Focus on Water: National Parks Play Vital Role in Restoring Great Lakes
Our national parks on the Great Lakes offer 620 miles of shoreline, beaches, dunes, and wetlands. These parks–like Sleeping Bear Dunes along Lake Michigan, Isle Royale in Lake Superior, and Perry’s Victory in Lake Erie–have tremendous biological, historical, and recreational value for the more than six million people that visit each year. And these national parks are economic generators, with [...]
Friday Photo: Living History and Solemn Reflection at Antietam Commemoration
On September 17, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia battled for twelve savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek in Maryland. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people had been killed, wounded, or declared missing, making that one day the bloodiest in the history of the Civil War. The Union Army’s performance led President Abraham Lincoln to [...]
Make Plans for Public Lands This Saturday–and Enjoy a Fee-Free Park Day
All national parks will waive their entrance fees this Saturday, September 29, for National Public Lands Day, the largest one-day volunteer effort for public lands in America. According to the National Environmental Education Foundation, the nonprofit organization that promotes this annual day of “Helping Hands for America’s Lands,” a whopping 170,000 volunteers are expected to spend time removing invasive species, [...]
Blitzed with Butterflies: Citizen Scientists Document Species at Rocky Mountain National Park
By Dr. Gail Dethloff, Director, Center for Park Research Clouded sulfur? Mormon fritillary? Hoary comma? I had never heard of such intriguing creatures before last month, but the Rocky Mountain BioBlitz put me in close proximity to all three. No fear factor or injuries sustained. Just a stroll in a sub-alpine meadow in an effort to inventory butterflies. The BioBlitz [...]
New Beginnings for Yellowstone’s Pronghorn
by Joe Josephson, NPCA’s Yellowstone Wildlife Fellow As the season rushes into high summer, I’m left thinking fondly of the past month in Yellowstone National Park and Paradise Valley near my home in Livingston, Montana. The fickle transition from spring to summer is often associated with the astrological sign of Gemini, or twins, and this is especially fitting for me, [...]
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Good advice.
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South Dakota Badlands
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Good tips on building a campfire. Remember not to bring in your own firewood if it's prohibited--it can worsen insect infestations that devastate park trees.
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Walter's Wiggles in Zion National Park!
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A rainbow emerges from the mist of Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California...
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