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Picking Apples in the National Parks, Some History

Sep 13th - 11:47am | y_p_w

Bruce W. Bytnar:

Sep 13th - 11:30am | tahoma

There are also small apple orchards in the Elwha Valley of Olympic National Park: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humes_Ranch_Cabin

Sep 13th - 10:40am | Bruce W. Bytnar

The Blue Ridge Parkway is also a source of "old time" apple species. The many home sites and small farms that were located along the Southern Appalachians planted apple trees for kitchen and at times commercial use. It is not uncommon to be hiking through the backcountry and come upon a surprise stand of apple trees.

The South Unit of Badlands National Park is Likely to Become America's First Tribal National Park

Sep 13th - 10:19am | Lee Dalton

Bob, thank you for presenting an article that lays out facts with no obvious bias. Too often these days, opinions seem to trump objectivity. This sounds like it could be a win-win situation if it is done with wisdom and care.

Rare Fall Visit to Wetherill Mesa at Mesa Verde National Park is Possible On September 19

Sep 13th - 10:03am | Bob Janiskee

The fact that Wetherill Mesa is open to the public only from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day can be attributed to seasonal staffing limitations and the fact that this higher, colder part of the park can get heavy snow as early as October and as late as May.

Sep 13th - 09:29am | Colorado Cowboy

My wife and I were keenly disappointed to learn only yesterday that the Weatherill Mesa was closed after Labor Day. On our first visit to Mesa Verde in 2006, Weatherill Mesa was closed because of road construction. We were looking forward to finally seeing that part of the park on on road trip this month.

Big Trees of Yosemite National Park, the Video

Sep 13th - 07:05am | Lawrence

Just visited there last week. The weather was just as beautiful and by the looks of the phase of the moon I'd swear you made this video the same week. The week before we were in Muir Woods. That's the first time my family has ever seen the majestic giants. Words in the expressive language of Muir escape me. I am speechless. And I'm a writer!

Sep 12th - 23:37pm | y_p_w

Certainly nice enough and great if your plans are only to visit Yosemite.

Sep 12th - 16:03pm | destroyerman

really nice,we were just there this summer,we also visited the humbolt state park and saw the avenue of the redwoods,beautiful.

Sep 12th - 11:25am | dean

Great video, and yes, it does bring back memories. 2002 to be exact.

Black Bear Attacks Child at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sep 13th - 00:22am | uncle sam

Are you serious? A boy was attacked. Maybe the bear was in the boys territory

Fall Spectacular: The Season of Love For Wildlife In Yellowstone

Sep 12th - 09:49am | Anonymous

These videos are awesome! They make me want to be there again right now! Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Sep 9th - 09:55am | Laurel Rematore

Reality television shows could take a few cues from the Wild Kingdom, dontcha think? Spice things up a bit to see guys jousting or butting heads--literally instead of figuratively!

Sep 7th - 11:09am | Michelle Hansen

Gives new meaning to Mammoth "Hot" Springs!

Sep 7th - 10:20am | ateeq ahmad

I loved the article heading...voyueristic falvor and all! Thanks! BigHorn have such amazing adaptations that head on collisions don't break their necks or skulls!

Got Time For A Fall National Park Visit? These Lodges Have Room

Sep 12th - 09:41am | anonymous

For the past three seasons, there have been many disappointments in the management of Crater Lake Lodge. A new Lodge Manager is needed who respects employees and confirms the thorough cleanliness of private rooms and public restrooms. The Dining Room experience has also been disappointing in both food quality and prices.

Fans of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Being Asked to Contribute Ideas to Lakeshore's Future

Sep 11th - 14:33pm | Anonymous

i think it would be nice if central beach was clothing optional

Update: Hurricane Earl Remains on Track to Impact the Outer Banks Parks

Sep 11th - 05:58am | SS1

Matt your welcome to have the last word on it, I’m done.

Sep 10th - 13:52pm | matt Stubbs

I too enjoy kids getting outdoors... As far as plenty of room: There is now, but if and it is a BIG if these plovers get lets say 120 nests on Cape hatteras and lets say these nests were 1,000 meters apart. This will in fact shut down the islands beaches. Funny 120 sure does not sound like too large of a number.

Sep 10th - 06:09am | SS1

Matt Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeking children fish and hunt. I am 100% in favor of access to do these things in CHNS. I’m really sorry it has come to all this.

Sep 9th - 07:53am | matt Stubbs

I did not claim we did not have lawyers.

Sep 8th - 07:00am | SS1

Dan You mean the 1978 Interim Draft ORV Plan. A plan that was not complet never finalized and not used. Different superintendents issued various Superintendent Orders that deviated from the plan when it resurfaced in 2002. Your real turtle facts are in real dispute by real scientist.

Sep 7th - 22:10pm | Crotalus

Matt, [Gratuitous remark deleted]

Sep 7th - 09:22am | matt Stubbs

SS1. First of all it is not MY SIDE VERSUS YOURS. I simply stated a fact on that the LAWYERS only pick the low hanging fruit to partner up and file a suit.

Wouldn't It Be Nice If the National Park Service Resumed the Distribution of Park Window Stickers?

Sep 10th - 23:27pm | Merry

Yes!!! We need the stickers to come back. We just returned from a wonderful visit to the Grand Canyon and I was disappointed I could not find a stick to put on our truck. We plan to start discovering America and want to collect stickers of all the places we go. BRING BACK THE STICKERS!!!!

Storm Aftermath Makes it Impossible to Negotiate White Rim Loop in Canyonlands National Park

Sep 10th - 14:47pm | Karen w/ Holida...

Mother Nature does not always play nice! We have a group of ladies from Alaska who had booked a 5-day Oct White Rim. They plan to do an out and back trip instead now. Everyone just has to "go with the flow" and adjust a little. The desert is a beautiful and dynamic place! Nice story Kurt.

Fall Spectacular: Fall Colors Delight Motorists on National Park Roads -- Part I, Eastern States

Sep 10th - 08:10am | Randy Fought

The Natchez Trace Parkway is an excellent travel choice for viewing fall colors. The area from Tupelo, MS north to Nashville, TN offers the best fall foliage due to a mix of hardwoods and rolling hills. Peak time is typically the last half of October and some years into the first week of November.

Federal Judge Overturns Federal Government's Delisting of Gray Wolf From Endangered Species Act Protection

Sep 9th - 22:21pm | Melinda Frazier

Actually, I'd like to clarify that the cows we lost were on a private ranch in Paradise Valley, MT, not Riverton, WY.

Another Record Month of Visitation At Yellowstone National Park

Sep 9th - 20:48pm | Anonymous

Well 2 more are coming from Ohio this Sept. C-Ya on down the trail......

Mountain Biker/Attorney Argues For Making Wilderness Safer

Sep 8th - 19:50pm | Anonymous

It makes no sense to allow equestrian use but not bikes in wilderness. The numbers of bikers in these areas would be small. The trails used by bikes are not much different than ones used by bikers. It's a dirt trail, not a paved path. Hiking creates "damage" too. Hikers just want to keep the trails to themselves, it's selfishness pure and simple.

National Park Quiz 86: Ringer III

Sep 8th - 17:04pm | Barky

As a spot of trivia, official trails in the Connecticut Trail System all use blue blazes. That's the only reason I got the AT trail blaze question right. :-)

Sep 8th - 12:43pm | MikeD

The North Country Trail is marked by blue blazes. Not sure what other national scenic trails use blue blazes but I think there is at least one. In my state of Wisconsin, the Ice Age Trail uses yellow.

Search Being Scaled Back For Missing Plane Over Katmai National Park

Sep 8th - 14:31pm | Anonymous

If your hope can be dashed by anonymous postings on web sites, then it is not hope, but an unreasonable wish caused by the perfectly appropriate stage of grief. It is on point with the story above that the park service - friends and coworkers of the missing - know what the score is and are not willing to risk the living to search for the dead, as sad as it is.

Sep 8th - 08:14am | Anonymous

To the "Anonymous" person that posted at 1:19am.... Please consider who might be reading before you post a comment that can strike at the heart of the family members of these four gentlemen that are missing. I am close to one of those families and I know that they are checking this site regulary for updates of any kind.

National Park Service Revenues Down $1.3 Million On Transition to America The Beautiful Pass

Sep 8th - 10:49am | Anonymous

"for the price of just *one person* to enter one major theme Park like Disney or Universal Studios for just *one day* you can get your entire family into every Federal Public Land in the United States for one year. Really, the most amazing thing is just how cheap the ATB Pass really is....."

Sheep Fire in Kings Canyon National Park Spreads Beyond 1,800 Acres

Sep 8th - 10:11am | Anonymous

Your decision to travel to and to stay in the area was your fault. There was no requirement that you be there. YOU are the ones that subjected your children to the bad air, not the forest service! I feel bad for the rangers and other forest service personnel and firefighters who don't have a choice.

Sep 7th - 18:23pm | Anonymous

we went to camp in cedar grove this week-end and this is the worst trip I made (and decision in my life) the stress to breath this carbon filled smoke made us seek shealter to Hum lake above kings canyon, at night we where going back down our campsite to breath that crap all night and in the morning.....I feel that the forest service where letting people come in the canyon because it was labor

Fall Spectacular: Fall Colors From a National Park Lodge

Sep 8th - 10:06am | Gaelyn

The Aspen should be going gold in a week or two at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park. I'm sure to post some great photos as soon as they come on.

Sep 8th - 07:44am | Danny Bernstein

The Pisgah Inn is wonderful. But I hope you made reservations last year for this October. Danny www.hikertohiker.com

Sep 8th - 07:18am | Connie Hopkins

We have stayed at the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park in October and the bushes and shrubs along Swiftcurrent Lake are gorgeous! My husband even got a beautiful picture of a moose in the Lake, Many Glacier Hotel in the background and the bushes in the foreground, accented with gold and red!

Top 10 Most Visited National Parks

Sep 8th - 06:45am | Rap

Glad to say my wife and I were 2 out of 2526 who visited Salt River Bay in 2006! A beautiful place to visit... Rap

Flamingo Lodge is No More

Sep 7th - 18:32pm | Dwight Eisenhower

Sadly we can Empire build around the globe, but can't rebuild a Lodge for the citizens. Trillions of tax payer dollars are sent to Iran, Afghanistan and Israel annually for these countries infrastructure. The Military/Industrial complex has usurped the American people and the Constitution.

Poll Shows Maine Residents Support Creation of National Park, Sustainable Logging From the North Woods

Sep 7th - 16:32pm | MikeD

I didn't mean to suggest that this should be a left/right issue. I was just trying to point out that the creation of a new park in what may be a declining region would probably be appealing to those on the left, though I see there are opponents, especially on the right, that would likely take up the cause against the park as I see already on the internet from a Google search.

The American Revolution: Official National Park Service Handbook -- Everything That an NPS Handbook Should Be

Sep 7th - 15:32pm | Robert Maynard

This is good, but I really like the new American Revolution Handbook by Savas and Dameron. I just bought one, and my son (13) loves it too. Great maps, and a lot of depth. Highly recommended.

Historic Ship Brings Unwelcome Stowaways to Isle Royale National Park

Sep 7th - 15:12pm | Anonymous

Note: the Niagara can not be blamed for introducing zebra mussels to Mott Island at Isle Royale. According to NPS publications, including the 2010 issue of the Isle Royale Greenstone, the zebra mussels were found at Mott Island in September 2009 - almost one year before the Niagara visited the island.

Watch For Hunters Passing Through National Parks This Fall

Sep 7th - 15:03pm | mose

I find it odd how so many people are appalled at the sight of a hunter with whatever animal it is that he has taken in the back of his truck.

Iconic Climbers To Attend Rainier Mountain Festival Near Mount Rainier National Park

Sep 7th - 14:01pm | Anonymous

The last paragraph is a bit misleading, it says Ashford is located just outside the Paradise entrance. Paradise can be reached via the Steven's Canyon Entrance (East side) or the Nisqually Entrance (West Side). Ashford is just outside of the Nisqually Entrance.

Fall Spectacular: Elk Once Again Bugle In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Sep 7th - 13:13pm | Danny Bernstein

Great question. This kind of question keeps me on my toes. Basically, the park got as close as they could get to the extinct species. Here's what the Elk management plan http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=382&projectID=28732&docu... says:

Sep 7th - 09:29am | Kurt Repanshek

Anonymous,

Teaching Students In the Underground Maze of Mammoth Cave National Park

Sep 7th - 09:22am | Jimi Whitten

This is just fantastic - I hope others follow suit!

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