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Telethon Raises $210,000 For New Radio System At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Friends of the Smokies collected $210,525 in donations during its 24th annual Friends Across the Mountains Telethon from hundreds of callers, online donations, and support from sponsors Dollywood, Mast General Store, Pilot Flying J, and SmartBank. The donations will support the organization’s 25th Anniversary Signature Project to upgrade Great Smoky Mountains National Park's emergency radio systems.

Big Spring Bridge At Ozark National Scenic Riverways To Close For Replacement

The National Park Service, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, will soon begin a project to replace the Big Spring Bridge located on State Route 103 over the Big Spring branch at Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The project is scheduled to begin August 27, at which time the existing bridge will be closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Bear Trapping And Monitoring Coming To Yellowstone National Park

As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears and black bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, biologists with the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will be conducting scientific grizzly bear and black bear research operations in Yellowstone National Park from August 21 through October 31.

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site To Celebrate New Park Film

As the summer season comes to an end, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota invites the public to celebrate the completion of the new park orientation film, Beneath The Plains: The Minuteman Missile On Alert. This is the first official film produced for the park, and complements the exhibits installed two years ago.

Mysterious Boating Accident Leaves Two Dead, One Missing At Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

A mysterious boating accident has left two dead and another missing and presumed dead at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Search efforts continued Thursday, five days after the single-vessel accident, for the missing man.