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Higher Humidity, Chance of Precipitation Could Aid Firefighters in Shenandoah National Park

Firefighters battling a nearly 2,000-acre wildfire in Shenandoah National Park were confronted Monday by steep, rugged terrain littered with highly flammable forest duff and broken in places by cliffs.

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February 21st, 2011

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The Annual Meeting of the Dumb and Dumber National Park Visiting Society

Organizations that start out small and simple can expect to end up large and complex, but what can be expected of an organization that starts out small and stupid?

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February 21st, 2011

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River Runner Offering $200 Off Certain Float Trips Through Dinosaur National Monument, Canyonlands National Park

If you ever wanted to wake up with a hot cup of coffee, tea, or even chai along the Green River as the sun glints off the cliffs of Dinosaur National Monument, or enjoy dinner along the Colorado River as it roars through Canyonlands National Park, you can do it this summer at a discount if you act soon.

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February 21st, 2011

Traveler's View: No Professional Bike Racing At Colorado National Monument

If a professional bike race charging through Colorado National Monument is the key to the rugged red-rock landscape and its treasures in western Colorado being redesignated as a "national park," then it's time to end the discussion over a name change.

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February 21st, 2011

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Interior Secretary Envisions "Largest Urban Campground In America" At Gateway National Recreation Area

If you've ever visited the greater New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, one of the last thoughts that would spring into your mind would be, "Let's go camping here!" But that's a vision shared by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis.

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February 21st, 2011

Can We Afford The America's Great Outdoors Initiative?

Months in development, the America's Great Outdoors initiative is a broad road map drawn by the Obama administration to both reconnect Americans with the outdoors and outline how the country can preserve much of its natural landscape. But how timely, in light of current fiscal and political winds, is it?

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February 21st, 2011

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Forest Fire Closes Portion of Skyline Drive, Hiking Trails in Shenandoah National Park

A wildfire that started on private land spread across some 2,000 acres in Shenandoah National Park and forced closure of a stretch of Skyline Drive and hiking trails in the park.

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February 20th, 2011

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America's Great Outdoors Report Touches On Possible Additions To Roster of National Monuments

There is was, a bit over halfway through the 110-page America's Great Outdoors report: how President Barack Obama could use the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate national monuments through presidential proclamation.

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February 20th, 2011

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Public Comment Opens On Whether to Allow Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon National Park

For the next month-and-a-half the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will be collecting your thoughts on whether uranium mining should be allowed near to Grand Canyon National Park, or whether the landscape should be protecting with a moratorium against hardrock mining.

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February 20th, 2011

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National Park Service Tasked With Identifying Landscapes and Cultural Themes "Underrepresented" in the Park System

A directive of the America's Great Outdoors report calls on the National Park Service to identify landscapes and cultural areas "underrepresented" in the National Park System.

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February 20th, 2011

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