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March In Our National Parks
www.blueridgeparkwayblog.com via @bwbytnar &bull 3 Hours AgoMarch is when most National Parks start to swing into full gear preparing for the coming visitor season. Even though the ground may still be covered with snow and ice and roads closed, employees in the parks have lots of… Full Story »
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Hiking Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument
Suite101: Backpacking, Hiking and Camping &bull Mar 9, 2010
Located 35 miles west of Blanding, Utah, Natural Bridges National Monument is managed by the National Park Service. Unlike Arches National Park to the north, this geologic park features stone bridges, not arches. Trails also descend from trailheads along Bridge… Full Story »
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"Poor Judgment and Performance" Acknowledged in National Park Service Investigation of Hubbell Trading Post Operations
www.nationalparkstraveler.com via @ParksTraveler &bull Mar 8, 2010National Park Service investigators and managers who looked into the business operations at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site exhibited "poor case management" and "poor judgment and performance," according to top agency officials. That acknowledgment, by then-acting NPS Director Ernest Quintana, was made to the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General in June 2009. It came 18 months after the OIG's office found an investigation by the Park Service's… Full Story »
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Federal parks official, 81, dies
oohja.com via @Your_PinkFriend &bull Mar 8, 2010Manus Jack Fish, the National Park Service regional director who oversaw the heavily trafficked National Mall, expanded the Civil War battlefield at Manassas, Va., and supervised the planting of 150,000 trees and millions of flowers in the parks and byways… Full Story »
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Ice climber who died at Doughton Park was a veteran climber
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog &bull Mar 6, 2010
As reported yesterday, an ice climber was found dead on Thursday at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Wilkes Journal Patriot today identified the climber as Ralph Edward Fickel of Boone, North Carolina. Fickel, a veteran rock climber,… Full Story »
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Day Hiking the Bright Angel Trail of the Grand Canyon
www.hikingtripreports.com via @HiTecUSA &bull Mar 4, 2010This old Indian trail is now the most popular trail hiked in the Grand Canyon. Bright Angel is an excellent way to see the canyon up close without having to plan for a difficult overnight hike (but you can do… Full Story »
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Records show wind speeds up in Great Smokies
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog &bull Mar 4, 2010
Records show that between 1996 and 2003, the park averaged 25 hours per year when wind speeds exceeded 40 mph. From 1996 through 2003, the park's peak one-hour average wind speed was 51 mph. Between 2004 and 2009, the peak… Full Story »
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Big South Fork to plug 45 abandoned oil wells
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog &bull Feb 28, 2010
All 45 abandoned wells dot the backwoods of the park's 125,000 thousand acres and some of them dated more than a century. Park officials said they were unable to locate the owner of each well, so they've taken them over… Full Story »
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Two national parks preserved, 10 years apart - History.com This Day in History - 2/26/1919
www.history.com via @purenine &bull Feb 26, 2010On this day in history, two national parks were established in the United States 10 years apart--the Grand Canyon in 1919 and the Grand Tetons in 1929. Located in northwestern Arizona, the Grand Canyon is the product of millions of years of excavation by the mighty Colorado River. The chasm is exceptionally deep, dropping more than a mile into the earth, and is 15 miles across at its… Full Story »
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A federal ally for threatened parks - Hudson River Valley study includes state sites that may close
New York Outdoors Blog &bull Feb 26, 2010
Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources passed a bill to have the National Park Service review adding the 182-mile length of the valley from Fort Edward in Washington County to Westchester County to the nation's park… Full Story »
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Massachusetts National Parks are no longer gun free zones
www.examiner.com via @rjbokleman &bull Feb 25, 2010Get alerts when there is a new article from the Boston Gun Rights Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use. Full Story »
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National parks '09 visitation up but misses record
www.ajc.com via @WANatlParkFund &bull Feb 25, 2010WASHINGTON — Ten million more people visited national parks last year than in 2008, but the numbers fell short of the all-time record for park visitation from 1987. Full Story »
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Great Nature (1933
video.pbs.org via @MrPondusa &bull Feb 25, 2010The National Parks Great Nature (1933-1945) Full Story »
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KU Documentary Filmmaker Produces Works for Three National Civil Rights Exhibits
oohja.com via @indiefilmkiosk &bull Feb 25, 2010When the National Park Service officially opens its visitor center for the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 27, two University of Kansas faculty and two KU alumni will be among those credited for… Full Story »
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National parks ‘09 visitation up other than misses record « World Travelling Info
worldtravelsinfo.com via @darakhshankh &bull Feb 25, 2010Ten million additional people visit national parks last year than in 2008, but the numbers fell short of the all-time record for park visitation from 1987. More than 285 million people visited national parks and other units of the National… Full Story »
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National Park Service seeks public feedback on proposed King Gillette Ranch …
ardenal.info via @Ramonao7s9 &bull Feb 24, 2010Establishing an environmental and cultural education center at King Gillette Ranch in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area has ... Full Story »
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Wipeout Wednesday - Snowmobiles and Pain
Wend Magazine Blog &bull Feb 24, 2010
Environmentalists are once again grappling with small business owners around Yellowstone National Parks gateway communities over the issue of riding snowmobiles on park grounds. According to snowmobile advocates, the current winter use plan, which caps snowmobile use in the park… Full Story »
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Human Resources Officer (SHRO Lead) job in Phoenix
www.simplyhired.com via @HRJobsPHX &bull Feb 24, 2010Human Resources Officer (SHRO Lead) job at Department of the Interior National Park Service in Phoenix, AZ Full Story »
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Renewing Our National Park Promise
www.npca.org via @NYCHiker &bull Feb 24, 2010The National Park Service's 100th birthday is fast approaching. Gear up for the big anniversary in 2016--and the opportunities ahead--by watching this inspiring video presentation. Full Story »
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Missouri State Teachers Association
www.msta.org via @jsigler &bull Feb 24, 2010Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. Full Story »
