Oracoke Lighthouse Ready To Shine Again at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
After four months of refurbishing, the Oracoke Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore was scheduled to go back online Wednesday night.
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Pruning the Parks: Shadow Mountain Recreation Area (1952-1979)
The National Park Service once managed a recreation area focused on Shadow Mountain Lake, a West Slope Collection System reservoir located near Grand Lake, Colorado. Transferred to Forest Service management more than 30 years ago, this property is now a component of the huge Arapaho National Recreation Area.
If There's A Noticeable "Peak Bloom" At Death Valley National Park, It'll Be In Late March, Early April
The guessing game on how significant the spring bloom in Death Valley National Park will be continues. No one is willing yet to say it will rival the 2005 showcase, but Park Service officials are predicting the "peak bloom," if there is one, will arrive in late March and into early April.
Mammoth Cave National Park Officials Talking About Renovating Mammoth Cave Hotel
Four decades after it went into service, the Mammoth Cave Hotel is showing its age, both in appearance and function. As a result, Mammoth Cave National Park officials want to start talking about how the hotel can best be renovated to improve visitor services.
Reader Participation Day: Where Are the Best Waterfalls In the National Park System?
Two of the most incredible waterfalls in the National Park System can be found in Yellowstone National Park. But it certainly doesn't have a monopoly on waterworks. Olympic National Park boasts the beautifully secluded Marymere Falls, Glacier National Park the towering Bird Woman Falls, and Great Smoky Mountain National Park the comparatively small but gorgeous-just-the-same Abrams Falls. What other waterfalls in the park system deserve to be singled out for their beauty?
By Kurt Repanshek - October 31st, 2011 11:07am
National Park Mystery Photo 19: My, What Nice Stripes You Have!
OK, guessing where this National Park System mystery photo was taken will either be really easy, or a killer. Let the guessing begin, and if it becomes a huge struggle we'll drop in some hints. But not too many.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 31st, 2011 11:07am
Unlikely Weapons Against a Deadly Exotic Species: Cat Food and Ants
From large Burmese pythons in the Everglades to tiny Quagga mussels at Lake Mead, exotic animals are a growing problem in our national parks. A recent story from Australia demonstrates that the battle against exotics can sometimes employ some low-tech weapons, including cat food and ants.
Crab Cam Comes To National Parks of the Pacific Islands
Those folks who work at the National Parks of the Pacific Islands have quite the sense of humor. True, it's a different sense of humor than the one us mainlanders possess, but it's funny just the same. Need proof? Just check out this "crab cam" video they posted the other day.
Poaching Charges Filed in Connection With Elk Killed in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A 35-year-old North Carolina man is due in federal court on March 22 to face poaching charges in connection with the shooting of a bull elk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Interior Secretary Salazar To Handle "Cape Wind" Decision Himself
With negotiations on how best to handle the "Cape Wind" wind farm project proposed for Nantucket Sound apparently deadlocked, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has decided to make a decision on the project himself.
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