Recovered, Identified
12/05/2011 - Life in the Parks: "Come Quick! There's Been an Explosion!"
12/05/2011 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ready For 36th Annual Festival of Christmas Past
12/05/2011 - Grant Will Rehabilitate Boone Fork Trail Portion of Mountains-to-Sea Trail on Blue Ridge Parkway
12/05/2011 - Where Can You See Wildlife Right Now: Whales At Cape Cod National Seashore
12/04/2011 - A Year in the Life ... of Lassen Volcanic National Park
12/04/2011 - Head To Cumberland Gap National Historical Park To Taste Appalachian Christmas Cheer
12/04/2011 - Rehabilitating Forney Ridge Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Forever
12/04/2011 - Holiday Events On the Calendar At Wind Cave National Park
12/03/2011 - Civil War Talk Spreads To the Northwest
12/03/2011 - Gulf Islands National Seashore Puts Out The Welcome Mat For Winter Visitors
12/02/2011 - Looking At The National Park Service's Goal To Eliminate Plastic Bottles
12/02/2011 - National Park Service Proposes To Change Name Of Ross Lake NRA to North Cascades National Recreation Area
12/02/2011 - Help The Glacier National Park Fund Help Glacier National Park
12/02/2011 - Traveler's Gear Box: Jetboil's Sol Ti Cooking System
12/02/2011 - 19th Century Battlefield Added To Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
12/02/2011 - Time For Snow Play At Lassen Volcanic National Park
12/01/2011 - National Park Mystery Photo 39 Revealed
12/01/2011 - Historic Water Cisterns Restored At San Juan National Historic Site
12/01/2011 - Joshua Tree National Park To Co-Host Symposium On Parks And Economic Development
12/01/2011 - Native American Artworks Featured At Early Winter Solstice Celebration At Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
12/01/2011 - Celebrate Petrified Forest National Park's 105th Anniversary On December 8
12/01/2011 - National Park Visits Help Grow Utah's Tourism Industry By Nearly 5 Percent In 2010

November, 2011

11/30/2011 - UPDATED: Economists, Academics Urge President Obama To Protect Public Lands, Create New National Parks
11/30/2011 - National Park Mystery Photo 39: An Uncommon Configuration
11/30/2011 - Reader Participation Day: Do Your Holiday Plans Include a Visit to a National Park?
11/30/2011 - Facilities Closing For the Winter At Mammoth Cave National Park
11/30/2011 - National Park Service Falls in "Best Places To Work" Rankings
11/30/2011 - House Natural Resources Committee To Hold Hearing On Endangered Species Act
11/29/2011 - San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Denies Request For Hearing On Restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park
11/29/2011 - NPS Proposes Adding Five Bikeshare Stations on the National Mall
11/29/2011 - Birding in the National Parks: Searching For the Colima Warbler In Big Bend National Park
11/29/2011 - Beginning December 1 You Can Reserve Your Seat On Denali National Park Shuttle Buses
11/28/2011 - Group Pushing Proposal To "Complete" North Cascades National Park
11/28/2011 - Painting Of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Setting Wins Honors For Arizona Man
11/28/2011 - Glacier National Park Not Taking Lead From Olympic National Park On Mountain Goats
11/27/2011 - Why The Delay In Designating Official Wilderness In National Parks?
11/27/2011 - New Winter Opportunities for Visitors to Mesa Verde National Park
11/26/2011 - Join A Ranger At Crater Lake National Park For a Snowshoe Trek This Winter
11/25/2011 - By the Numbers: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
11/25/2011 - Counting Cacti At Saguaro National Park
11/25/2011 - A Potpourri of Suggestions For Visiting The National Park System This Winter
11/24/2011 - National Park Mystery Spot 31 Revealed: Big Tree Inside, Lots More Outside
11/24/2011 - National Park Service Releases Draft EIS on Transmission Line Across Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Delaware Water Gap NRA
11/24/2011 - The Grand Canyon Reader
11/23/2011 - New Study Says More Studies Are Needed To Determine Impact of Drakes Bay Oyster Co. At Point Reyes National Seashore
11/23/2011 - Appellate Court Rules Yellowstone Area Grizzly Bears Should Remain On Endangered Species List
11/23/2011 - National Park Mystery Spot 31: Walk This Way
11/23/2011 - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Officials Searching For Solution to Non-Native Animals
11/23/2011 - Reader Participation Day: Which Is Your Favorite "Historical" National Park?
11/23/2011 - Special Luminaria To Mark Holidays At Mesa Verde National Park
11/22/2011 - Fracking Put On Hold In Delaware River Basin
11/22/2011 - Historic Hoffman House At Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park To Open For Holidays
11/22/2011 - Acadia National Park Locals Can Get Annual Pass For Half Price in December
11/21/2011 - NPCA Officials Lament Congress' Failure At Deficit Talks, Possible Impact On National Parks
11/21/2011 - NPCA Report Calls For Stronger Efforts To Protect Chesapeake Bay And Its Watershed
11/21/2011 - Legislation Could Force Bicycles Off Roads In Some National Parks
11/21/2011 - Fears Rise That Congress Could Open More Units Of National Park System to Hunting
11/20/2011 - No Razor Clam Harvest At Olympic National Park Until Spring
11/20/2011 - Home Of Gay Rights Activist Added To National Register Of Historic Places
11/20/2011 - Clinton Birthplace Home Needed New Roofs
11/19/2011 - Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Lining Up Holiday Events
11/18/2011 - By the Numbers: Homestead National Monument of America
11/18/2011 - Yellowstone National Park Officials Reviewing Proposal To Boost Lodging At Old Faithful
11/18/2011 - Visitation Down At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/18/2011 - Joshua Tree National Park's 75th Anniversary Winding Down With Crossroads Conference
11/17/2011 - Condors Lead To Discovery of Body Near Lees Ferry in Grand Canyon National Park
11/17/2011 - Adopt A Yellowstone National Park Bison For The Holidays
11/17/2011 - What's A Buck Get You These Days? President James Garfield In Your Pocket
11/17/2011 - Special Events On Tap Through Year-End At Homestead National Monument of America
11/16/2011 - National Park Quiz 100: Ringer VI
11/16/2011 - License Tag Law Threatens Support for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian National Scenic Trail
11/16/2011 - 18th Century Comes Alive At Fort Stanwix National Monument With Holiday Event
11/15/2011 - "Vital Signs" Report From Yellowstone National Park Points To Areas Of Concern In Park's Health
11/15/2011 - Birding in the National Parks: Northern Saw-Whet Owls At Assateague Island National Seashore
11/15/2011 - On-line Resource Ready To Help You Plan Your Hiking Treks In Glacier National Park
11/14/2011 - Blue Ridge Parkway Management Alternatives Draw More Than A Little Debate
11/14/2011 - Guest Column: The Keystone XL Pipelines And Coal Hollow Mines Of America
11/14/2011 - Program At War In The Pacific National Historical Park Looks At Invasion of Guam
11/14/2011 - BLM Considering Proposal To Expand Coal Mine Near Bryce Canyon National Park
11/13/2011 - Time To Enter The Lottery For A Winter's Night At the Ostrander Ski Hut In Yosemite National Park
11/13/2011 - History Comes To Life At Fort Frederica National Monument
11/13/2011 - Historians in Body Armor - NPS Staffers Document Ancient Towers in Afghanistan
11/12/2011 - "3" Might Not Seem Like Much, But It's A Record For Condor Chicks At Grand Canyon National Park
11/11/2011 - Friends of Virgin Islands National Park Offering On-Line Auction To Raise Funds
11/11/2011 - High Water Table, Wetlands Causing Flooding At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
11/11/2011 - Canadian Pacific Railway "Holiday Train" Heading For Steamtown National Historic Site
11/11/2011 - Nature Notes: The Black Oaks Of Yosemite National Park, The Video
11/10/2011 - NPCA Report Paints Somber Portrait Of An Underfunded National Park Service
11/10/2011 - Updated: Report Details How Corporate Pressure Seemingly Derailed Plans For a Plastic Bottle Ban at Grand Canyon National Park
11/10/2011 - National Park Mystery Photo 38 Revealed: A Very Special White Crust
11/10/2011 - How Much Did Those New Units Of The National Park System Cost You?
11/10/2011 - Early-19th Century Burial Ground Discovered At Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Flordia
11/09/2011 - Hunter, Thinking He Was In National Forest, Kills Bison Inside Grand Teton National Park
11/09/2011 - National Park Mystery Photo 38: Not an Ordinary Donkey
11/09/2011 - Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival Sweeping Across Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout National Seashores
11/09/2011 - Reader Participation Day: Should Economics Be Considered When Adding Units To The National Park System?
11/09/2011 - October Visitation To Yellowstone National Park Was Good, But Not Record-Setting
11/08/2011 - Four Men Given Jail Time For Digging Up Gingseng In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/08/2011 - Last Entrance-Fee-Free Weekend of The Year On Tap Across National Park System
11/08/2011 - Study Points To Great Economic Beneft Of Arches, Canyonlands National Parks and Surrounding Recreational Lands
11/08/2011 - Tourmobile Company Closes Shop After Four Decades of Operation in the Nation's Capital
11/08/2011 - Winter Brings Increased Hazards for Wildlife and Humans on Park Roads
11/07/2011 - Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Joins National Park System
11/07/2011 - Civil War Trust Reaches Goal To Save Part Of Wilderness Battlefield Near Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania National Military Park
11/07/2011 - Wyoming Congresswoman Proposes Funding Solution For Grand Teton National Park Inholding
11/07/2011 - As A Federal Agent, Carter Niemeyer Killed Wolves For A Living
11/07/2011 - Are Cape Cod National Seashore Dune Shacks Historical, Or Trash?
11/06/2011 - Bryce Canyon National Park Schedules Open House To Discuss Transportation Plan
11/06/2011 - Hiking the Appalachian National Scenic Trail: It Takes More Heart than Heel
11/06/2011 - Group Formulating Plan To Promote Voyageurs National Park to the World
11/05/2011 - Fine Art, Crafts, Writings On Display At Cape Cod National Seashore
11/05/2011 - National Park Service Veteran Put In Charge of Fort Monroe National Monument
11/04/2011 - Backpack the Grand Canyon
11/04/2011 - Here's A Handy List of 2012 Workshops In And Around Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/04/2011 - Traveler's Gear Box: Icebreaker's GT 200 Series Offers Durable Merino Wool Base Layers
11/04/2011 - Traditional Holiday Festival Coming To Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site in December
11/04/2011 - Mooring Balls in Place For Dry Tortugas National Park Boaters
11/03/2011 - Code of Conduct For Comments
11/03/2011 - More Groups Sue National Park Service Over Big Cypress National Preserve Management Plan
11/03/2011 - National Park Mystery Spot 30 Revealed: The Rhyming Road Takes You There
11/03/2011 - Going Underground At Carlsbad Caverns National Park To Learn How To Explore the Stars
11/03/2011 - A Winter Visit To Virgin Islands National Park: The Logistics
11/03/2011 - Two Nighttime Emergencies at Big Bend National Park Solved by Hardy Rescuers—and a Mule
11/02/2011 - Family of Man Killed By Mountain Goat in Olympic National Park Sues National Park Service
11/02/2011 - National Park Mystery Spot 30: Just Answer These Questions
11/02/2011 - Stretches Of Blue Ridge Parkway To Be Closed For Months For Work on Historic Guardrails
11/02/2011 - Running With The Big Sled Dogs At Denali National Park, The Video
11/02/2011 - Yellowstone National Park Receives Green Light To Redesign Traffic Flow Through North Entrance
11/01/2011 - President Obama Uses Antiquities Act To Create Fort Monroe National Monument
11/01/2011 - Science Takes A Hit In President Obama's 2012 Budget
11/01/2011 - Joshua Tree National Park Abandons General Management Plan Revision, Blue Ridge Parkway Proceeding With Its GMP
11/01/2011 - Birding In The National Parks: Where Are All The Kittlitz's Murrelets Going?
11/01/2011 - Some National Park-Related Groups That Deserve Your Donation
11/01/2011 - Traveler Housekeeping: Making It Easier To Follow Your Favorite Unit of the National Park System

October, 2011

10/31/2011 - Grand Teton National Park Officials ID Bear Victim, Investigation Ongoing
10/31/2011 - Report: President Obama Ready To Make Virginia's Fort Monroe A National Monument
10/31/2011 - Katmai National Park And Preserve Officials Reviewing Sport Hunting Guidelines
10/31/2011 - Chair Of House Subcommittee On National Parks Calls Parks, Other Federal Lands Unconstitutional
10/31/2011 - BioBlitz Turns Up More Than 850 Previously Undetected Species in Saguaro National Park
10/31/2011 - Lifetime "Senior" and "Access" Park Passes Now Available By Mail
10/30/2011 - Elk Hunter In Grand Teton National Park Injured By Bear
10/30/2011 - National Park Service Honors Top Ranger, Volunteers
10/30/2011 - Statue Of Liberty's 125th Birthday Feted, Then Lady Liberty Was Closed For Renovations
10/30/2011 - Badger Pass Ski Area In Yosemite National Park Eyeing Mid-December Opening
10/29/2011 - Winter Film Festival Slated For Women's Rights National Historical Park in New York
10/28/2011 - House Oversight Committee Looking Into Point Reyes National Seashore's Handling Of Oyster Farm Future
10/28/2011 - Zion National Park Officials Debating How To Improve Wilderness Permitting System
10/28/2011 - Widow of Man Mauled By Grizzly Sues Federal Government For Wrongful Death, Negligence
10/28/2011 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gets Approval For Elk Management Plan
10/28/2011 - Trails I've Hiked: Bechler River Trail In Yellowstone National Park
10/27/2011 - Updated: Man Missing In Rocky Mountain National Park's Snowy Backcountry Found
10/27/2011 - Early Snowstorm Gives Rocky Mountain National Park Mid-Winter Look
10/27/2011 - Monocacy National Battlefield Releases iPad App
10/27/2011 - Fort Hancock Days, A Celebration Of This Historic Fort's Past, To Be Marked at Gateway National Recreation Area
10/27/2011 - 125th Anniversary Celebration for Statue of Liberty Blends History and High-Tech
10/26/2011 - BLM In Position To Issue 20-Year Moratorium On Uranium Mining Around Grand Canyon National Park
10/26/2011 - Reader Participation Day: Is The Current Level Of Visitation To National Parks A Concern?
10/26/2011 - Acadia National Park Transitioning From Summer To Winter Seasons
10/26/2011 - California Photographer Wins Lassen Volcanic National Park Photo Contest
10/26/2011 - Call To Action: Growing The National Park System
10/25/2011 - Tree Falls Block Scenic Parkway In Redwood National And State Parks
10/25/2011 - Mexico, United States Pledge To Work Together on Conservation Plan For Big Bend/Rio Bravo Region
10/25/2011 - Public Input Sought On Glen Canyon Dam Operations And Their Impact on Grand Canyon National Park
10/25/2011 - NPCA Officials Pushing For Transfer Of Valles Caldera National Preserve To National Park Service
10/24/2011 - Congressman Pushing Legislation To Require National Park Gift Shops To Carry "Made In America" Items
10/24/2011 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Underrated and Understated