Traveler's Checklist: Death Valley National Park
What is it about the hard salt pan, the shifting sand dunes, and the life-threatening temperatures that make Death Valley National Park such a lure with travelers?
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Padre Island National Seashore: Wintering Grounds For Sandhill Cranes
While Padre Island National Seashore doesn’t overflow with college students in spring as does its neighbor, South Padre Island, the national seashore nevertheless is a popular gathering spot for awkward-looking visitors. From November to early spring, the seashore becomes a temporary home to sandhill cranes.
Newspaper Turns Back the Calendar and Calls for "Buffalo Commons National Park" in Kansas
Is Kansas deprived when it comes to national parks? Is part of the state's landscape "typically stark" and best suited to serve as a home where the buffalo can roam? The Kansas City Star thinks so.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park To Lease Land For Farming
Back in January the Obama administration received a suggestion that some parks be used to showcase "sustainable agriculture." Guess what? The folks at Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio are offering acreage for farms "using sustainable methods appropriate for a national park."
- November 15th, 2009
Interim Superintendent Appointed at Gettysburg National Military Park
Mel Poole, the superintendent at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, has been named acting superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park until a permanent successor to John Latschar is found.
BRP75 Opening Weekend in Asheville Highlights Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary is next year, but the celebration is already getting under way. Two BRP75 Opening Weekend events are taking place today in Asheville, North Carolina, a city that learned on a happy day in November 1934 that it would become a parkway community after all.
Lawsuit Over Deer Culling At Valley Forge Highlights Troubles Of Squeezed National Parks
As urban sprawl squeezes in tighter and tighter around some national parks, it can turn some parks into wildlife sanctuaries that create their own problems. At Valley Forge National Historical Park, efforts to control a booming population of white-tailed deer have spurred a lawsuit from a group that believes a prey-predator relationship should be allowed to play out. But how realistic is that?
Traveler's Gear Box: How Do You Cook Your Food in a National Park's Backcountry?
When it comes to cooking a meal in the backcountry of your favorite national park, there are more than a few options. Of course, those options quickly narrow when you're hauling food, shelter, and clothing in your backpack. So what are your options when it comes to cookstoves?
Gettysburg’s Dedication Day and Remembrance Day Activities Mark Gettysburg Address Anniversary
The 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address is Thursday, November 19. This coming week Gettysburg will be hosting a full slate of Dedication Day and Remembrance Day activities to honor President Abraham Lincoln, his Gettysburg Address, and the soldiers who fought so bravely in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Discovery of Skeletal Remains in Death Valley National Park May Solve an Old Mystery
The disappearance of four German tourists in Death Valley National Park thirteen years ago led to a massive and lengthy search, but no trace of the group was ever found. The discovery yesterday of skeletal remains in a remote area of the park may finally close the case.
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