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Critic: Starving Federal Agencies Fuels Land-Transfer Push

Efforts to wrest federal lands from public ownership are an orchestrated, multi-layered strategy that can’t be brushed off as a fringe idea, a leading conservationist warns.

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By NPT Staff - November 5th, 2015 3:30am

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Take Pride In Acadia Day This Saturday

The National Park Service isn’t the only entity marking its 100th anniversary next year. With Acadia National Park’s own 2016 centennial fast approaching, Friends of Acadia is busy coordinating a year-long grassroots celebration involving more than 200 community partners, each honoring their own special relationship with the park.

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By NPT Staff - November 5th, 2015 3:00am

Recovery Efforts Ongoing At Death Valley National Park

Work is continuing almost non-stop to rebuild roads in Death Valley National Park that were washed out by torrential rains last month. So far the North Highway to Ubehebe Crater and Racetrack Road have been reopened to the public, though many other popular sections remain closed.

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By NPT Staff - November 5th, 2015 2:30am

NPCA Launches "Parks In Peril" Campaign To Get Obama Administration To Protect National Parks

A National Parks Conservation Association campaign launching today is designed to rally public support against threats facing such iconic national parks as Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon with hopes the Obama administration will step up and use the tools and authority it has to protect the parks.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 4th, 2015 8:00am

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How Can You Enjoy A Winter National Park Visit? Let Us Count The Ways

How can you enjoy a winter national park visit? Let us count the ways.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 5th, 2015 1:09pm

The National Parks: An American Legacy

Tour Yellowstone or Yosemite, Acadia or Great Smoky Mountains, and you can feel it. Power of place. These magnificent landscapes of the National Park System fill us with awe, whether we're watching Old Faithful erupt, the mists weave among the summits of Great Smoky, or the waves crashing endlessly to shore at Acadia.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 19th, 2017 12:46am

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Catch Artists At Work In Zion National Park This Week

Watching an artist at work reveals how they see landscapes, sometimes differently than those of us who are not artists. Visit Zion National Park in southwestern Utah this week and you'll be able to watch nearly two dozen painters as they take part in the seventh annual Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational.

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By NPT Staff - November 3rd, 2015 3:00am

Master Blasters Reduce Elwha River Boulders To Rubble In Olympic National Park

Massive boulders, some upwards of two stories tall, were reduced to rubble in the Elwha River in Olympic National Park by blasting experts as part of the continued restoration of the river channel.

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By NPT Staff - November 3rd, 2015 2:30am

Every Backcountry Toilet Has Its Expiration Date

It took a quarter-century, but the composing toilet at the Cottonwood Campground in Grand Canyon National Park has reached its expiration date, and park crews are replacing it.

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By NPT Staff - November 3rd, 2015 2:30am

Follow Friends Of Saguaro National Park

Forests of tall saguaro cacti. Gila monsters and rattlesnakes. Javelinas. Both Sonoran desert and mixed conifer forest that climbs to more than 8,500 feet. That's a quick glimpse of what you'll find within Saguaro National Park in far south Arizona. And those are just some aspects of the park that Friends of Saguaro works to protect.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 2nd, 2015 3:00am

Horse Use Being Limited At Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

While horses played a large role in the early days of the Klondike gold rush, these days they can cause more harm than good to the Dyea historic townsite, the National Park Service has decided. As a result, their use at the townsite in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will be limited and and restricted to an established route by private, non-commercial parties pursuant to a special use permit issued by the superintendent.

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By NPT Staff - November 2nd, 2015 3:00am

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Hear A Union Soldier's Story At Mammoth Cave National Park

The calendar will be turned back about 150 years at Mammoth Cave National Park on November 11, when a special program is to be offered featuring a Union soldier telling A Soldier's Story.

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By NPT Staff - November 2nd, 2015 2:00am

Genetics Prove Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Population Is Growing

The grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which includes Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, is growing and not suffering from a loss of genetic diversity, according to a report from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.

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By NPT Staff - November 1st, 2015 2:00am

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Trail Ridge Road Closed For Winter At Rocky Mountain National Park

So, did anyone have October 30 in the pool? That was the date that Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park was shut down for the winter months due to accumulating snow.

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By Kurt Repanshek - November 1st, 2015 2:00am

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Death Valley Storm Recovery By The Numbers

As National Park Service officials and crews at Death Valley National Park work to recover the park from heavy rains in mid-October, let's take a look at some of the numbers associated with the rains and resulting flash flooding.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 31st, 2015 8:37am

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Heavy Rains, High Winds Expected To Pound Mount Rainier National Park, Evacuations Could Be Needed

Heavy rains, possibly more than a foot this weekend, and high winds have Mount Rainier National Park officials preparing the park for flooding and power outages, with the possibility of evacuations also anticipated.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2015 5:59pm

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Death Valley National Park Facing Months Of Recovery From Largest Flood Event In Area's Recorded History

Mud-filled buildings, roads cleaved in half, electricity out. Two weeks after the "largest flood event in recorded history of the area" washed through Death Valley National Park, officials are formulating a recovery plan that likely will take months and tens of millions of dollars to carry out.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2015 5:26pm

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Grand Teton National Park Releases Draft Management Plan For Moose-Wilson Road

Bears, both black and grizzlies, moose, wolves and humans don't always mix well, and with that in mind Grand Teton National Park officials are proposing a management plan for the Moose-Wilson Road corridor that if approved would restrict traffic along the scenic corridor.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2015 2:30am

Everglades General Management Plan, Eastern Everglades Wilderness Study Get Final Approval

More wilderness, more protection of Florida Bay's shallow waters, and a new paddling trail all are provided for in a general management plan approved for Everglades National Park.

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By NPT Staff - October 30th, 2015 2:30am

Interior Department Opposes Visitor Fee Legislation As Drafted, Communities Want Cut Of Fee Revenues

A legislative attempt to revise the Federal Land Management Recreation Enhancement Act contains flaws that make the proposal untenable, according to Interior Department officials.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 30th, 2015 2:30am

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