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Avalanches In Rocky Mountain National Park

Human-triggered avalanches rocked steep terrain in Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend. These avalanches serve as a good reminder that although the avalanche danger rating is “moderate,” heightened avalanche conditions can still exist on specific terrain features. Snowfall prior to the weekend, wind slab formation, and warming temps increased the potential for avalanche activity.

Pipe Spring National Monument: Paiutes, Mormons, And Stephen Mather

Water defines the arid West. Sporadic and intermittent water - think flash floods, freeze/thaw and steady erosion - sculpts the landscape, but it takes permanent water to create conditions for human settlement. At Pipe Spring National Monument in northern Arizona, the Park Service has done an exemplary job of telling the human water story from three perspectives: Paiutes, the original inhabitants; Mormons, a big wave of Anglo settlers that stayed; and the U.S. government.
  • By stratto - May 13th, 2019 1:30am

Dogs Sniff Out Invasive Mussels At Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Boaters visiting Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s Lake of the Arbuckles in Oklahoma may meet a new line of defense in the fight against aquatic invasive species with a nose for detecting them – Raine, a golden retriever, and border collies Wisp and Darby. They can inspect an average-sized bass boat in under a minute, far faster than any person can. The dogs are trained to detect several invasive species, including zebra mussels.

Sixty-Three Miles Of Proposed Replacement Barriers Would Run Through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

New pedestrian and vehicle barriers are being proposed to run nearly the entire length of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's border with Mexico, a project the Sierra Club claims will harm the ecosystem and be visually unappealing to park visitors.