Friday Photo: A Cool Swim at Katmai
It seems like a simple but special moment: a brown bear peeks his head from the deep blue ripples of Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve with his fur washed back, revealing a timeless, almost sorrowful expression. Lucky shot, you might think. But for freelance Alaskan photographer Patrick Endres, days of preparation may go into a single click [...]
New NPS Video: Spend Three Minutes in the Wilderness
“In wildness is the preservation of the world,” said Henry David Thoreau. Yet relatively little of the world is designated as wildness–at least here in the United States. Since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, nearly 110 million acres of the United States have been designated as wilderness in 757 distinct tracts, from the six-acre Pelican Island Wilderness in Florida to the [...]
Friday Photo: Parks … from Space!
Many of us go to national parks to gaze at the beautiful, clear skies. Thanks to satellite technology, we can now admire our parks from the sky’s perspective, looking back. This striking image of Bear Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, was taken by GeoEye, a satellite imaging company that photographs millions of square miles of the earth for search engine mapping software such [...]
NPS Should Not Be Forced to Support Alaska’s War on Bears
By Jim Stratton, Director of NPCA’s Alaska Regional Office I like bears. It’s one of the reasons I moved to Alaska over 30 years ago. There is something about traveling in the wilderness with wild animals that are bigger than you that provides an edge to your outdoor experience. And I’ve seen my fair share of bears over the years… hundreds [...]
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