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Harriet Tubman
The commemoration of Black History Month will get a timely and appropriate regional boost this week when a bill is introduced in the House of Representatives to establish a Harriet Tubman..

Federal dollars fund park summer shuttle system - The Olympian

Federal dollars fund park summer shuttle system
The Olympian
Mount Rainier National Park will receive more than $106000 to operate a shuttle bus system this summer. The funds come from the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in the Parks program overseen by the US Department of Transportation. More than $40.4 million was .

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For months, the..

National Park Foundation Funding School Field Trips to The .
With hopes of connecting more kids to national parks, the National Park Foundation is underwriting a transportation program to enable classes to take field trips to the National Park System. Under the Ticket To Ride program, ...

Preserved Habitat Near National Parks Helps Preserve Species
National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a park also is left as natural habitat. The Cerrado region in Brazil has been identified as the most biologically diverse savanna on Earth, and Emas National Park is an important protected area ...

Grant Helps Grand Teton National Park Re-sod Historic Dude .
Funding through the National Park Foundation's 2012 Impact Grant program will enable Grand Teton National Park crews to replace sod roofs on historic cabins at the Bar BC Dude Ranch with a grass system that's more ...

Transit System Designed to Reduce Pollution, Congestion at .
A computerized system is being turned to with hopes it can reduce both pollution and congestion at Gettysburg National Military Park by more smoothly directing visitors to parking areas. According to park officials, on the ...

Parks Beyond Borders: Looking Abroad At Other National Park News - National Parks Traveler

National Parks Traveler

Parks Beyond Borders: Looking Abroad At Other National Park News
National Parks Traveler
Editor's note: The Traveler is expanding the coverage we devote to national parks in other nations. Throughout the year we'll be rolling out a major series of stories on international park destinations with plenty of travel insight, but we're also .

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Take to the rocks in Joshua Tree
From a vantage point atop a stack of angular boulders hundreds of feet above the serpentine main..

National Park Service defense of Occupy action is a muddle - Washington Post

New York Daily News

National Park Service defense of Occupy action is a muddle
Washington Post
Like Yogi, the activists live cheerfully in national parks. They regularly get away with breaking the rules. Most of all, they drive the authorities batty. (EURœYogi Bear is always in the ranger's hairEUR went the cartoon's theme song.) .
Pressure Builds on Occupy DC EncampmentsABC News (blog)
Authorities to end camping at Occupy DC sites; not 'eviction' but 'slow creep .msnbc.com
Occupy DC still stands after National Park Service threatens to clamp down on .New York Daily News
Town Hall -World Socialist Web Site -NEWS JUNKIE POST
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Park, wildlife agencies opposed to strip mine near Utah's Bryce Canyon . - The Republic

Park, wildlife agencies opposed to strip mine near Utah's Bryce Canyon .
The Republic
PAUL FOY AP SALT LAKE CITY EUR” Federal biologists say a strip mine at the backdoor to Utah's storybook Bryce Canyon National Park will wipe out the southernmost population of sage grouse, even as their agency resists a broader effort to protect the bird .
Coal expansion causes riftSt. George Daily Spectrum

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National park will celebrate its own diamond jubilee this year - Grough

Grough

National park will celebrate its own diamond jubilee this year
Grough
The park authority has organised a series of art events, including a moorland festival at the Sutton Bank national park centre, in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the North York Moors gaining national park status, on 28 November.

Camping in Cataloochee Valley in Great Smoky Mountains National .
The Cataloochee Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park doesn't open until March 9 this year, but now is the time to make reservations for this small 27-site campground. Until 2010, visitors had to drive into the ...

Historic Gathering Shapes National Park Services Future
The National Park Service outlined new directives last week to help protect and support national parks nationwide, which include increasing outreach to youth and other populations, using technology to attract more visitors and improve park experiences and nurturing a stronger relationship with local communities. Inspired by the NPSs recent EURœCall to ActionEUR report that highlighted challenges and ...

Parks Canada targets large cities as visits decline
With fewer people visiting the country's national parks and historic sites, Parks Canada has hired a consultant to help boost its flagging brand...

Foreigners may have to pay double
THE Johor National Parks Corporation has proposed a 100 per cent increase in the entrance fees for foreigners at its national parks statewide...

PD Editorial: State parks need allies not rivalries - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

PD Editorial: State parks need allies not rivalries
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
If, as the author Wallace Stegner said, EURœnational parks are the best idea we ever had,EUR then closing California state parks has to be one of the worst ideas anyone ever had. The state has marked 70 parks for closure, asserting that it will save about .

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Obama to announce Veterans Job Corps
President Obama will announce details Friday for a $1 billion Veterans Job Corps that the White House says will put up to 20,000 veterans to work over the next five years on projects to preserve and restore national parks and other federal, state and local lands. Read full article >>..

Recruiting session for national parks
COHOES EUR” For those who like trains and history, a National Park Service volunteer recruiting session is planned for..