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• Split Appellate Court Erects Another Roadblock to Worlds Largest Dump Next to Joshua Tree National Park

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  What would you think if, on the way to your favorite national park, you had to drive past the worlds largest landfill? One that would take in 20,000 tons of garbage a day, six days a week. While the prospect of such a landfill adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park remains on the drawing board, its less likely to break ...
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• Earths early ocean cooled more than a billion years earlier than thought: Stanford study

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  The scalding-hot sea that supposedly covered the early Earth may in fact never have existed, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers who analyzed isotope ratios in 3.4 billion-y
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• Surveys of Bull Trout Populations At Glacier National Park Tell Different Stories

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  Often we think of national parks as sanctuaries of sorts for wildlife, whether it be grizzlies, trumpeter swans, or fish. But sometimes it might be more accurate to view parks as offering many native species a last stand against extinction. That just might be the case with bull trout and Glacier National Park. ...
  9 hours ago

• Rum Runners and Torpedo Bombers At Channel Islands National Park

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  Who would have figured that Channel Islands National Park has ties to rum runners? read more
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• Grizzly Encounter on Avalanche Peak

  
  The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog — Authority: 432
  During the late summer of 2001, Kathy and I spent our vacation in Yellowstone National Park. One of our prime hiking destinations for the week was a climb up 10,566-foot Avalanche Peak, located about eight miles from the park’s east entrance. We put this hike at the top of our itinerary because it’s one of the ...
  13 hours ago

• 2009 Biodiversity In Study Kruger National Park, South Africa

  
  BASIL & SPICE--LIVING GREEN! — Authority: 128
  Sally Kneidel Ph.D.-- A Great Student Opportunity In June of 2009, Ken and I helped out with a biodiversity survey in South Africa. Most of the researchers were undergraduates from universities in the U.S.  All of them had already taken a semester-long ecology course in South Africa offered by the Organization ...
  16 hours ago

• National Park System Quiz 73: Birds

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  You don’t need to be a hard-core birdwatcher to enjoy this quiz. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “The title of Havilah Babcock’s book ‘Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday’ was inspired by a Negro folk tale.” read more
  17 hours ago

• Pancho Villa, the Army Air Corps and Big Bend National Park

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  Every NPS area, even if it wasnt created specifically to commemorate a historical event, includes some interesting tales from the past. At Big Bend National Park, one of those stories involves Pancho Villa and the Army Air Corps. read more
  18 hours ago

• Joshua Tree National Park

  
  Tinywater Photography san francisco wedding photographer, sacramento wedding photographer, — Authority: 126
  Another stop along the way, the Joshua Tree National Park. Such a place of serene beauty. We gave our try at landscape photography, not bad for a first time, what do you think? Don’t accidentally fall over on one of these spiny little plants. OMG they hurt!!
  20 hours ago

• Veterans Memorial covered by plywood box

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 597
  From the Wall Street Journal : The Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial, a seven-foot metal cross, was erected in 1934 by World War I veterans to honor their fallen brethren. In 2001, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued to have the memorial taken down. The reason? The ACLU claims that the mere presence of the ...
  21 hours ago

• Appeals panel: No landfill near Calf. natl park

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  A federal appeals court panel has upheld a 2005 court decision that effectively halted the development of what would have been one of the nations largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park.
  23 hours ago

• BK’s National Park

  
  Going Coastal — Authority: 128
  Nationally, parks mean Old Faithful, Yosemite and delightful black bears hungry for picnic baskets. Here in Brooklyn it’s swings, a seesaw – maybe a ball field or two.Well, not exactly. While our borough certainly boasts a vast and varied network of top-notch green spots where you can go to shag a few pop-flies ...
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• Grand Canyon National Park Rangers Investigating Fatality on Bright Angel Trail

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  Grand Canyon National Park rangers on Tuesday were trying to determine the cause of death of an Arizona man whose body was found on the Bright Angel Trail. read more
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• How to photograph Redwood Mountain Grove

  
  California Photo Scout — Authority: 112
  Redwood Mountain Grove Trail Photograph the largest Sequoia grove in the world. Only a few people visit the largest grove of giant sequoias in the world, despite its location in Kings Canyon , one of California’s most visited National Parks. The park service does not promote its location as it does nearby ...
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• Wayward Hikers Demonstrate How Easy It Is To Get Lost In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  There are places in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that the old timers called "hells" they were such a tangle of vegetation. Well, a young trio of hikers realized that the hard way when they wandered off a marked trail and quickly found themselves lost. read more
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• North West Parks and Tourism Board awards 20 Field Ranger bursaries to youth and staff

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 438
  The Southern African Wildlife College with the support from the Game Rangers Association of Africa (GRAA) and Liberty Foundation awarded bursaries to twelve employees of the North West Parks and... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
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• Wolf quota reached west of Glacier National Park after Monday morning kill at Big Creek

  
  Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News — Authority: 438
  Quota of 2 wolves has been reached in North Fork of Flathead area- The quota was only two, but three wolves were poached in the during the hunt. Story: Wolf hunt closed west of Glacier. Missoulian.
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• Only Snow Drought Likely To Block Your Access To Yellowstone National Park This Winter

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  With winter descending on the Northern Rockies, the staff at Yellowstone National Park is embarking on its second decade of trying to unravel a conundrum: How do you welcome the public during the years harshest season without greatly impacting the park? read more
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• A Firefighters Death Leads to Internal Analysis Of Protocols By National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 576
  It would appear from reading the investigative report into the death of an 18-year-old Olympic National Park firefighter could have been prevented on a number of fronts. What lessons did the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service take from this incident? read more
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• Federal judge asked to end Yellowstone bison kills

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 458
  A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued two federal agencies Monday to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
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