Birding In The National Parks: Gleaning The Benefits Of eBird's New Features
It’s been a while since I’ve used this space to tout the benefits of eBird, but the project keeps getting better and better, so it deserves another mention.
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Campaign Underway To Designate A "National Mammal Of The United States"
Our nation has a National Bird (bald eagle), a National Tree (oak) and a National Flower ( rose), but no national mammal. A bill has been introduced in the U. S. Senate to fill that gap, and the proposal would designate a large animal that's a big visitor draw in several national parks. What's being suggested for the "national mammal of the United States"? The American Bison.
Federal Grant Will Help Gateway National Recreation Area Continue Recovery From Superstorm Sandy
More than a year has passed since Superstorm Sandy roared up the East Coast, battering just about everything in its path. The damage was particularly extrensive at Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, where wastewater treatment systems were destroyed, phone service was knocked out, and historic buildings were ravaged.
The Strange Case Of The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
The following is the second of a two-part article on the significance of religious symbolism at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Indiana, symbolism that the National Park Service has largely overlooked. The author, Richard Sellars, was a historian for the National Park Service for three decades.
Wintry Conditions Returning To Glacier National Park
Though the calendar says mid-June, winter is returning to Glacier National Park in Montana, where the high country could get up to 2 feet of snow in the coming days, prompting park officials to warn visitors of challenging conditions.
Conference On Best Environmental Practices For Climbing Community Coming In July
A conference next month will discuss how the climbing community can leave an even smaller footprint on the world's peaks.
Traveler's View: National Parks Are Boring, Outside Magazine? Really???
Did you hear the news? National parks, those wondrous and scenic expanses of Nature's eye candy, those wild and rumpled landscapes that test your skills and will kill you if you're not careful and prepared, or maybe just in the wrong place at the wrong time, are boring. They've been transformed -- or, perhaps, kept since their creation -- as "drive-through museums."
Smoking Ban Comes To Beaches At Cape Cod, Fire Island National Seashores
In a move to minimize second-hand smoke problems and to help keep beaches cleaner, smoking bans are coming to guarded beaches at Cape Cod National Seashore.
Abraham Lincoln: God And Man In Indiana, The Strange Case Of The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Why has the National Park Service largely overlooked the religious symbolism at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial?
Marking The Yosemite Grant That Helped Launch The National Parks Movement
While it's long been accepted that Yellowstone National Park is the world's first national park, there's significant weight to the statement that the wondrous Yosemite landscape helped launch the national parks movement with the signing of the Yosemite Grant by President Lincoln on June 30, 1864. That Grant set aside Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias for protection, establishing the very idea of today's national parks.
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