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Features
Exploring The Parks: Seeing Zion National Park From A Different Perspective
Nearly 3 million visitors explored Zion National Park last year...but they saw only a fraction of it.
Canoeing The Buffalo, Finally
Fall might seem an unusual time to paddle the Buffalo National River, but you can be rewarded with incredible solitude and beauty.
- By David and Kay Scott - November 6th, 2013
Walking Le Chemin De St. Jacques In France - Part 2
In this, part two of her series on walking Le Chemin de St. Jacques in France, Danny Bernstein travels the second half of her month-long journey along one of France's national trails. Fall is firmly setting in, painting its colors along the countryside.
Senator Coburn Blames Congress, Bloated National Park Service, For State Of National Park System
Our National Park System has become a bloated, underfunded, kowtowing shadow of the ideal for which it was created, according to U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, who lays out his case in a report that casts a withering portrait of Congress as a poor overseer.
Walking Le Chemin De St. Jacques In France - Part 1
Le Chemin de St.Jacques in France, also the Grand Route 65, is a pilgrimage and hike, a segment of the El Camino de Santiago. You walk through forests and villages and past farms. This is part 1 of the 440-mile trail.
National Parks Traveler Member Giveaways-Clarification
Sometimes what seems like a great idea gets shot down before it's launched. That's the case with our members-only giveaways.
- October 23rd, 2013
Guest Column: Where's The Vision For Properly Funding The National Park System?
In the wake of the recent closure of the National Park System, park supporters should redouble their efforts to build a country in which reliable long-term investment in our parks is part of a broader recommitment to our nation’s public interest.
A Day At Chateau d'If And The Frioul Archipelago In The French Mediterranean
Just off shore from Marseille lie two jewels of the French national park system, one a national monument that lives immortally in literature, the other a national park comprised of four islands.
Traveler's View: The National Park Service Has An Image Problem It Needs To Address
The National Park Service has a serious image problem, part of it earned, and part of it manufactured, that it needs to address.
Fall In Zion National Park, Magic And Majesty
There is only one word to describe Zion National Park in the fall and that is, magical. Or, would it be majestic?
Congressional Hearing Into National Park Service Shutdown Process Leads To Bashing
A smug, biting, and sarcastic roster of Republicans bashed National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis during a hearing Wednesday into how the Park Service handled the closure of the park system in the wake of the federal government's partial shutdown.
Around The Shutdown: Great Smoky To Open Briefly, Citations At Olympic National Park, State-Run National Parks
Great Smoky Mountains National Park to open Wednesday, citations issued at Olympic National Park, and a call for states to share in national park management are among the issues floating around the National Park System during the ongoing government shutdown.
A Duo Of Dunes: Indiana Dunes And Sleeping Bear Dunes
They share the same lake waters, but you can spot the differences between Indiana Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes national lakeshores.
Coalition Of National Park Service Retirees Worried About Pressure On National Park Service
National Park Service officials have found themselves turned into political pawns, first as the administration's face of the government shutdown and now by being splintered through a handful of park openings.
Notes From The Field: Acadia National Park From The Sea…Not
Acadia National Park from sea...can you see it?
- October 13th, 2013
Traveler's View: There's No Lack Of GOP Chutzpa In The House When It Comes To National Parks
Despite the estimated loss of $76 million a day, the furlough of more than 20,000 federal and non-profit employees, and the ruination of countless vacations, 94 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to know how many rangers it takes to keep the World War II Memorial on the National Mall closed.
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Around The Parks: A Blurring Of National Park Lines
Around the country, as the partial government shutdown moves into its second week, taxpayers angry with the closure of national parks are showing their disgust through civil disobedience, mockery, and anger directed at the National Park Service.
Olympic National Park At 75: A Planetary Legacy
Seventy-five years ago, in June, 1938, Congress passed and President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the bill creating Olympic National Park. With this act Americans embarked on something new in land conservation: creating a wilderness preserve large enough to protect intact old-growth forest communities and the hosts of forest-dependent wildlife they contained.
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