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Having just visited the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in February, I can attest that the mansion, barn and outbuildings are quite impressive. (Being from the upper midwest, I had never seen a barn built of stone before.) It is also worth noting that the Preserve has just re-introduced bison, from the genetically pure stock from Wind Cave National Park. More are expected.

Glacier Bay National Park Rangers Use Satellite Technology to Help Tangled Whales

Apr 15th - 12:05pm | Anonymous

Thirty-three have been released or partially released

Reader Participation Day Bonus Survey: Should Border Security Trump Wilderness, Endangered Species?

Apr 15th - 11:33am | rdm24

This isn't an either-or situation. The problem is that we have anti-immigrant tyeps screaming for a border fence, which have a huge impact on wildlife, but don't do much to improve security. That border fence is an expensive and environmentally destructive monument to our national insecurity.

Apr 15th - 10:05am | George

The bill is just the latest salvo from a Utah congressman who simply doesn't like wilderness. The Border Patrol is already free to pursue suspects in wilderness areas along the border, using motor vehicles. A memorandum of understanding was adopted in 2006 between the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security governing Border Patrol activities in wilderness areas.

Apr 15th - 09:09am | Will

The problem I see is that most Wilderness areas to my understanding have buffer zones. Or at least they should. If you take a small strip away it is kind of a pointless act I think. Regardless the last thing I want is an unimproved road traveling all the way along the Rio Grande on the US side in Big Bend NP.

Apr 15th - 08:16am | Anonymous

Rather than diluting the Wilderness designation, perhaps a better solution would be removing a narrow strip along the border from the Wilderness designation.

Cactus Poachers at Saguaro National Park Receive Stiff Sentences

Apr 15th - 11:25am | Drifter

I am a Sonoran Desert Guide and have been for fifteen plus years around Phoenix/Scottsdale,Az. I was told years past that there was a $100,000 fine at one time plus a mandatory 10 years in federal prison w/no parole for damaging or stealing a Saguaro. If this was truly the case when did the judges get that soft? Thanks for your time--se ya on the trail--Drifter

Another Swarm of Earthquakes Noticed at Yellowstone National Park

Apr 14th - 21:09pm | Michael Bolden

As a geography teacher of Asia and and Africa, I have not focused very much on the United States. That all changed in 2007 when my wife, daughter, and I made our first Western trip.

Listen to the Interview: National Park Service Appoints Gerard Baker Assistant Director of American Indian Relations

Apr 14th - 18:46pm | Barky

This is a great add to the NPS. There aren't too many sites in the NPS that don't have some tie to the original inhabitants of this land. The NPS needs to foster that relationship as it appears they have done with this appointment. I only hope he isn't neutered by the general tendency of government to be ineffective at all it does.

Apr 13th - 20:50pm | Partners

Congratulations to Mr. Baker! This sounds like a tremendous opportunity and a selection that will long benefit the National Park Service...and certainly Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, and the State of South Dakota!

Apr 13th - 11:57am | Rick B.

An excellent step taken by Director Jarvis, and a great interview for Traveler.

National Park Mystery Spot 10: Three, Two, One

Apr 14th - 10:55am | Bob Janiskee

Yup, it's that big limestone mansion (the "Jones House") at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas Congrats to Terry, who was the first to figure it out. We've obviously got some other very sharp readers too. Good job, everybody. Check back with Traveler tomorrow for "the rest of the story."

Apr 14th - 10:28am | Chris

How about the Spring Hill Ranch house?

Apr 14th - 10:23am | Anonymous

Jones' Limestone Ranch House

Apr 14th - 08:20am | Chris

Sounds like the limestone buildings at Tallgrass Prairie NPres?

Apr 14th - 07:34am | Anonymous

Is it the Z-Bar ranch house at Tallgrass Prairie?

Apr 14th - 06:17am | Terry

I think it is the ranch house at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. We used to live in Kansas and loved driving through the Flint hills, although calling them hills was quite a stretch.

Plague Kills Many Prairie Dogs and Black-Footed Ferrets in Grasslands Near Badlands National Park

Apr 14th - 10:42am | Anonymous

wat is actually killing them is the hunters

Updated: Alaska 'Gunners' Wipe Out Wolf Pack From Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Apr 14th - 07:48am | Kurt Repanshek

For the record, "Read a Book," we ran a story detailing the miscommunication that was attributed for the shooting of the collared wolves. /2010/03/national-park-service-alaska-game-officials-publicly-settle-differences-over-wolf-killings5613

Apr 14th - 01:38am | read a book, wi...

You folks are a bit scary - to tell you the truth. I see no retractions here, noting that after the Park Service and AK dept. of Fish and Game looked into the problem, that the wrong radio tracking frequencies were issued to the helicopter crews.You seem to take joy in religiously ranting , rather than researching your facts.

Climate Change Continues To Melt Glacier National Park's Icons

Apr 14th - 00:15am | HightechParks

@ Jeff

Updated: NPS Employee Sentenced For Guiding Moose Hunt in Denali National Park and Preserve

Apr 13th - 22:40pm | Ryan

only public sector employees can count their jobs secure after so blatantly betraying the mandate of their job...

National Park Service in Alaska Takes Steps To Counter State's Approach to Wildlife Management

Apr 13th - 22:37pm | tahoma

According to an articulate Alaskan critic, that state spent "...over $3.7 million for intensive predator control. During...(2009), a reported 126 wolves were shot under that program (and an uncertain number of bears).

Apr 13th - 20:27pm | crystalwolf aka...

But they can still hunt wolves for subsistence? I don't get that...do they EAT wolves? If the wolf population in the park is down, NO HUNTING of wolves should be allowed. I think the SOA hide behind the subsistence rule to get around NPS rules.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent to Oversee Indian Relations For National Park Service

Apr 13th - 19:32pm | AnonymousShirle...

This is great news. We can do nothing about the past, but make the most of present opportunities such as this.

Apr 13th - 16:08pm | Rich Deline

I worked with Gerard during the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial when he came up with idea of the "Tent of Many Voices", a traveling exhibit allowing American Indians have a public speaking platform across the nation. He is quite the visionary, articulate, well educated...overall very impressive person. Great choice. Rich Deline Partnership for the National Trails System

Apr 13th - 14:03pm | Jim Moore

NPS could not have picked a better candidate for this position. Mr. Baker has been an inspirational leader and community member, no matter whether the assignment was with USFS in Red Lodge or NPS at the Battlefield. Congratulations!

Fatal Fall from Angels Landing in Zion National Park

Apr 13th - 16:26pm | dave

i hiked angels landing in sept 2009 after travelling to zion from the uk,it was without doubt the most exiting hike i have done and would look forward to doing it again, it was so refreashing to be able to enjoy this adventure in your gorgeous park without been dictated to by some goverment official like we constantly are in the uk.

Manzanar National Historic Site To Mark its 41st Annual Pilgrimage

Apr 13th - 15:30pm | MRC

While we are at it: The annual Minidoka pilgrimage will take place June 24- 27 this year. It is about the internees, their family and friends of the former Minidoka War Relocation Center, today's Minidoka National Historic Site in Idaho. As in previous years the pilgrimage will be held in connection with a two-day symposium on Civil Liberties in Wartime at the College of Southern Idaho.

Apr 13th - 13:53pm | George

There will also be a pilgrimage at the Tule Lake camp on July 2-5, 2010. It's next door to Lava Beds National Monument in northern California. The organizers have posted details at: http://www.tulelake.org/reg_info.html.

New Interpretive Panels Explain Ancestral Puebloan Life at Grand Canyon

Apr 13th - 14:14pm | Anonymous

It's great that they have new interp panels. They should also think about changing the railing in front of the waysides so it's not in the way of people trying to read the waysides.

By the Numbers: Yosemite National Park Visitor Use

Apr 13th - 12:04pm | Danny Bernstein

Interesting statistics on the 69% of visitors who are California visitors. The last time I was there (a while back), I met many people who were amazed that we had traveled from the East to hike in Yosemite. "How did you find this place?" people kept asking. My reply was that "it is a National Park." Danny

Updated: Effort In Maine To Restrict Guns From National Park Units Falls Short of Goal

Apr 13th - 11:42am | Alex

Anyone who thinks they need a gun to be safe in a nationl park has obviously never been to one. And if you really believe you need a gun to be safe, you must be crazy to want to go there in the first place.

Symposium Marking Blue Ridge Parkway's 75th Anniversary Coming Up

Apr 13th - 11:17am | Anonymous

I certainly hope those attending the symposium take some time to visit the nearby sections of the Parkway. I was up there on Saturday, and was amazed at the devastation still evident from the ice and wind of this past winter.

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