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Watching Birds At Gettysburg National Military Park

Many national parks, whether they offer scenery, history, or culture, protect wonderful natural settings, which in turn attract both human and feathered visitors. At Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, the lure of open fields and wooded areas attracts many bird species, and an outing on February 15 will be geared towards counting how many species are in the park.

Crews To "Selectively" Demolish Part Of Historic House At Gettysburg National Military Park

Crews at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania plan to turn the calendar back to the 1860s when they carefully demolish additions made to a stone farmhouse that survived the Battle of Gettysburg largely intact. The goal is to give the historic Warfield house back the appearance it had when the battle was waged in July 1863.

Partners Support Monument Preservation At Gettysburg National Military Park

The Gettysburg Foundation and the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association have provided donations to match federal funds to preserve monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park. Thanks to partner support and federal funding from the Helium Act, a total of $188,129 is available to do repairs and preservation maintenance for more than 350 civil war monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield.

Traveler Special Report: NPS Is Running $670 Million Behind On Caring For Maintained Landscapes

A lack of money, nearly $700 million, has left National Park Service crews are far behind in caring for the maintained landscape of the National Park System, the battlefields, the campgrounds, even the historic orchards that can be found in some parks and the trails that wind through the underground of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Preserving History At Gettysburg National Military Park, One Rock At A Time

When the Civil War came to Gettysburg in 1863, stone walls stood as barriers, and served as protection, for soldiers on both sides of the conflict. And they defined the character of the area. Over the decades, though, these walls have toppled to various degrees, and some vanished. Now work is under way to repair some of those walls.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

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