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Tahoma And Its People: A Natural History Of Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier towers above its surroundings. The 360-degree view from its summit is stunning, encompassing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west, Mount Baker far to the north, the Columbia River country to the east, spreading south toward Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood down in Oregon. I saw all of this on a perfectly clear summit day and having done so makes me appreciate the approach Jeff Antonelis-Lapp takes in this book.

Interior Secretary Expects His 70,000 Employees To Show Up For Work

In a message to his 70,000-strong workforce that presumably was intended to be a pat on the back during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt made it clear that he expects "all Department employees will continue to fulfill their duties and responsibilities as assigned..."

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When I returned from a short trip to Florida back on March 9, I thought my focus would largely be on writing the stories collected from visits to Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. While I was able to report on the impacts oil and gas drilling have had on Big Cypress, additional stories and videos on exploring the Flamingo area of Everglades, including the new eco-tents, and paddling the Turner River in Big Cypress, have been put on the back-burner while we work to stay on top of the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on the National Park System.

Virtual Visits To National Parks In Western Pennsylvania

The National Park Service units of western Pennsylvania, which include Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Johnstown Flood National Memorial, are offering weekly Facebook Live videos featuring each park unit starting March 31.