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Donkey Rescue Group To Relocate Burros From Death Valley National Park

Burros set free by long-ago prospectors who failed to strike it rich in the landscape now known as Death Valley National Park have steadily increased in number. Today there are an estimated 2,000 of these non-native animals in the park. Within five years, that number could be virtually wiped out under an agreement the park has reached with a Texas organization.

Traveler Special Report: Some Friends Groups Asked To Provide "Margin Of Survival"

For eight years, families whose memories of the Blue Ridge Parkway were nurtured around summer evenings chasing fireflies on the rolling highland meadows below Bluffs Lodge at Milepost 241 have wondered when it might reopen. But a question that might better be asked of the charming 24-room lodge that opened in 1949 is whether it ever will be able to reopen or instead be razed.

Photography In The National Parks: Capturing Nature With A Time-Lapse Video

Contributing writer and photographer Rebecca Latson is always trying to learn something new about her cameras that she can pass on for use during your own national park visit. This month's article takes you to Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, where Rebecca demonstrates the capture of time-lapse videos utilizing any type of camera.

Fredericksburg, Petersburg, & Richmond: Experiencing Civil War Battlefields

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I learned about the Civil War through books, movies, and plastic action figures. There just weren’t any battlefields in Oregon for a ten-year-old to experience first-hand. So, when I started traveling east, I was drawn to iconic battlefields like Gettysburg and Antietam. Until I started my quest to visit all the national park units, I had no idea of the sheer number of battlefields or how integrated into local communities they were and still are.
  • By stratto - May 22nd, 2018 1:15am