Archive

November, 2008

11/30/2008 - Utah Man Dies in Fall at Zion National Park
11/30/2008 - This Park Nourishes Its Forest Service Roots
11/30/2008 - Sea Turtle Rescues at Cape Lookout
11/30/2008 - Hikers, Bikers and National Parks
11/29/2008 - Improvements to the Hermit Road at Grand Canyon Make Trips Greener and Safer
11/29/2008 - Whatever Happened to That Rule Change To Allow You to Pack Heat in National Parks?
11/28/2008 - China Moves to Designate its First National Park
11/28/2008 - Bush Administration: Slash and Burn on The Way Out of Office?
11/27/2008 - Rescued Yosemite Hiker Has Lots to be Thankful for This Year
11/26/2008 - Curious About What To Consider When Shopping for a New Camera?
11/26/2008 - National Park Quiz 30: Gathering
11/25/2008 - BLM, NPS Modify Oil and Gas Lease Auction near National Parks in Utah
11/25/2008 - From Job Creation to Everglades Czar, Green Groups Have Lengthy National Parks Wishlist
11/25/2008 - Bull Elk Poached in Glacier National Park
11/25/2008 - The Next Big Wildlife Management Issue for Parks?
11/25/2008 - National Park Service Chastized For Poor Cultural Resource Oversight
11/24/2008 - Glacier National Park Coffee Shop Honored For Its Mission 66 Style
11/23/2008 - Shenandoah National Park Proposing Tweaks To Its Climbing Management Guidelines
11/23/2008 - Bug Spraying Will Briefly Close Cades Cove Loop Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11/22/2008 - Happy Valley In Saguaro National Park
11/22/2008 - Got Quiet? Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has Plenty
11/21/2008 - Roughly One-Third of Curry Village to Be Permanently Closed in Yosemite National Park
11/21/2008 - Lava Beds National Monument is a Geologically and Historically Fascinating Place
11/21/2008 - Study Touts Economic Benefits of Mount St. Helens "National Park"
11/21/2008 - Upon Further Review - What Visited Your Campsite While You Were Sleeping?
11/20/2008 - Survey Shows Americans Love Bison But Largely Are Clueless About their Plight
11/20/2008 - Welcome to "Paradise on Earth, California style"
11/20/2008 - National Park Service Prepares to Host Millions of Visitors for the Presidential Inauguration and Parade
11/19/2008 - Zion National Park Has Lured Artists For Decades
11/19/2008 - National Park Quiz 29: Diving
11/19/2008 - Good News and Bad News at Vicksburg National Military Park
11/18/2008 - Are Yosemite National Park Officials Overlooking Safety of Curry Village Guests?
11/18/2008 - City of Rocks National Reserve is a Model of Interagency Cooperation
11/18/2008 - "Don't Shoot Yourself in the Foot" is Still Good Advice
11/18/2008 - Doing the Wood Stork Shuffle in Everglades National Park
11/17/2008 - Updated: Dueling Judges Push Yellowstone National Park Snowmobile Limit Back to 720 Per Day
11/17/2008 - National Parks the World Over are Preparing for Climate Change
11/17/2008 - Mammoth Cave National Park Produces Its Master Trails Plan
11/17/2008 - The Ex-Soldier Who Bought a Battlefield
11/17/2008 - Keeping History Honest When It Comes to Sight Lines In Civil War-era National Parks Is Not Without Controversy
11/16/2008 - Backpacker's Most Dangerous Hikes: The National Parks are Well-Represented
11/16/2008 - End of a Curious Era at Mount Rainier National Park
11/16/2008 - The Return of the Wolf To Yellowstone
11/15/2008 - That Ringing Heard by Backcountry Visitors in Glacier National Park Wasn't in Their Ears
11/14/2008 - Updated: Mount Rainier National Park Remains Closed Due to Flooding
11/14/2008 - The Half Dome Experience in Yosemite National Park
11/14/2008 - Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
11/14/2008 - This Park Wins the "Most Visits by a President" Award
11/13/2008 - Greening the Parks: A Former Brownfield is Converted to a Lakefront Gem at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
11/13/2008 - Director Bomar Extends Freeze on Fee Increases Through 2009
11/12/2008 - Fifty Year Ago Today, Warren Harding and His Buddies Conquered “Unclimbable” El Capitan
11/12/2008 - Flooding Forces Closure of Mount Rainier National Park
11/12/2008 - Our Only Privately-Owned National Park Celebrates a Birthday and a Vital Conservation Easement
11/12/2008 - You Still Can Visit Herman Melville's New Bedford
11/12/2008 - Arches National Park Finds Its Birthday Overshadowed By Drilling Concerns
11/12/2008 - National Park Quiz 28: Rivers
11/11/2008 - Zion National Park Planning To "Rehabilitate" Mount Carmel Highway
11/11/2008 - New Solar Power System Puts This Park in the Forefront of Alternative Energy Use
11/11/2008 - 23,110 Candles -- One for Each Soldier Killed, Wounded, or Missing
11/10/2008 - Colonial America and the Other San Juan Capistrano
11/10/2008 - A Bison Roundup and a Birthday Celebration Make for Busy Times at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
11/10/2008 - November 10, 1978, is a Date Writ Large in National Park System History
11/09/2008 - Acadia National Park Institutes Road Closures to Thwart Poachers
11/09/2008 - President-Elect Obama's Team Hints At Reversing BLM Leasing Decisions in Utah
11/08/2008 - Zion National Park Officials To Examine Needs of Canyon Shuttle System
11/07/2008 - Bison Might be Allowed to Range Further Beyond Yellowstone National Park Borders
11/07/2008 - Glory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
11/07/2008 - Fort Davis National Historic Site, Home of the Buffalo Soldiers
11/07/2008 - Snows Close Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park For the Winter
11/07/2008 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Officials to Outline Paving Options for Cades Cove
11/07/2008 - Upon Further Review - How Wet Is a Rain Forest?
11/06/2008 - Don't Be Surprised to See Clinton Administration Influence In an Obama Interior Department
11/06/2008 - National Park Service Signs Off on Decision Not To Allow Bombing of Avalanche Chutes in Glacier National Park
11/06/2008 - Election 2008: Fearless Forecasts, Foregone Conclusions, and Prescient Prognostications
11/05/2008 - Bush Administration Poised to Sell Oil and Gas Leases Around Dinosaur National Monument, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
11/05/2008 - Poets, Ports and Politics – The Long Battle for a New Kind of Park
11/05/2008 - National Park Quiz 27: The Border Parks
11/04/2008 - Yosemite National Park Officials Considering Improvements to Tioga Road Trails
11/04/2008 - Wetlands Restoration Project at Golden Gate National Recreation Area is Well Worth the Cost
11/03/2008 - New River Gorge Bridge Hosted 1,062 BASE Jumps on Bridge Day, and Jumpers Say that is Not Nearly Enough
11/03/2008 - Yellowstone National Park Releases Winter-Use Proposal
11/03/2008 - Update: Land Acquisition Moves Flight 93 National Memorial Closer to Completion Target
11/02/2008 - NPS Entrance Fees Waived on November 11th for Veterans, Military Personnel and Their Families
11/02/2008 - Lame Duck Bush Administration Hastens to Weaken Environmental Protection Laws
11/01/2008 - Climate Change Doomed the Historic Settlements at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
11/01/2008 - Olympic National Park Announces New Requirements for Winter Travel to Hurricane Ridge
11/01/2008 - Pruning the Parks: Millerton Lake Recreation Area, 1945-1957

October, 2008

10/31/2008 - Thanks to the California Desert Protection Act, Death Valley National Park is the Biggest Park in the Coterminous U.S.
10/31/2008 - Take the Interstate to One of the Largest Units in the National Park System
10/31/2008 - Plenty of National Park Issues for Next Administration, But Will They Get Tackled?
10/30/2008 - Updated: Bush Administration: "A Legacy of Failure for Our Public Lands," Claims Congressman Grijalva
10/30/2008 - Updated: Body Of Overdue Hiker Found in Glacier National Park; Suicide Suspected
10/30/2008 - It Breathes
10/29/2008 - How About Some Economic Stimulus for the National Park System?
10/29/2008 - Nation’s First Park Ranger Hears Crying Ghost
10/29/2008 - National Park Quiz 26: Frightful Places and Scary Stuff
10/28/2008 - What Ghostly Encounters Might You Have in Harpers Ferry or Great Smoky Mountains?
10/27/2008 - A Popular Overlook in Yosemite Gets a Makeover
10/27/2008 - Skyline Drive Designated as a National Historic Landmark
10/26/2008 - Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial - War and Peace and Two Memorable Phrases
10/24/2008 - Bringing Zebra Mussels to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Could Cost You $2,500
10/24/2008 - Shuttles Make Visiting Cades Cove In Great Smoky Mountains National Park A Bit Easier
10/24/2008 - Upon Further Review – The Whirlwind Tourist
10/24/2008 - The Underground Ansel Adams – Famous Photographer's Cave Photos Now Available for Public Viewing
10/23/2008 - Trails Forever Program Facilitates High-Priority Trail Improvements at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10/22/2008 - Capturing Fall's Splendor in the National Park System
10/22/2008 - National Park Quiz 25: Threatened and Endangered
10/22/2008 - Natchez Trace Parkway – Colorful Choice for a Southern Fall Trip
10/21/2008 - Pruning the Parks: Mar-a-Lago National Historic Site (1972-1980) Was a Gift the National Park Service Couldn’t Afford to Keep
10/21/2008 - The Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Invites You to Climb, Run, Jump, Slide, Roll, Whoop, and Holler
10/20/2008 - How Will the Next Administration Deal With the Environment?
10/20/2008 - Voyageurs National Park Not Overlooking Halloween
10/20/2008 - Moton Field Ceremony Highlights Grand Opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
10/20/2008 - Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Celebration Begins
10/19/2008 - IMBA: Not Every Park Suitable For Mountain Biking, No Interests, Currently, For Trails in Wilderness Areas
10/18/2008 - Park History: Fort Scott National Historic Site Tells Many Interesting Stories
10/18/2008 - Colorado Man Falls to His Death in Zion National Park
10/18/2008 - Park History: Biscayne National Park
10/18/2008 - A Surprising Option for a Western River Trip
10/18/2008 - Francis Beidler’s Long-Ago Decision Saved the Forest that Became Congaree National Park
10/17/2008 - Update: Virgin Islands National Park Takes a Swipe, not a Direct Hit, from Hurricane Omar
10/17/2008 - Beach Cleanup is Focus for National Parks America Tour Stop at Padre Island National Seashore
10/17/2008 - How to Hijack a National Park
10/17/2008 - Rockfalls Down Upon Curry Camp in Yosemite National Park Are Not Unusual
10/16/2008 - "Talking" Buoys Deployed Along Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
10/16/2008 - Conservation Groups Sue to Cut Air Pollution Over Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10/16/2008 - Damage from Tropical Storm Hanna Created Expensive Repair Problems at Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
10/15/2008 - Visit Savannah’s Fort Pulaski National Monument and See Why Brick Masonry Forts Became Obsolete in April 1862
10/15/2008 - New BLM Management Plans Could Have Major Impacts on Utah National Parks
10/15/2008 - Survey Predicts Change in National Park Gun Regulations Will Lead to Wildlife Shootings, Management Problems
10/15/2008 - National Park Quiz 24: Old, Older, Oldest
10/14/2008 - Trails I've Hiked: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
10/14/2008 - Interior Officials Planning To Make It Easier for Mountain Bikers to Gain Backcountry Access in Parks
10/14/2008 - The Lost Arrow Spire Highline in Yosemite National Park is a Slackliner’s Dream and an Acrophobe’s Nightmare
10/14/2008 - Park History: Timpanogos Cave National Monument
10/13/2008 - Pruning the Parks: Atlanta Campaign National Historic Site (1944-1950) was Developed as a Dixie Highway Tourist Attraction
10/13/2008 - Shenandoah National Park To Celebrate Wilderness This Weekend
10/13/2008 - Trails I've Hiked: John Muir Trail, Lyell Fork drainage, Yosemite National Park
10/13/2008 - Boulder Dam National Recreation Area – Forgotten but Not Gone?
10/12/2008 - Park History: Obed Wild and Scenic River
10/12/2008 - Body of Man Missing in Shenandoah National Park Found Outside Park
10/12/2008 - Part of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Lands on National Register of Historic Places
10/12/2008 - Yorktown Day – Our Country's "Other Birthday"
10/12/2008 - Imagine the Impacts of Climate Change on the National Park System
10/11/2008 - First Ladies National Historic Site Struggles to Attract Visitors
10/11/2008 - Musings from Yosemite National Park
10/11/2008 - Now “Thirtysomething,” Big Thicket National Preserve Has Matured Nicely
10/10/2008 - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and the Struggle to Save Sweet Auburn
10/10/2008 - Is Bush Administration Moving to Shuck Some Congressional Oversight on Public Lands Management?
10/10/2008 - Improving Paradise: Mount Rainier National Park Gets a Fine New Visitor Center
10/10/2008 - Upon Further Review – A Rare Photo Op
10/10/2008 - Stanley W. Abbott, Wizard of the Blue Ridge Parkway
10/09/2008 - Clues Found in Search for Ginseng Hunter Who Went Missing in Shenandoah National Park
10/09/2008 - George Washington Really Did Sleep at Longfellow National Historic Site
10/09/2008 - Don't Forget Buffalo National River When You're Looking for Fall Foliage
10/08/2008 - Rock Falls Close Curry Village Lodgings in Yosemite National Park
10/08/2008 - Valley Forge Development Gains OK
10/08/2008 - Wyoming Congressional Delegation Pushing Interior Secretary To Move on Yellowstone Snowmobile Plan
10/08/2008 - National Park Quiz 23: Farms, Gardens, and Orchards
10/07/2008 - Man Falls 250 Feet to His Death from a South Rim Overlook at Grand Canyon National Park
10/07/2008 - National Park Service Director Mary Bomar Presents George B. Hartzog Lecture at Clemson University
10/07/2008 - Turkey Hunters Appreciate Wildlife Habitat Preservation at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
10/07/2008 - There's Plenty to See Above Ground at Wind Cave National Park
10/07/2008 - Great National Park-Related Museums in Washington, D.C.
10/06/2008 - Yosemite National Park Staff Helped Locate and Investigate the Fossett Crash Site in the Sierra Nevadas
10/06/2008 - Hawks Rest, A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone
10/05/2008 - Grand Canyon National Park to Host "Celebrate Wildlife Day" in November
10/04/2008 - Lassen Volcanic National Park Gets Its First Purpose-Built Visitor Center, and It’s a Dandy
10/04/2008 - Park History: Dinosaur National Monument
10/03/2008 - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Not Immune to Bear Problems
10/03/2008 - Hurricane Ike Storm Debris Creates a Mammoth Cleanup Problem at Padre Island National Seashore
10/03/2008 - Steamtown National Historic Site Schedules Leaf Peeper Excursions in the Poconos
10/02/2008 - Singer Dolly Parton Named Ambassador for Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Anniversary
10/02/2008 - North Cascades National Park – Forty Years on the Map, Seventy Years in the Making
10/02/2008 - Maintenance Worker Finds a Hand Grenade in Rock Creek Park