Another Entrance-Fee-Free Weekend in the National Parks
Well, this coming weekend is the second of three set aside this summer for the National Park Service to forgo entrance fees. What impact is it having?
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By Bob Janiskee - October 29th, 2011 4:52am
National Park Quiz 63: Pools
The theme of this week’s quiz is a term that has at least 13 different meanings. We’ll pretty much stick with the standard connotation, but not entirely. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you clean the Traveler wishing well and count all the pennies.
By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:50am
National Park Mystery Spot 1 Revealed: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Were Here Too
Did you take a crack at yesterday’s mystery spot quiz? If not, you might want to go ahead and do that before you read this.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:50am
Reader Participation Day: Are Park Entrance Fees Fair?
Earlier this summer Interior Secretary Ken Salazar designated three weekends as "entrance free" weekends in the National Park System. Anecdotally, the first of those three weekends attracted larger-than-normal turnouts to many parks. Which makes us wonder, do you mind paying entrance fees, or should they be eliminated?
Rangers Looking for Missing Paddler at Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park rangers were searching Tuesday for a paddler who apparently failed to make it to shore after the canoe he was in overturned on Swiftcurrent Lake.
By Bob Janiskee - December 19th, 2009 10:25am
National Park Mystery Spot 1: Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth Used It
It’s a place somewhere in the National Park System. Can you identify it if we give you five clues?
- By Bob Janiskee - December 19th, 2009 10:25am
Let's Start a Tradition: "Thank a Ranger Day"
When was the last time you thanked a national park ranger?
How To Avoid A Bear Attack in the Great Outdoors, The Cartoon
Sometimes humor is the best approach, wouldn't you agree? That's the approach the folks at Howcast Studios took with their playful video, "How to Avoid a Bear Attack."
Got Long Ties to Great Smoky Mountains National Park? Park Officials Want to Hear From You
Were you born on the landscape now covered by Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or where you perhaps a member of a Civil Conservation Corps group that worked in the park? Or were you in attendance when President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park in 1940? If you fall into any of those groups, park officials want to hear from you.
Nearly 60 Percent of Mt. McKinley Climbers Reached the Summit This Summer
Nearly 60 percent of the climbers who set out to stand atop Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and Preserve succeeded this climbing season. However, that accomplishment was overshadowed by the deaths of four climbers.
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