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Occupy DC Forcefully Evicted, Protesters Injured, Arrested, Under Pressure from Congress's Richest Member
What had started 12 hours earlier as a politically-tinged eviction of an unsanitary but entirely peaceful encampment had suddenly turned into an aggressive display of force by the..

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 ...

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 >>..

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..

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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National parks consultation in final stages - Craven Herald

National parks consultation in final stages
Craven Herald
A final round of consultation has started into plans to extend the boundaries of two national parks EUR the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. Natural England's Board is recommending the extensions EUR which would bring the Howgill Fells and part of .

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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Ranger's slaying intrudes on sacred nature of national parks
On my honeymoon, I slept in a tent at Grand Canyon National Park. I have dressed a toddler in a rain poncho to hike in Olympic National Park. In Rocky Mountain National Park, I've been short of breath walking near the Alpine Visitor Center, elevation 11,796 feet...

Cebu, C. Visayas forest areas to be divided into zones
A DE-ZONING of Cebus protected forest landscape to divide protected zones from production zones will be completed within the year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) said yesterday. DENR-7 spokesman Eddie Llamedo said they completed the assessment and delineation of boundaries between forestlands, national parks and agricultural lands in Central [.]..

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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For months, the..

Is Yosemite's Half Dome being loved to death? - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Is Yosemite's Half Dome being loved to death?
USA TODAY
By Tracie Cone, AP YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. EUR There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers. By Michael Maloney, San Francisco .

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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 ...

Bahuaja Sonene
Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian..

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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Susan Smartt: National Parks Help Tame the Environmental Crisis
Only five percent of our school children have a meaningful experience in national parks. What happens in the environmental education cloud can increase that number...

The visits have brought e-mails and phone calls from D.C. fans who say they now avoid going to Nats games when the Phillies are in town, and self-congratulatory gloating from Philadelphia fans about Citizens Bank..

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 ...

Obama plan would hire vets as cops, firefighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday announced measures to hire Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to restore national parks and work as police and firefighters in a bid to cut veterans' above-average unemployment rate. The announcement followed Obama's vow in the January 24 State of the Union address to form a Veterans Job Corps to create jobs for veterans of the post-September 11 ...

Washington
Hey Phillies fans. Have you heard the news? The Washington..

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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