From Superfund Site to environmental success story, Krejci was once a salvage yard and waste disposal facility. Cuyahoga Valley National Park acquired the land and began the task of cleanup. Click here to read more about this.
"Deep, steep, and narrow." According to the National Park Service, Black Canyon exposes nearly two billion year old Precambrian "basement rocks," one of the best examples in the world.
This first month of the 2025 New Year is all about throwback in the National Park System, with a little added trivia.
When driving the Chisos Basin Road toward the Chisos Mountains and the Chisos Mountains Lodge, think about the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They built the road.
According to park staff:
This first month of the 2025 New Year is all about throwback in the National Park System, with a little added trivia.
Did you know that when Paradise Inn opened for business in 1917 up at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, there were tent cabins there, too? According to Mount Rainier Guest Service's history page for the Paradise Inn:
This first month of the 2025 New Year is all about throwback in the National Park System, along with a little added trivia.
This first week of the New Year is all about a little throwback with national park photos from years past, along with a little trivia.
"In about anything they needed as extra manpower, they always relied on the CCC…. I mean, you can just see the results. I don’t think they would have a lot of things today if they hadn’t had the CCC working on these, you know a lot of this rock cribbing and river work and the trail work and just things like that. They got a lot done. It makes the park…I’ll say."
- Fred Brueck, Zion and Bryce National Park Ranger 1934-1941 and Zion National Park Chief Ranger 1953-1973. Interviewed September 18, 1989.
This first week of the New Year is all about a little throwback with national park photos from years past, along with a little trivia.
Photographer B.F. Loomis captured many images during and after the 1914 and 1915 eruptions of Lassen Peak, and these photos and the unique nature of the volcano and active volcanic landscape around it encouraged Congress to establish Lassen Volcanic National Park on August 9, 1916.
According to the National Park Service, "Due to its exceptional night skies and efforts to mitigate light pollution, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park was designated as an International Dark Sky Park in 2015."
This week park's photos are all about a little throwback to start the New Year off, with a little bit of trivia included.
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