Carrying Guns in the National Parks -- Is This Being Fast-Tracked?
Interior Department officials, no doubt with an eye on the election calendar, are wasting no time in their bid to rewrite laws pertaining to carrying guns in the national parks.
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Would a Change in Gun Laws Be a Threat to National Park Bears?
Would a change in the national park system's gun laws pose a threat to wildlife? In Alaska, there are some concerns that brown bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve might appear too threatening to some gun owners.
Yellowstone National Park Announces Spring Plowing Schedule
That was a quick winter. I mean, it must be near its end, for Yellowstone National Park officials have announced their spring road plowing plans.
- February 29th, 2008
Grand Canyon National Park Officials Take Issue With High Flow Releases from Glen Canyon Dam
A plan by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to send a flood through the Grand Canyon has drawn numerous questions from Grand Canyon National Park officials, who fear the flooding as proposed would impair park resources.
High SO2 Levels Force Road Closure at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Unusually high, and potentially toxic, levels of sulfur dioxide have prompted the closure of a popular drive at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
2007 National Park Visitation Shows 3 Million Visitor Increase
National park visitation during 2007 showed a boost of roughly 3 million visitors over 2006 totals, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park again led all the "national parks" in visits, with 9.4 million.
Western National Parks Contaminated By Airborne Heavy Metals, Pesticides
How do you like your fish seasoned? A little mercury, perhaps some DDT? That's what you might get if you eat fish caught in national parks in the American West.
Former Park Service Director Dickenson Passes Away
Russell Dickenson, who managed to survive as director of the National Park Service under four different Interior secretaries and both a Democratic and a Republican president, has died.
Olympic National Park Entrance Fees to Stay Unchanged Through 2009
Negative public reaction to a proposed increase in Olympic National Park's entrance fees has prompted park officials to leave the current fees in place through 2009.
Keeping Track of Grand Teton National Park's Bighorn Sheep
Tick off a list of Grand Teton National Park's wildlife and bison, elk, moose and bears come immediately to mind. Bighorn sheep? Not so quickly, but they're there.
- February 26th, 2008
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