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Updated: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Employee Killed By Fall

A day after a National Park Service employee died in a fall at Timpanogos Cave National Monument agency officials decided to halt cave tours through the weekend while they investigated the accident.

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May 21st, 2010

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Creature Feature: The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Faces an Uncertain Future

The Kemp's ridley may be little as sea turtles go, but it's got big problems. It was already the world's most endangered marine turtle before the mammoth Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatened to wreak havoc on its vital habitat.

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May 21st, 2010

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National Park Service Launches Website To Help With Your Vacation Planning

A just-launched website will help you plan your vacation to one or more of the 392 units of the National Park System this summer. Produced by the National Park Service, the site is intended to help you develop and itinerary and research the landscape before you leave home.

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May 21st, 2010

National Park Service Calls For Additional Bridges Along Tamiami Trail To Help Everglades

With work now proceeding on a mile-long bridge along the Tamiami Trail to help improve water flows through the Everglades, the National Park Service is calling for another 5.5 miles of bridges to be built.

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May 21st, 2010

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Traveler's Gear Box: What's Covering Your Feet?

Treat your feet well on the trail, and you'll have some happy dogs come sundown. Ignore them and, well, let's just hope you can treat blisters. While good boots go a long way to keeping feet happy, what stands between your toes and your toe box is just as critical.

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May 21st, 2010

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Photography Program Hopes to Connect Teens With Outdoors At St. Croix National Scenic Riverway

For some reason, it seems that you become more connected with landscapes in the National Park System if you frame them through through a camera's viewfinder. And the folks at St. Croix National Scenic Riverway hope that will be the result when they bring at-risk teens to the riverway to photograph it.

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May 21st, 2010

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By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 11:19am

National Park Mystery Spot 11 Revealed: It's the Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park

Situated on Going-to-the-Sun Road, and straddling the Continental Divide, the Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park is one of the National Park System's landmark structures.

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Wild Horse Tours Announced For Cape Lookout National Seashore

If you're planning a summer visit to Cape Lookout National Seashore this year, you might consider joining one of the seashore's wild horse tours.

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May 20th, 2010

Entrance, Camping Fees At Colorado National Monument Could Rise in 2011

Having gone five years without an increase in entrance fees, officials at Colorado National Monument are proposing a slight boost in the rates for 2011.

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May 20th, 2010

Trails I've Hiked: Canyonlands National Park's Elephant Hill Trail

Without a doubt, there is no better time to hike in Utah's canyon country than spring. In Canyonlands National Park on the Elephant Hill Trail mid-May blends on one palette the reds, yellows, golds, and whites of wildflowers against a redrock backdrop daubed with cream and buff.

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May 20th, 2010

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