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Heavy Surf Expected Along East Coast National Seashores This Weekend

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 11, 2009 - 4:12pm

Now that Hurricane Ida has veered eastward and been downgraded to a tropical storm, national seashores located along the East Coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod can expect high surf and gusty conditions heading into the weekend.

National Park Service Looking For Ideas For Managing the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 13, 2009 - 2:10am

How do you manage a 3,000-mile-long historic trail that is largely water-based and touches three states? The folks running the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail are open to your suggestions.

Climate Change and National Parks: A Survival Guide for a Warming World -- Oysters, Icon of the Chesapeake

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 15, 2009 - 1:13am

Whether you call them Eastern oysters, American oysters, Rappahannock oysters, or simply “white gold,” the iconic shellﬁsh plucked from the Chesapeake Bay are a salty delicacy that some think is best served with a dash of horseradish and a squirt of lemon juice. Sadly, it’s a delicacy that is not as abundant as it once was. The Chesapeake once harbored oyster beds so rich and bountiful that they formed reefs. Now climate change is threatening to wipe them out.

"Talking" Buoys Deployed Along Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 16, 2008 - 2:41pm

It'd be impractical for the National Park Service to station interpretive rangers at various points along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. But that hasn't stopped the agency from providing that interpretation to boaters in the Chesapeake Bay.