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- Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks
- Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks. By Hal K. Rothman. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. via + 281 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $29.95. Stewards of parks and forests have always been concerned about wildfires and, in the United States, fires...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Big Cypress National Preserve Threatened by Damaging Off-Road Vehicle Use
- To: STATE EDITORSContact: Kristen Brengel of The Wilderness Society +1-202-429- 2694; Kristina Johnson of Sierra Club, +1-415-977-5619; Pepper Ballard of The Humane Society of the United States, +1-301-258- 1417; Laurie Macdonald of Defenders of Wildlife, +1-727-823-3888; John Adornato of National Parks Conservation Association, +1-954- 961-1280; Sarah Peters of Wildlands CPR,...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Fee-Free Veterans Day for Veterans and U.S. Armed Forces; The fee waiver applies to Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve service members.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2006-US FWS: Fee-Free Veterans Day for Veterans and U.S. Armed Forces; The fee waiver applies to Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve service membersC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10112006 Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns...
- Research articles 2006-11-10
- Dogged hero is among honored crime fighters
- Law-enforcement agents aren't the only keepers of justice these days: Citizens, community-service representatives and a rottweiler named Remmington can be counted as crime-catchers in Philadelphia. Those good guys were feted yesterday as the Center City District Crime Prevention Services held its annual awards ceremony. Officials of various agencies - including...
- Research articles 2006-10-28
- Threatened sanctuaries.(THE STATE OF U.S. PARKS)
- At a period in our history notable for perishable institutions, it's reassuring to know that our national parks, after all these years, remain the best idea America ever had. A British diplomat, James Bryce, rendered that judgment in 1912 when the United States could boast but...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Muddy waters
- The question of what is and isn't a "navigable water" of the United States wasn't settled by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. What a court majority did decide, however, in a pair of cases with significant implications for the regulatory reach of federal agencies (Rapanos v. United States and...
- Research articles 2006-06-21
- Public Employees Urge Removal of Interior Dept. Bison Logo
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> At the request of Yellowstone Park's own employees who are appalled by what one calls "biological malpractice," Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility PEER has started a drive to remove the bison as the official seal for the Interior Department and is enlisting public involvement in...
- Research articles 2006-03-24
- The federal concessioner system: linking policy to opportunities for local service providers.
- Introduction On March 12, 1998, the United States General Accounting Office GAO issued a report assessing concessioner operations on federal public recreation lands. This report, the most recent at the time of more than 30 GAO reports and testimonies, presented ample evidence that ...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Natural collaborations: inter-departmental partnerships can help park and recreation agencies manage more efficiently
- Park and recreation agencies face a complex dilemma of how to maintain current facilities and programs with an ever-shrinking budget. Through an archaic system of strict districting created during a period of government prosperity, park administrators are left with little choice but to consider cutting services. But there is a...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Funding for Natural Resources Agencies Falls Short of Needs
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Congress approved a $26.3 billion budget for the Interior Department and other natural resources agencies before leaving Friday for summer recess. President George W. Bush is expected to sign the legislation. Controversial funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which the House had...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Agencies reviewing Glen Canyon drill request
- Will an oil and gas exploration well be drilled inside southern Utah's Glen Canyon National Recreation Area? Two federal agencies have begun a scoping process to consider a 15-year-old request to drill an exploratory well for oil and gas in the Circle Cliffs region in Garfield County. The...
- Research articles 2005-06-21
- Reuse plan for army post adhered to environmental requirements.(City of Sausalito v. O'Neill)
- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that on the whole, the city of Sausalito, Cal., failed to show a National Park Service plan to rehabilitate and develop a former military base near the city violated environmental protection laws (City of Sausalito v. O'Neill,...
- Research articles 2004-11-17
- REFLECTIONS ON PRESERVING ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL landscapes
- "[The purpose of this lawisj to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved. " Endangered Species Act of /973, section zb"The historical and cultural foundations of the Nation should be preserved as a living part of our community life and...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Public Lands Fee Waived One Day for Working Volunteers
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — Saturday was National Public Lands Day, the feel-good day for volunteers who work to improve and enhance the public lands. Last year nearly 80,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, planted trees and plants, and removed trash and invasive plants. For one day, people could enter...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- WTC lawsuit: historic preservation questions at issue in federal court filing
- Just seven weeks after the "Freedom Stone" was laid at Ground Zero, the rebuilding process was dealt another blow when the families of 9/11 victims filed legal action requesting that the construction at the site be temporarily halted until LMDC and the Port Authority adhere to their legally binding commitments...
- Research articles 2004-09-08
- Park Service Revs Up Snowmobile Use in Yellowstone
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS ? The National Park Service announced a plan Thursday to allow 720 snowmobiles into Yellowstone National Park each day for the next three winters. The proposal is the latest twist in a controversy at play in two federal courts, and critics say it ignores an array...
- Research articles 2004-08-20
- Kennewick Man heads for the lab
- Reynolds, Jerry Indian Country Today Lakota Times 07-28-2004 WASHINGTON - The high drama of a tribal decision on Kennewick Man has eclipsed the irony and surprise of a Senate hearing on Native remains from the previous week. The July 20...
- Research articles 2004-07-28
- Congress Takes On Public Land Recreation Fees
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS ? The recreation fee demo program has raised some $1 billion for federal agencies since 1996 and there is broad support in Congress for giving the National Park Service permanent authority to set and collect recreation fees from park visitors. Some lawmakers, and the Bush administration, are...
- Research articles 2004-05-07
- Parks agency reeks of partisanship
- As regular as the passing of the seasons are the stories lamenting the plight of the National Parks Service (Deseret Morning News, March 17). Heart-wrenching details of the agency's suffering are regularly compiled and published by the "nonpartisan" National Parks Conservation Association. The only fix, according to the...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- Agency Refuses to Ban Snowmobiles in National Parks.
- By Mike Stark, Billings Gazette, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The National Park Service won't stop grooming roads in the winter or try to prohibit snowmobiles throughout the park system, federal officials said Wednesday. Craig Manson, the Interior...
- Research articles 2004-02-19
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