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Could Joe Miller Really Force the Federal Government to Hand Over Denali National Park to Alaska?

Alaska’s latest political upstart, Joe Miller, wants to go Wyoming Gov. David Freudenthal one better. While Governor Freudenthal had threatened to sell state lands within Grand Teton National Park to the highest bidder, Mr. Miller wants the federal government to turn over all national parks to the Alaskan government.

Of course, Mr.

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Alaska's latest political upstart, Joe Miller, wants to go Wyoming Gov. David Freudenthal one better. While Governor Freudenthal had threatened to sell state lands within Grand Teton National Park to the highest bidder, Mr. Miller wants the federal government to turn over all national parks to the Alaskan government.

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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Releases Draft ORV Plan For Comment

In a bid to gain more control over off-road vehicles that environmental groups said were shredding up parts of [url=www.nps.gov/wrst]Wrangell-St.

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In a bid to gain control over off-road vehicles that environmental groups said were shredding up parts of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, park officials have have released a draft environmental impact statement that looks at ways to better protect the environment from ORVs.

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Melting Ice Patch Near Yellowstone National Park Reveals Ancient Hunting Weapon

Whether the shot went errant, or the fatal strike missed its mark and the prey shook free the weapon, the hunter never retrieved his spear-like dart. For more than 10,000 years it rested on a windswept mountainside not far from Yellowstone National Park.

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National parks, long treasured as providing glimpses into our past, are proving to be better time capsules than we might have imagined just a decade ago. Proof lies in a 10,000-year-old hunting weapon found below a melting ice patch near Yellowstone National Park.

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