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- Hundreds evacuated near Grand Canyon as dam bursts: reports
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Hundreds of people were evacuated from a remote town in the Grand Canyon on Sunday after heavy rain caused an earthen dam to burst, reports said. Local media citing the US National Park Service said between 300-400 people were evacuated from the Indian tribal village...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- 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
- "The Awakening" Moves to National Harbor
- Historic Sculpture Begins Journey Across the Potomac NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Seward Johnson's arresting sculpture "The Awakening," which has delighted the region's residents since it was installed on a bank of the historic Potomac river, is about to move and will soon begin to delight visitors to another bank...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- Park Service takes kids on electronic field trips
- CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Standing next to Jenny Lake, park ranger Diane McGee tells students about the plants and animals at Grand Teton National Park. "Very soon, we will have snow falling on the ground," she says. "Winters here are very long. We get up to 200 inches of...
- Research articles 2008-01-08
- 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
- Parks see future in asphalt jungles
- YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- Jorge Castaneda kneels on a rocky ledge with a map of the Sierra Nevada spread before him. "There aren't street names," the 18-year-old says only half- jokingly to the guides about to take him on his first backpacking trip. "How are we supposed...
- Research articles 2007-09-03
- Parks see future in asphalt jungles
- YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- Jorge Castaneda kneels on a rocky ledge with a map of the Sierra Nevada spread before him. "There aren't street names," the 18-year-old says only half- jokingly to the guides about to take him on his first backpacking trip. "How are we supposed...
- Research articles 2007-09-03
- Remarks by the First Lady at a Junior Ranger Event
- MOOSE, Wyoming -- Office of the First Lady Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitors Center Grand Teton National Park Moose, Wyoming 2:15 P.M. MDT MRS. BUSH: Thank you all. Thank you very much. Thanks, everyone. Thanks for coming out today. Thanks so much, and thank you,...
- Research articles 2007-08-28
- Editorial | Celebrating National Parks
- The best parties happen with plenty of planning.The National Park Service turns 100 in 2016, and the Department of Interior wants to spruce up its neglected 391 parks for a memorable birthday bash.After holding 40 "listening sessions" from Florida to Alaska and collecting 6,000 comments by mail and online, the...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Higher fees, fewer visitors irk U.S. park boosters
- WASHINGTON -- A four-year program to increase national-park entrance fees and make them more uniform could discourage many Americans from visiting their national parks -- especially parks that are close to home, some park boosters say. The federal government's move in January to replace the National Park Service's...
- Research articles 2007-04-29
- Presidio of San Francisco Receives $15 Million Gift From Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
- To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: Missy Cohan, +1-415-561-0888, ext. 2301, or Missy@landispr.com, or Kathryn Green, +1-415-561-0888, ext. 2312, or Kathryn@landispr.com, for Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, with its public agency partners the Presidio Trust and the National Park...
- Research articles 2007-04-11
- The National Park Service Arrowhead.(DID YOU KNOW?)(Brief article)
- THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ARROWHEAD was authorized as the agency's official emblem by the Secretary of the interior on July 20, 1951. Created in 1949 by Aubrey V. Neasham, a Park Service historian, the insignia was intended to represent several aspects of the mission of the...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Oil firm's Glen Canyon bid denied
- An oil drilling company has been denied access to explore for petroleum deposits on federally owned lands in Glen Canyon. The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that an environmental assessment for a proposal to drill in the Circle Cliffs area has been rejected....
- Research articles 2007-03-07
- Oil company rebuffed on Glen Canyon bid
- An oil drilling company has been denied access to explore for petroleum deposits on federally owned lands in Glen Canyon. The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management announced Monday that an environmental assessment for a proposal to drill in the Circle Cliffs area has been rejected....
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- 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
- Saving a national treasure
- FHWA and the National Park Service embark on a monumental restoration of Montana's historic Going-to-the-Sun Road. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Going-to-the-Sun Road in Montana's Glacier National Park was once described as "the most beautiful piece of mountain road in the world." Those words, spoken by park Superintendent Eivind Scoyen...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- 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
- Celebrating our victories.(national parks )
- What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, we faced what seemed like an insurmountable challenge: Stopping the harmful rewrite of the National Park Service's management policies--the preservation blueprint that provides day-to-day guidance to park managers. Today, I am happy to tell you...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Northernmost Limit of Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove; Rhizophoraceae) in St. Johns County, Florida
- ABSTRACT The northernmost record of Rhizophora mangle red mangrove, recently vouchered from Fort Matanzas National Monument in St. Johns County, Florida, is discussed in reference to the ecology, morphology, and preservation of the species. INTRODUCTION The native distribution of Rhizophora mangle red mangrove is along the coasts of...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
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