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A Day In The Park: Everglades National Park

One of the most incredibly beautiful birds you'll find in Everglades National Park is the Purple Gallinule. Unless you see a Roseate spoonbill. Or maybe a Tri-colored heron. Or a ..., well, you get the idea. There are an amazing number of gorgeous, and more common, bird species in the park. But time is running out to easily spot many of them, as the rainy season isn't too far off.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park To Offer Course On Log Cabin Preservation And Repair

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the National Park Service's Vanishing Treasures Program are offering a free Log Preservation and Repair Intensive Workshop from April 10-19. The workshop focuses on the hands-on skills necessary for repairing and reusing historic log structures. Participants will be working together on an actual structure. The goal is to complete a log cabin by the end of the workshop.

Traveler's View: "Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee" Out Of Balance

If you're in the RV business, or want larger campgrounds, or perhaps more lodging concessions on public lands, you're likely thrilled with the makeup of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's "Made in America" Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee. If you prefer less infrastructure on public lands, well, you're probably in a funk over his appointments.

Australia Opens Vast Swaths Of Famed Marine Parks To Fishing

Australia is known for protecting its sea life in a 3.3-million-square-kilometer (1.3 million-square-mile) system of marine parks that covers 36 percent of the country’s oceans. The protection of those parks is now at stake, as the government last week approved five long-awaited management plans covering 44 parks. The new plans open 17 percent of the parks’ area to commercial fishing and 16 percent of their area to recreational fishing compared to the original plans formed by the previous government when the parks were proclaimed in 2012.