Reader Participation Day: How Many of the 392 National Park System Units Have You Visited?
Here is the list of all 392 NPS units. How many have you visited? Start counting, and let us know.
National Parks Traveler
By Bob Janiskee - June 30th, 2010 6:58am
National Park Mystery Plant 9: Can You Put Them Together?
All of the information you need to identify Mystery Plant #9 is in a 13-word rhyme.
- By Bob Janiskee - June 30th, 2010 6:58am
Pruning the Parks: Lake Texoma Recreation Area (1946-1949)
Lake Texoma is a hugely popular flatwater playground on the Texas-Oklahoma border. It was once, albeit briefly, a national park.
America's Great Outdoors: Your Chance to Speak Up
Are Americans losing touch with the rural side of life? Are we forgetting how pastoral settings appear and make us feel? President Obama fears so, and he's interested in your thoughts on how to get Americans reconnected with the "great outdoors."
National Park Road Trip 2010: The Great Platte River Road
Greetings from North Platte, Nebraska, at the fork of the North Platte and South Platte rivers. Monday night we camped in Cody Park, a very nice municipal park on the north side of North Platte, Nebraska.
$1,000 Reward Offered In Connection With Crushed Loggerhead Sea Turtle at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
An off-road-vehicle group is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for running over and killing a loggerhead sea turtle attempting to nest at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, a Shipwreck Excavation Becomes an Outdoor Laboratory for Learning
The remains of the shipwrecked schooner Laura Barnes will eventually end up in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. Meanwhile, the excavation and preservation processes provide important learning opportunities for a group of budding archeologists.
Power Could Take A While to Restore at Yellowstone National Park's Fishing Bridge RV Park
There's nothing quite as bad on a national park vacation as pulling into an RV park only to learn there's no electricity. The folks at Yellowstone National Park are trying to eliminate that woe by restoring the electrical at the Fishing Bridge RV Park.
Yellowstone's Fishing Ethic An Export Into Heart of Canadian Pike Country
You can call it a ripple effect, or “trickle-up conservation” or, in concepts that rabid anglers know in their hearts, the value of wild, sustainable fisheries and what they really mean.
Construction Schedule Changes Improve Hiking Access at Zion National Park
With the latest change in the schedule of construction along the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway through the eastern side of Zion National Park, access to some hiking trails has gotten better.
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