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• Taroko Gorge, Taiwan

  
  World News — Authority: 168
  Taroko Gorge National Park is the main reason to visit Hualien, a city on Taiwans eastern side. Spanish prospectors knew of its golden bounty before it became one of Taiwans top tourism spots, but you certainly dont go there for a history lesson. The town, only 150 years old, is the gateway for stunning Taroko Gorge ...
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• Beautiful Taroko Gorge

  
  Save James — Authority: 156
  Hualien city is on Taiwan’s east coast. Only properly inhabited for the last 150 years, Spanish gold-diggers were here much before then. The real reason for visiting Hualien isn’t its prospecting past, but as the gateway to Taroko National Park and the famous and beautiful Taroko Gorge. Taroko Gorge is a long ...
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• Beautiful Taroko Gorge

  
  SuperMax Shuttle Vacations — Authority: 141
  Spanish prospectors first came to Hualien, Taiwan in around 1600AD. For the last 150 years, its been inhabited, but thats not why you visit. Come to Hualien to encounter the stunning Taroko Gorge: long winding cliffs cut by a stunning river in kilometers of national park. Taroko Gorge is probably the biggest travel ...
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• Gold Strike Just North of Glacier National Park Another Concern for Parks Environmental Health

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 582
  A gold strike in the rugged mountains of British Columbia just across the U.S.-Canadian border from Glacier National Park is yet one more concern for the parks environmental health, which already is being threatened by another mining project eyed in the same general area. read more
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• Great Falls National Park + my water technique

  
  Tony Eckersley — Authority: 409
  Great Falls National Park - Tony Eckersley EXIF: Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II . Exposure: 0.6 sec Aperture: f/16.0 Focal Length: 70 mm ISO Speed: 50 A wintery photo I took a few weekends ago on my way home from a meeting… With Great Falls National Park being the closest park to ...
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• Forest Service finally closes Horse Butte to livetock grazing

  
  Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News — Authority: 504
  There haven’t been cattle on it for 8 years, but now it is officially closed to grazing- Despite the absence of cattle on the butte, its official status as a grazing allotment allows Montana Department of Livestock and the Montana Stockgrowers Assn. to bleat about the dangers of brucellosis from the bison that ...
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• Australias Macquarie Island

  
  Gadling — Authority: 704
  Filed under: History , Learning , Photos , Stories , Oceania , Australia , Ecotourism Have you ever had an obese, wild baby elephant seal drop its head in your lap and slobber nose love all over you? It melts a heart faster than a Snickers in a microwave, really. Macquarie Island (pronounced mak-worry ) is ...
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• National Trail and Park Projects Funded

  
  The OutPost — Authority: 465
  Looks like the National Park Service is going to dump some much needed money into many of its trails. “The U.S. National Park Service has announced a number of updates and improvements to existing trails throughout the park system, and backed the plan by pledging nearly $875,000 specifically ear-marked to complete ...
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• Hemlock trees get treatment in National Park

  
  Sevier County News — Authority: 139
  GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK – Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have rescheduled the hemlock tree spraying operation in Cades Cove to occur today, Thursday, December 10.  During that time, a partial closure of the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road will be imposed while Park forestry technicians ...
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• SANParks Transfers Filming and Photography Permit Function from Pretoria to Cape Town

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 481
  In August this year, SANParks internalised the Commercial Filming and Photography permit process which was previously contracted to a service provider. The intentions for doing this were numerous; one of the main reasons being SANParks’ compliance with the Public Finance Management Act and another being that ...
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• Rediscovering the Lowly Lichen across the National Park System

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 582
  Lichens, which sprout throughout the National Park System, are the Rodney Dangerfield of the natural world. They just don’t get any respect. Lichenologists likewise don’t garner much recognition for their lifetimes spent poking around the crusty grey stuff on tree trunks. Among others, one intrepid man in ...
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• African Big 5 Safaris | Leopard Hills Game Lodge

  
  Search Engine South Africa — Authority: 155
  Leopard Hills is a luxury safari lodge in the Sabi Sand Reserve adjacent to the Kruger Park with a long track record of quality service . Leopard Hills carriers the 5 star hotel grading awarded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa as an indication of the world class accommodation and services offered at ...
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• Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park Offers Winter Lodging Packages

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 582
  In the wake of the potent winter storm that swept through the Sierra earlier this week, this offer from the folks at Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park seems particularly well-timed. read more
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• Full Face Mask Course in Thailand

  
  Big Blue Tech News — Authority: 425
  Today Big Blue Tech started a Full Face Mask course on Koh Tao. The Full Face Mask course from TDI is designed to get divers comfortable using a full face mask and understanding the benefits and advantages. The divers who joined the course was Ash Dunn (staff) and Mark Slinn (Intern). Andy Cavell was supposed [...]
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• After tragedy, outdoor pursuits centre firmly on way to recovery

  
  NewsWire.co.nz — Authority: 136
  HIGH ADVENTURE: Fighting risk-averse society. When a NewsWire team visited the Outdoor Pursuits Centre early this month to report on its recovery from last year’s tragedy, a blanket ban was placed on discussing the event, ostensibly because of an upcoming coroner’s report. However, LIZ PROCTOR found it ...
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• National Park Service pledges $875k for trails

  
  Gadling — Authority: 704
  Filed under: Hiking , North America , United States , Camping The U.S. National Park Service has announced a number of updates and improvements to existing trails throughout the park system, and backed the plan by pledging nearly $875,000 specifically ear-marked to complete the initiative. The "Connect ...
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• The Natural State

  
  Nandango — Authority: 106
  Everyone has those times in their lives when everything is so chaotic they can’t remember what day it is.  When you’re getting ready one morning and realize the entire week has passed and the last memory you had was from two weeks ago because everything since then is one gigantic blur.  So you neglect things.  ...
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• Yellowstone hotspot’s giant magma plume slowly eats its way northeast

  
  Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News — Authority: 504
  Scientists confirm 500-mile finger of molten rock under Yellowstone- Park’s giant magma plume eating up mountains. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily . Actually the hot spot is probably stationary. The apparent surface movement is due to the North American plate drifting to the southwest over the spot. The ...
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• Beautiful Croatia

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 773
  Photo: Roman Bonnefoy Behold the natural beauty of Plitvice National Park.  Called the Most Popular Tourist Attraction in Croatia, it spans 300 square kilometers, is made up of sixteen lakes, and accommodates waterfalls and wildlife galore.  It’s also served as a war front. in March 1991 it became the scene ...
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• National Park System Quiz 75: Potpourri IV

  
  National Parks Traveler — Authority: 582
  Here’s another grab bag to work through. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll remind you that cheaters never prosper. read more
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