Friends Group Sends Nearly $200,000 To South Florida Parks For Programs
Nearly $200,000 is flowing to four south Florida national park units to help underwrite habitat restoration, protect wildlife, and support visitor programs.
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Around The Parks: Friends Support Voyageurs National Park, Aspiring Writers At Everglades National Park, Fall Colors At Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A quick glance around the National Park System finds a celebration coming to Voyageurs National Park, gifted writers at Everglades National Park, and fall colors at Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
Aramark Holds On To Concessions At Mesa Verde National Park
Aramark Leisure, which has run the concessions at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado for the past 33 years, will continue in that role, with another 10-year contract.
- October 13th, 2014
Is Outsourcing Parks A Key To Solving The National Park Service's Financial Woes?
With a park system that is being strangled by its maintenance backlog and operating costs, would the National Park Service, and the system, be better off if the agency outsourced entire parks?
Study Shows Southern California Mountain Lions Lack Genetic Diversity
A genetic sampling of more than 300 mountain lions in southern California, including within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, shows the big cats lack genetic diversity.
Winning The Denali Road Lottery, And Loving Every Mile Of It
There are 3,381 miles that separate my quaint and humid Baton Rouge neighborhood from the front door of Mount McKinley in Alaska's Interior. I have no doubt you can envision the stark contrast between the two, but let me give you a first-hand perspective.
- October 12th, 2014
National Christmas Tree Lighting Set For December 4; Ticket Lottery Opens October 17
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation have set the date for the 92nd annual National Christmas Tree Lighting on the White House Ellipse at President’s Park. This year’s kick-off to the holiday season in the nation’s capital will be held Thursday, December 4, at 5 p.m. Free tickets for the lighting ceremony will be awarded through an online lottery.
New Bridge Aids Hikers On The Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail
Long-distance hikers, and even weekend warriors, in middle America can thank the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service for rebuilding the Lick Creek Bridge on the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail that runs 319 miles from Morehead, Kentucky, south into the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Tennessee.
National Fossil Day Celebrated In National Parks Next Week
Fossils large and small will be the stars of the National Park System next week when National Fossil Day is celebrated on Wednesday.
- October 10th, 2014
Joshua Tree National Park Campgrounds Reopen For The Season
While more than a few parks are winding down their high seasons and getting ready to ease into the winter months, at Joshua Tree National Park in California the high season is coming and to prepare the park has reopened all of its campgrounds.
- October 10th, 2014
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