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- Alcatraz Cruises Becomes First National Park Service Concessioner to Receive ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certification
- Alcatraz Cruises is the first concessioner in the National Park Service, and one of only a few organizations nationwide, to obtain certification for ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999. These three international standards measure an organization's quality management, environmental management and health and safety management systems. They are all...
- Research articles 2008-06-10
- An ugly Heritage: the poor man's national park; the citizen's burden
- A FEW years ago, Lee Ott was driving around his vegetable farm in Yuma, Ariz., when he spotted a crew of surveyors putting stakes in his land. "I stopped and asked them what was going on," he recalls. It turned out they were marking the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Remarks by the First Lady at the National Park Foundation Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy Inaugural Founders Award Dinner
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Four Seasons Hotel Austin, Texas October 15, 2007 7:42 P.M. CDT MRS. BUSH: Thank you, David, for that very kind introduction, and thank you for the extraordinary service you and your family have given to our national parks. I want to say...
- Research articles 2007-10-16
- A brighter future?(PRESIDENT'S OUTLOOK)
- As readers of this magazine and frequent visitors to the national parks, you are well aware of the annual funding shortfalls under which our parks have suffered for decades. We have seen the decline in ranger-led programs in many of the parks, dirtier bathrooms, and insufficient...
- Research articles 2007-09-22
- A goddess for victims: the Victims of Communism Memorial comes to fruition
- A DOZEN years ago, Lev Dobriansky and Lee Edwards met with National Park Service official John Parsons to learn what it takes to build a public memorial in Washington, D.C. Parsons gave them a document that outlined a 24-step program--a long march that included congressional permission, site selection, design approval,...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- 2007 Ad
- April 20, 2007 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Americans take great pride in our country's natural beauty, and our Nation is blessed to have a park system of more than 80 million acres that belongs to us all. During National Park...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Proclamation by the President: National Park Week, 2007
- WASHINGTON -- By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Americans take great pride in our country's natural beauty, and our Nation is blessed to have a park system of more than 80 million acres that belongs to us all. During National Park Week, we...
- Research articles 2007-04-21
- Administration's Budget Request for National Parks Gives Healthy Boost for Fun Outdoor Experiences
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Derrick Crandall or Dottie Shea, both of the American Recreation Coalition, +1-202-682-9530 WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement by Derrick Crandall, President of the American Recreation Coalition: The President and Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced a historic federal commitment to...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- Kempthorne Presents the 'Best Remedy': during the opening general session, the U.S. Secretary of the interior moves the audience with a pledge to get America outdoors
- The focus of an excited crowd of attendees turned to the Opening General Session stage on Wednesday evening of the 2006 NRPA Congress & Exposition. After the opening entertainment of the tribal rhythms of the Sharimba Youth Marimba Band had ceased, NRPA Chairman of the Board Ron Lehman gave a...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Park road battle heats up
- DENVER -- State officials and open-roads advocates view the Salt Creek road as a doorway to remote areas of Canyonlands National Park, but environmental groups see it as an open wound in the wilderness. No matter how one sees it, the 11-year legal battle over this unpaved, ungraded...
- Research articles 2006-09-27
- Dinosaur park staff harried
- Soon after the staff moved out of the deteriorating visitors center at Dinosaur National Monument, telephones in their temporary home went on the blink. National Park Service employees working from offices set up in one of the monument's housing units found they could call out but nobody could...
- Research articles 2006-09-26
- From dream job to nightmare.(WAR STORIES)
- In 1989, I just had been appointed mechanical engineer for a regional office of the National Park Service. My duties included providing design and technical assistance to more than 60 sites. It seemed like a dream job and turned out to be 10 of...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Preserving possible crime scenes with photomapping: when rising waters threaten to obliterate evidence of a potential homicide, investigators turn to GPS-linked photography and GIS to record and analyze the details.(Crime Analysis and GIS)
- Soon Kim, a Korean national working at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, disappeared while boating on Lake Powell with his roommate in 1985. The subsequent investigation into his disappearance turned up more questions than answers--about both his life and death--and required geospatial tools, as well...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Memorandum on the future of America's national parks
- August 24, 2006 Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior Subject: The Future of America's National Parks In honoring its 90th anniversary, I have called on the National Park Service, and every American, to continue the cooperation necessary for our vibrant national parks to endure for the...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- Benjamin Franklin: elementary school sites.(Website list)(Brief article)
- Benjamin Franklin http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/ The U.S. Government Printing Office offers this great introductory resource for primary students and highlights Benjamin Franklin's life by exploring four of his major roles in history: printer, librarian, inventor, and statesman. The site also includes a short timeline of...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Brown historic site trying new ways to draw visitors
- By Barbara Hollingsworth THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site opened to fanfare two years ago, but drawing visitors to the civil rights attraction has proved challenging. About 22,000 people came to the site at 1515 S.E. Monroe during its...
- Research articles 2006-05-17
- Art Street Interactive Customizes Reservations Management; CAMAVA Provides Integrated Online and Call Center Functionality
- SAN DIEGO -- Art Street Interactive ("ASI"), an online application development firm specializing in custom reservation/ecommerce systems, today announced it has launched CAMAVA, its online destination management product, at several campgrounds and hospitality venues, including the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation, Riverside County Regional Park, National...
- Research articles 2006-05-04
- Think you know Pike? Guess again
- In the 200 years since Zebulon Pike explored this region, historians have struggled over whether to label him as hapless or heroic. This, after all, was a man who slogged through snow without socks in a failed attempt to climb the peak towering over the Plains, yet...
- Research articles 2006-01-15
- Congressional Hearing Examines Health of FL National Parks; Parks Group 'Frustrated' by Lack of Congressional Oversight, Park Funding Shortages
- MIAMI, Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a congressional field hearing today at City Hall, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association NPCA expressed frustration about the critical funding needs of national parks in Florida. The hearing, hosted by Government Reform, Criminal Justice Subcommittee Chairman Mark Souder (R-Ind.), and attended by...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- New Study: Careless Boaters Damage Florida Bay Seagrass, Affect Local Fishing
- MIAMI, Jan. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Negligent boaters are harming Florida Bay's fragile seagrass, which may affect recreational and commercial fishing, according to a new report released today by the National Parks Conservation Association's NPCA Center for State of the Parks. The report precedes a congressional field hearing in Miami...
- Research articles 2006-01-04
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