Archive

April, 2008

4/30/2008 - National Parks Traveler Launches User Forums
4/30/2008 - Opening For Spring is a Struggle at Olympic National Park
4/30/2008 - Congressman Introduces Legislation To Double The Size of Big Thicket National Preserve
4/29/2008 - Interior Officials Want to Allow Concealed Carry in the National Parks
4/29/2008 - Bison, Elk and Bears Might Be Cute, But These Videos and Statistics From National Parks Suggest Caution
4/28/2008 - Groups Sue To Overturn Removal of Greater Yellowstone Wolves from Endangered Species List
4/28/2008 - Creature Feature: the Many-Colored Fruit Dove
4/26/2008 - National Parks Week: Perfect Time to Assess the "State of the Parks"
4/25/2008 - Railroad's Tweaking Delays Glacier National Park's Decision Against Bombing Avalanche Chutes
4/25/2008 - Snared Wolves At Denali National Park and Preserve Cast Ugly Shadow on Trappers
4/24/2008 - 2008 National Park Service Centennial Projects Run the Gamut, From Traveling Trunks to Biodiversity Inventories
4/23/2008 - Traveler's Top 10 Picks For Movies Involving National Parks
4/23/2008 - GYC Explains Value of Latest Agreement for Yellowstone National Park Bison
4/22/2008 - Utah Boy Wins Top Honors in National Park Foundation's Essay Contest
4/22/2008 - Flying Squirrels, Scenic Vistas, and the Blue Ridge Parkway
4/18/2008 - Proposed Settlement Filed in Cape Hatteras National Seashore ORV Case
4/18/2008 - NPCA: Health of Everglades National Park Requires a Longer Bridge Along the Tamiami Trail
4/18/2008 - Are Blue Ridge Parkway's Historic Guardrails At Risk?
4/17/2008 - Yellowstone National Park Bison Agreement: How Big A Step Forward Is It?
4/17/2008 - National Park Service Helps Expand Bison Range North of Yellowstone National Park
4/17/2008 - Adios Amigos: Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West.
4/16/2008 - Bear #399, And Other Grizzlies, Are On the Prowl In Grand Teton National Park
4/16/2008 - Park History: Natural Bridges National Monument
4/15/2008 - National Park Week Activities
4/15/2008 - Online Registration Possible For Climbing in Denali National Park
4/14/2008 - Creature Feature: Hellbenders
4/13/2008 - Gettysburg National Military Park: Of Cycloramas, Museums and Visitor Centers
4/13/2008 - Should Canyon de Chelly Be Given to the Navajo Nation?
4/13/2008 - Tentative Deal Reached Over Cape Hatteras National Seashore ORV Management
4/11/2008 - Tune-in For Yosemite National Park
4/10/2008 - The Monkey Wrench Gang: Coming to a Theater Near You?
4/09/2008 - Apostle Islands, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshores Taking Steps to Prevent Spread of Fish Virus
4/09/2008 - Elevated Sulphur Dioxide Levels Prompt Closure of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
4/08/2008 - Park Lands For Sale: Can the National Park Service Afford Them?
4/08/2008 - A Sad Sign of the Times: NPS Promotes Body Armor Options To Rangers
4/07/2008 - The Essential Cape Cod National Seashore
4/07/2008 - Lake Powell Expected to Rise 50 Feet This Summer
4/06/2008 - Body Found Below South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park
4/05/2008 - Judge Gives Two Sides Additional Week to Resolve Cape Hatteras National Seashore ORV Issue
4/03/2008 - Senators Introduce Legislation To Fund National Park Centennial Initiative
4/03/2008 - Former National Park Service Directors Urge Interior Secretary To Keep Guns Out of Parks
4/03/2008 - GAO Finds Fault With Management Plan For Yellowstone National Park Bison
4/03/2008 - Park History: Isle Royale National Park
4/02/2008 - Acreage Donated to Expand Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
4/02/2008 - Who Visits Alaska's National Parks?
4/02/2008 - Day Hiking: Mount Rainier
4/01/2008 - Antietam, Monocacy Battlefields on 2008 "Most Endangered" List
4/01/2008 - Benefit Planned for Joshua Tree National Park
4/01/2008 - Day Hiking: North Cascades

March, 2008

3/31/2008 - Congress Authorized Expansion of Petrified Forest National Park, But Forgot to Fund It
3/31/2008 - National Park Boundaries: Where Do You Draw the Line?
3/31/2008 - Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West
3/29/2008 - Our Endangered National Parks
3/28/2008 - FY2008 Budget Provides Seasonal Increases At Glacier National Park, But Hamstrings Other Operations
3/27/2008 - Appellate Court Rules Against Yosemite National Park
3/27/2008 - Encyclopedia of Life Debuts
3/27/2008 - Decommissioning National Parks: Some History, And Some Ominous Clouds
3/26/2008 - Virgin Islands National Park: Another Park Threatened By Inbounds Development
3/25/2008 - Group's Lawsuit Says Wolves, Not Bullets, Should Control Elk at Rocky Mountain National Park
3/23/2008 - Valley Forge: Once Again A Battleground, This Time Pitting History Against Development
3/23/2008 - Whatever Became of the Decommissioned National Parks?
3/22/2008 - Missing Cavers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ill-Prepared
3/21/2008 - Missing Cavers Found At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
3/20/2008 - Mount Vernon, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Proposed To Become World Heritage Sites
3/19/2008 - Vacation Options In Yellowstone, Olympic, and Mesa Verde National Parks
3/19/2008 - Should Uranium Mining Be Allowed Outside Grand Canyon National Park?
3/19/2008 - Paper Calls For Park Service To Protect Wildlife From ORVs on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
3/18/2008 - Evacuation Plans Prepared For Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Due to High SO2 Levels
3/18/2008 - Studies Show Bear Spray More Effective Than Guns Against Grizzlies
3/17/2008 - Parks and Tribe Establish Plan to Fight Fish Disease in Lake Superior
3/17/2008 - Man Drowns During Rafting Trip Through Grand Canyon National Park
3/17/2008 - Crews Remove Garbage From Marijuana Farms in Sequoia National Park
3/17/2008 - Groups Ask Congressmen To Help Halt Killing of Yellowstone National Park Bison
3/17/2008 - Flood Through Grand Canyon National Park Creates Sandbars
3/16/2008 - Olympic National Park Releases General Management Plan
3/14/2008 - National Park Service Revenues Down $1.3 Million On Transition to America The Beautiful Pass
3/14/2008 - Sequoia, Kings Canyon National Parks Tweak Backcountry Wilderness Regulations
3/13/2008 - Winter '07-08 Snowmobile Use in Yellowstone National Park Dips Slightly, Snowcoach Use Up
3/13/2008 - Snowmobilers Continue to Roam Illegally Into Yellowstone National Park
3/12/2008 - Researchers Say Meteorite Impact Created Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands National Park
3/12/2008 - House Parks Committee To Hold Hearing On ORVs on Federal Lands
3/12/2008 - Zion National Park Shuttle System To Resume March 21
3/12/2008 - The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
3/11/2008 - Park History: De Soto National Memorial
3/10/2008 - Bear-Proof Food Canisters Mandatory for Most Backcountry Travel in Grand Teton National Park
3/10/2008 - National Mall: Cherry Blossom Festival Not Far Off
3/10/2008 - Sen. Obama Non-committal on Carrying Loaded Weapons in National Parks
3/09/2008 - Battle Mounts Over Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
3/09/2008 - Land Deal Preserves Entrance Corridor to Mount Rainier National Park
3/07/2008 - World War II Memorial: Jewel of the Mall
3/07/2008 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ready For Spring Opening
3/05/2008 - Park History: Channel Islands National Park
3/04/2008 - Park History: Hot Springs National Park
3/04/2008 - Violent Deaths in the National Parks
3/04/2008 - Park History: Kings Canyon National Park
3/03/2008 - Poaching Trees from Redwood National Park
3/02/2008 - Of Geologists, Paleontologists, And Science in the National Park System
3/02/2008 - Winter Storm Uncovers 19th Century Shipwreck at Cape Cod National Seashore
3/02/2008 - Park History: Mount Rainier National Park

February, 2008

2/29/2008 - Carrying Guns in the National Parks -- Is This Being Fast-Tracked?
2/29/2008 - Would a Change in Gun Laws Be a Threat to National Park Bears?
2/29/2008 - Yellowstone National Park Announces Spring Plowing Schedule
2/27/2008 - Grand Canyon National Park Officials Take Issue With High Flow Releases from Glen Canyon Dam
2/27/2008 - High SO2 Levels Force Road Closure at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
2/26/2008 - 2007 National Park Visitation Shows 3 Million Visitor Increase
2/26/2008 - Western National Parks Contaminated By Airborne Heavy Metals, Pesticides
2/26/2008 - Former Park Service Director Dickenson Passes Away
2/26/2008 - Olympic National Park Entrance Fees to Stay Unchanged Through 2009
2/26/2008 - Keeping Track of Grand Teton National Park's Bighorn Sheep
2/26/2008 - Park History: Grand Canyon National Park
2/26/2008 - Park History: Grand Teton National Park
2/25/2008 - Critics: Changing Gun Laws in National Parks Would Open a "Pandora's Box" of Problems
2/23/2008 - Coalbed Methane Projected Proposed North of Glacier National Park Tabled
2/23/2008 - Rangers Association Points Out Flaws In Secretary Kempthorne's Weapons Logic
2/23/2008 - Dinosaur National Monument: Paleo's Not The Only Responsibility
2/22/2008 - National Parks Conservation Association: Interior Buckled to NRA Over Park Gun Laws
2/22/2008 - Interior Secretary Opens Door for New Gun Regulations in National Parks
2/22/2008 - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Growing by 42 Acres
2/21/2008 - Lodging Deals Can Be Found In Olympic, Yosemite, and Mesa Verde National Parks
2/21/2008 - Bush Administration Plan to Remove Wolf Protections Draws Criticism
2/21/2008 - Clinton, McCain, Obama Answer Questions on National Parks
2/19/2008 - Glen Canyon NRA Releases EA on Castle Rock Cut Deepening
2/19/2008 - Wolf Advocates Plan to Sue Rocky Mountain Park Officials Over Elk Plan
2/19/2008 - Does the National Park Service Need a Quota System for Peak Seasons?
2/17/2008 - Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone National Park Draws Protest Against Park Service
2/16/2008 - Grand Canyon National Park Officials Release Transportation Plan EA
2/15/2008 - University Shooting Doesn't Bring A Halt to Interior Department's Review of Weapons Ban in Parks
2/14/2008 - Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on America's National Parks?
2/14/2008 - Shenandoah National Park Announces Opening Dates
2/13/2008 - Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Favors Law Enforcement, Maintenance, Interpretation Over Paleontology
2/12/2008 - Trails I've Hiked: Awesome Hiking Along The Blue Ridge Parkway
2/12/2008 - Dinosaur National Monument Cutting Paleontology Staff
2/11/2008 - National Park Visitation Debate -- Here We Go Again
2/09/2008 - Cycling at Haleakala National Park Given "High Risk" Rating
2/08/2008 - U.S. Sen. Coburn Runs Poll On Whether "Concealed Carry" Should be Allowed in Parks
2/08/2008 - Snow Forces Mount Rainier Officials to Close Road to Paradise
2/08/2008 - National Park Service Claims to Have Added New Map Feature to Web Sites
2/06/2008 - Modeling Mesa Verde National Park With Lasers
2/06/2008 - Venturing Into the Backcountry of the National Park System
2/06/2008 - Costs to Rebuild Glacier National Park's "Sun Road" Skyrocket
2/05/2008 - What Are Your Priorities For the National Parks?
2/04/2008 - President's 2009 Budget Proposal Lacking for National Parks
2/04/2008 - Grand Canyon National Park Opens Lottery for 2009 Non-commercial River Trips
2/04/2008 - National Lakeshores Threatened by Non-native Species
2/02/2008 - U.S. Senator To Make Bid to Allow National Park Visitors to Carry Guns
2/02/2008 - How Will the President's 2009 Budget Proposal Treat the Park Service?
2/01/2008 - Erosion Forces Temporary Closures of Two Trails in Grand Canyon National Park
2/01/2008 - Master Craftsmen Restoring 18th Century House That Survived the Civil War

January, 2008

1/31/2008 - Kids Think Highly of Our National Parks
1/31/2008 - ‘Study Group’ Meets to Determine fate of Yellowstone National Park’s East Entrance
1/30/2008 - It's Time to Book Your Summer National Park Vacation
1/29/2008 - Strange Bedfellows: The National Park Service and the American Recreation Coalition
1/29/2008 - Is Mining Threatening Our National Parks in Alaska?
1/29/2008 - Despite All the Talk About A Bountiful NPS Budget, Not All National Parks Doing Well
1/28/2008 - Winter Visits to the National Parks
1/28/2008 - Send A Bison Valentine To Your Sweetie And Help Yellowstone's Herds
1/28/2008 - The Insanity Behind the Christmas Mountains Sale
1/28/2008 - Using Controlled Burns To Manage Stones River National Battlefield
1/27/2008 - Fishers Return to Olympic National Park
1/26/2008 - Park History: Rocky Mountain National Park
1/25/2008 - Why Did The Park Service Agree To Secret Meetings Over Yellowstone Snowmobiling?
1/25/2008 - How Many Tourists are Too Many in the Yosemite Valley?
1/25/2008 - Another Snake Story from Everglades National Park
1/22/2008 - Paw Print Another Sign That Wolves Might Be Returning to Rocky Mountain National Park
1/18/2008 - Park History: Acadia National Park
1/18/2008 - Super Volcano, The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park
1/17/2008 - Elephant Seals Returning to Point Reyes National Seashore For Breeding
1/17/2008 - Controlled Flood Proposed for the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon National Park
1/17/2008 - NPCA Asks Secretary Kempthorne Not To Change Gun Regs in National Parks
1/16/2008 - Association of National Park Rangers Opposes Change in Park Gun Regulations
1/16/2008 - How Good is the Cross-Country Skiing at Acadia National Park?
1/15/2008 - A Winter Visit to Grand Canyon National Park's Phantom Ranch
1/15/2008 - Climate Change and the National Parks
1/14/2008 - NPCA Keeping An Eye on Utah Tar Sands Developments
1/14/2008 - National Park Status Proposed for Oregon, West Virginia State Parks