Archive

May, 2006

5/04/2006 - House Subcommittee's Parks Funding Rec Disappointing
5/03/2006 - National Park Week, I Missed It!
5/03/2006 - Senators Hope to Clear The Air, Parks Should Benefit
5/03/2006 - Conservation Groups Sue to Get Yellowstone Trout Protection
5/03/2006 - Yosemite Waterfalls Outstanding This Spring
5/03/2006 - Yellowstone and Cell Phones: So Goes Solitude?
5/02/2006 - Let the Confirmation Show Begin!
5/02/2006 - Rep. Hunter Still Taking Aim on Channel Islands NP
5/02/2006 - Testing the Product
5/01/2006 - USS Arizona Memorial Wins Museum Award

April, 2006

4/30/2006 - Tough Times in Acadia NP
4/29/2006 - Sampling Air Pollution in the Parks
4/29/2006 - Customize that Pass
4/28/2006 - Grading the Parks
4/27/2006 - What Would the Bull Moose Think?
4/27/2006 - Pilfering the Parks and Other Historic Places
4/27/2006 - Yellowstone Yellow Bus Update
4/26/2006 - Bush Administration's Handling of NPS Slammed Again
4/25/2006 - The Antiquities Act
4/25/2006 - Yellowstone's Yellow Buses
4/25/2006 - Car Camping and Quiet are a Challenging Pair
4/24/2006 - Everglades Failures
4/24/2006 - NPCA Offers Field Guide for California's Desertscape
4/24/2006 - Rocky Mountain NP Officials Propose to Shoot Elk
4/23/2006 - So What if the NPS Needs to Cinch Its Financial Belt?
4/22/2006 - Philly Inquirer Adds its Voice of Discontent over NPS Plight
4/21/2006 - Here's a Parks Traveler...
4/21/2006 - See the Stars at White Sands NM
4/21/2006 - Watch Out for Those Recreation Fees
4/20/2006 - Park Budget is Depressing
4/20/2006 - Light Pollution Washes Out Night Sky Over Joshua Tree
4/20/2006 - Courting International Visitors Is A Tough Sell These Days
4/19/2006 - Climbing The Grand: Been There, Done That
4/19/2006 - NPS Appropriations: Increases Sought
4/19/2006 - Park Philanthropy: Where Is It Heading?
4/18/2006 - Is The National Park System Headed for Yard Sales?
4/18/2006 - Will Glen Canyon be Restored?
4/17/2006 - Lake Mead Mountain Lions
4/17/2006 - Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail
4/17/2006 - Grand Canyon Traffic Jams
4/16/2006 - Of Pigs and Parks
4/14/2006 - National Parks and License Plates
4/14/2006 - Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
4/13/2006 - Old Faithful To Get New Visitor Center
4/13/2006 - Talking Points...and Points of Concern
4/12/2006 - Park Visitation, Part Two
4/12/2006 - Following Muir to Yosemite on Foot
4/10/2006 - Park Visitation Trends: Is There a Problem?
4/10/2006 - IRS Confirms: Parks are an Expensive Visit
4/09/2006 - North Carolina Governor Opposes Road to Nowhere
4/09/2006 - Restoring the Great Lakes
4/08/2006 - Quick Shots: Yosemite National Park
4/07/2006 - Musings from Washington
4/07/2006 - Gettysburg's Financial Pain
4/07/2006 - Fire in the Mountains
4/06/2006 - TWS Wants Kempthorne To "Correct" Norton's Damage
4/06/2006 - Gov. Kempthorne Likely Will Face MP Questions
4/06/2006 - NPS Infrastructure: What Condition Is It In?
4/05/2006 - Desert Solitaire Review
4/05/2006 - Director's Order 21 Scaled Back
4/05/2006 - GAO Report Outlines NPS's Funding Woes
4/04/2006 - Your Taxes and Your National Parks
4/04/2006 - Secretary Norton's Farewell
4/04/2006 - Great Smoky Mountains NP Honoring Cherokee Nation
4/04/2006 - Denver Post Has Suggestion for Kempthorne
4/03/2006 - Blue Ridge Head Scratcher
4/03/2006 - Entrance Fees Going Up
4/03/2006 - When It's Time to Drink: Hydrapak & SIGG
4/03/2006 - Little Interest in Lewis & Clark

March, 2006

3/30/2006 - The Job of Secretary of Interior
3/30/2006 - Foundation Opposes Using Private Dollars to Run Blue Ridge Parkway
3/30/2006 - Grand Canyon Searching For Transportation Solution
3/30/2006 - Mountain Bikes in the National Parks
3/29/2006 - River Groups Sue NPS Over Motorized Trips Through Grand Canyon
3/29/2006 - CW-X's Insulated Tights Ward Off Cold
3/28/2006 - Is IMBA-NPS Partnership "Complimentary"?
3/28/2006 - Little Woolly Bugs Attack Hemlocks
3/28/2006 - Brook Trout Fishing Back In Vogue in Great Smoky Mountains NP
3/27/2006 - Driving up a Cliff in Olympic National Park
3/27/2006 - Gulf Islands National Seashore Still Recovering
3/24/2006 - Not Everyone Opposes Delisting of Grizzlies
3/24/2006 - Listen to John Muir at Yosemite Park
3/23/2006 - Has Secretary Norton Opened the Way for OHV Use in Parks?
3/23/2006 - How Long Will the Parks Last?
3/23/2006 - Keeping the Night Dark in the Parks
3/23/2006 - Book Club Selection for April
3/22/2006 - Glacier's Retreating Glaciers
3/22/2006 - Alaska's National Parks See Visitation Surge
3/22/2006 - Monumental Confusion
3/21/2006 - What Do the Folks At Big Bend Think of Mountain Biking?
3/20/2006 - That Road To Nowhere
3/20/2006 - Global Warming and our Parks
3/20/2006 - Scientists Ask FWS Not to Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies
3/20/2006 - Mountain Biking in the Parks
3/20/2006 - Hoffman Shuffled Away from Parks Position
3/17/2006 - Kempthorne to Succeed Norton, And You're Surprised?
3/17/2006 - Spring Approaches
3/16/2006 - Interior Secretary Norton to Sen. Alexander: Don't Worry So Much
3/16/2006 - Aniakchak : Least Visited Park
3/15/2006 - On PWCs and Park Units
3/15/2006 - Management Policies Revisions: Where to Now?
3/15/2006 - Cedar Breaks National....Park?
3/15/2006 - More Park Stats From 2005
3/14/2006 - Top Ten Most Visited Parks in 2005
3/13/2006 - Jet Skis and National Parks, Are They Compatible?
3/13/2006 - The Simpsons Visit the National Parks
3/12/2006 - Reaction to Rethinking the NPS
3/12/2006 - Amusement Parks and National Parks
3/10/2006 - Interior Secretary Norton Resigns
3/10/2006 - Global Warming's Impact on Glacier NP to Be Discussed By UNESCO
3/08/2006 - Scorched Earth Review
3/08/2006 - Name the DOI Logo Contest Extended
3/08/2006 - Yellowstone Wolves Heading for Rocky Mountain NP?
3/08/2006 - Time for a New Interior Department Logo?
3/07/2006 - Funding the Parks, Take II
3/07/2006 - Fire Recovery in Yellowstone Unnatural?
3/07/2006 - Rider and Snowmobiler Go Different Ways in Denali
3/07/2006 - Funding the Parks: A Mixed Bag
3/06/2006 - Do We Need to Rethink The NPS?
3/06/2006 - Hot Shots : NPS Fire Photos of 2005
3/05/2006 - Director Mainella Pats Herself on Her Back
3/04/2006 - Sen. Alexander Outlines His Opposition to Revising NPS Management Policies
3/04/2006 - Yellowstone Bison Numbers Plummet
3/03/2006 - Yellowstone's Liquid Hot Magma
3/02/2006 - Yellowstone Officials To Discuss Winter-Use Plan
3/02/2006 - Congressman Souder Weighs In On The National Parks
3/02/2006 - Retirees Coalition Recognizes "Green" Tour Operations
3/01/2006 - Last Child in the Woods....
3/01/2006 - More Info on African Burial Ground NM

February, 2006

2/28/2006 - Congressman Baird Talks About the National Park Centennial Act
2/28/2006 - What Yellowstone Rangers Say, and Don't Say
2/28/2006 - Park Service and African American History
2/27/2006 - Snowmobile Accident Kills Woman in Yellowstone
2/27/2006 - Coalition Calls for Extension of Comment Period
2/27/2006 - Tree Cheers for Everglades Park Rangers
2/26/2006 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition Proposes Bison Solution
2/26/2006 - Capping Climbers on Mount McKinley
2/24/2006 - Postal Service Releases Three New Park Stamps
2/23/2006 - Bryce Canyon, A Pumpkin-Colored Playground
2/23/2006 - FWS: Yellowstone Cutthroats on Their Own
2/23/2006 - Another Senator Against NPS Management Changes
2/23/2006 - NPS Extends MP Comment Period
2/23/2006 - Passionate National Park Explorer
2/22/2006 - Traveling in Yosemite's Snowy High Country
2/22/2006 - ARC Wants More Management Policies Changes
2/22/2006 - Light My Fire--Don't Leave Home Without It
2/22/2006 - PEER Fears National Parks Could Become Game Farms
2/20/2006 - This One's for George
2/20/2006 - Book Selection for March: Desert Solitaire
2/20/2006 - Blue Ribbon Coalition Takes Offensive On Yellowstone Snowmobile Debate
2/18/2006 - Some Concessionaires Want MPs Revised
2/17/2006 - Should Glacier NP Be Considered Endangered?
2/17/2006 - They Shoot Snowmobilers, Don't They?
2/17/2006 - TWS, Others Blast Proposed Revisions to Management Policies
2/17/2006 - I'd Like to Thank "John D."
2/17/2006 - Proposed NPS Management Changes Need To Fail
2/16/2006 - Secretary Norton Urged by 36 House Members to Stop Management Policies Overhaul
2/16/2006 - First Lady Endorses Junior Ranger Program
2/15/2006 - Rating our National Parks as Travel Destinations
2/15/2006 - House Subcommittee Told There's No Need for Mangaement Policies Rewrite
2/14/2006 - Mainella Asked to Halt Management Policies Rewrite
2/14/2006 - Meanwhile, Back at the NPS....
2/14/2006 - A Lava Beds Valentine
2/13/2006 - Abe Lincoln in the National Parks
2/10/2006 - Blogging Ski Conditions for Glacier National Park
2/10/2006 - L.L. Bean Funds Research In Acadia
2/10/2006 - Are Politics Cruising Into Glacier Bay NP?
2/10/2006 - Rep. Pombo Challenged on His Park "Vacation"
2/09/2006 - Podcasting the National Parks
2/08/2006 - OIA Report: America's Recreational Lands Need Better Protection
2/08/2006 - Montana's Governor Backs Yellowstone Snowmobiling
2/08/2006 - Zion NP Announces Climbing Closures
2/08/2006 - Glacier Records Wettest January on Record
2/08/2006 - Cold War History in South Dakota
2/07/2006 - Hoffman Plan Attacked on All Sides