100 National Park Quizzes
Traveler has published 100 national park quizzes for your edification and amusement. Here is the master list with hotlinks.
Yellowstone National Park
Reader Participation Day: Why Are National Parks So Controversial?
Why are national parks so dang controversial?
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 7th, 2011 3:00am
Looking At The National Park Service's Goal To Eliminate Plastic Bottles
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is determined to rid plastic bottles from the national parks, but wants to consider all factors before doing so, the agency's communications chief said today while addressing the uproar over the director's decision to put a hold on a water bottle ban at Grand Canyon National Park.
NPS-Bottle Bans.pdf NPS-Bottles Cost Factor.pdf NPS-Green Parks Plan Bottles.pdf 
NPS-Jarvis Bottles.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 2nd, 2011 12:52pm
House Natural Resources Committee To Hold Hearing On Endangered Species Act
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, concerned that the Endangered Species Act is wasting more money on lawsuits than recovering species, has scheduled a full committee hearing on the act for next week.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 30th, 2011 3:00am
Why The Delay In Designating Official Wilderness In National Parks?
There is a false sense of security in the National Park System surrounding officially designated wilderness. And political actions, or, rather, inaction, demonstrates why there should be concern for the long-term fate of lands with wilderness qualities.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 27th, 2011 3:00am
A Potpourri of Suggestions For Visiting The National Park System This Winter
Just because winter is on its way and the weather is turning gray and colder, that doesn't mean there aren't great places to enjoy in the National Park System. Here are some random suggestions.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 25th, 2011 3:00am
Appellate Court Rules Yellowstone Area Grizzly Bears Should Remain On Endangered Species List
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in finding that grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem should remain a threatened species, has ruled that federal wildlife biologists were wrong when they concluded the decline of whitebark pine trees was not detrimental to the bears' future.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 28th, 2011 5:55pm
NPCA Officials Lament Congress' Failure At Deficit Talks, Possible Impact On National Parks
Visit the national parks next summer, because who knows what shape they'll be in in 2013. That was the message Monday evening from National Parks Conservation Association officials in reaction to the failure by Congress' supercommittee to craft a deficit reduction plan.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 21st, 2011 6:39pm
Yellowstone National Park Officials Reviewing Proposal To Boost Lodging At Old Faithful
Yellowstone National Park officials are reviewing a proposal that could increase more overnight lodging in the Old Faithful area, although it would require that a 77-room dormitory be built there.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 18th, 2011 3:00am
Adopt A Yellowstone National Park Bison For The Holidays
Hiding a Yellowstone National Park bison under the Christmas tree or in a year-end gift box isn't exactly easy, but it can be done through the Yellowstone Park Foundation. Kind of.
- By NPT Staff - November 17th, 2011 3:00am
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