Pacific Storm Shuts Down Most of Olympic National Park
If this keeps up, we're going to have to redefine the "100-year storm." For the second time in 13 months Olympic National Park has been hit hard by a Pacific storm.
- December 4th, 2007
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Congress Divided on Centennial Challenge Funding for National Parks
With time running out, Congress has yet to commit to funding the president's Centennial Challenge for the National Park Service. While the House has committed $50 million towards the campaign, the Senate has not provided any funding.
Why Is Interior Dragging Feet On Keeping Glacier National Park from Being Shelled?
It's been months since Glacier National Park officials concluded after lengthy environmental studies that snowsheds, not 105mm howitzer shells, should be used to protect freight trains from avalanches sliding off the park's southern flanks. And yet Interior Department officials have yet to sign off on that decision.
Park History: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Though not one of the most remote national parks in Alaska, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve isn't at a loss for rugged and spectacular terrain. Across its 4-million-plus acres you can find plenty of places to achieve solitude.
- December 2nd, 2007
Twenty-seven Years Ago, Eight National Parks Came to Be
Never before have, and probably never again will, so many national parks come into existence on the same date. Given birth by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act were Denali, Gates of Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark and Wrangell-St. Elias national parks.
National Parks Contribute Holiday Ornaments to White House Christmas Tree
Holiday ornaments depicting scenes from the national parks are dangling from the White House Christmas tree, a nod to the National Park Service's upcoming centennial.
Former Park Service Director Mainella: Interior Department Called Yellowstone Snowmobile Decisions
Former National Park Service Director Fran Mainella says her bosses in the Interior Department in effect tied her hands on the question of recreational snowmobiling in Yellowstone National Park. And now she says science should have the final say in whether snowmobiling continues to be allowed in the park.
Falling Tree Kills Hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park
A 68-year-old hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park was killed in a freak accident when a tree fell on him.
- November 29th, 2007
Park Trips: Canyonlands National Park's Horseshoe Canyon
Off to the west of Canyonlands National Park proper, Horseshoe Canyon offers a fascinating trip back into prehistory, a time when nomadic tribes would follow the washes through the Southwest's canyon country from camp to camp.
- November 28th, 2007
Yosemite Valley Case Returning to the Courtroom
There's scheduled to be a court hearing in California today to revisit the issue of whether the National Park Service is properly taking care of the Yosemite Valley.
- November 28th, 2007
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