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Lecture Series Explores The Climatic Changes Confronting Grand Teton National Park

Climatic changes are confronting the natural and historic resources of Grand Teton National Park, and an upcoming lecture series explores how those might alter the park's appearance.

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August 18th, 2010

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Reader Participation Day: What's Your Favorite Season in the National Parks?

Summer's running out of time, fall is on the way, winter's months away, and spring isn't even a thought. That said, which season is your favorite to visit a national park?

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August 18th, 2010

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PEER Complains About Plant Collecting In National Parks, NPS Says It's Proposing Regulatory Changes

It's long been said that you should take only photographs and leave only footprints when you visit a national park. Well, a dispute over whether Native Americans can legally collect plants in the parks has prompted a group to call for a federal investigation into whether the National Park Service is looking the other way.

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August 18th, 2010

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Cherokee Students Excavate Ancestral House at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A summer archeological field program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park offered more than science for a group of students from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians—it also allowed them to connect with their ancestral past.

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August 18th, 2010

Experts Have No Idea Why Grizzly Bears Rampaged Through Yellowstone Area Campground, Killing One

Wildlife experts have no solid explanation for why a grizzly sow and her three cubs rampaged through a campground outside Yellowstone National Park late last month, attacking two campers before killing and partially consuming a third.

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August 17th, 2010

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No Sign of German Backpacker Who Went Missing In Katmai National Park and Preserve

A search for a backpacker from Germany who vanished when he tried to retrieve his hiking boots from the Lethe River has been suspended for lack of clues, according to Katmai National Park and Preserve officials.

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August 17th, 2010

Boulder Creek Trail in Olympic National Park Closed Through Fall

Restoration work on the Boulder Creek Trail in Olympic National Park has necessitated the closure of the trail, as well as the upper Hot Springs Road, to the public through the fall, according to park officials.

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August 17th, 2010

Cedar Breaks National Monument Approaching 77th Birthday

While the big five -- Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion -- get most of the attention in Utah, Cedar Breaks National Monument is certainly no slouch. With Methuselah trees and a colorful amphitheater that would embarrass Crayola, Cedar Breaks should be on your itinerary.

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August 17th, 2010

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Mammoth Cave National Park To Offer Free Cave Tour on August 25

In honor of the 94th birthday of the National Park Service, officials at Mammoth Cave National Park are offering free tours of the Mammoth Passage cave on August 25.

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August 17th, 2010

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Glacier National Park Enjoys Bullish July

Major road construction along the only route that crosses Glacier National Park apparently is not going to deter visitors from traveling to this craggy park in northern Montana. During July a near-record 673,359 visitors entered the park.

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August 16th, 2010

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