National Park Guide

Search Goes On For Missing Plane Over Katmai National Park

Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:44:46 +0000

Favorable weather again greeted searchers Thursday as they headed off into the skies over Katmai National Park and Preserve, anxious to find any sign of a single-engine plane that went missing nearly two weeks ago.

Though roughly 50,000 air-miles have been flown without detection of a distress signal or sign of debris in the hunt for the white-and-maroon float plane with four on board, official

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Favorable weather again greeted searchers Thursday as they headed off into the skies over Katmai National Park and Preserve, anxious to find any sign of a plane that went missing nearly two weeks ago.

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Another Week Added to Transmission Line EIS Comment Period at Delaware Water Gap NRA

Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:31:05 +0000

Another week has been added to collect public comment on a study into a proposal to substantially upgrade a transmission power corridor that crosses the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River.

The comment period on the [url=http://parkpl

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Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:01:18 +0000

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Ellis Island Oral Histories Now Online

About.com National & State Parks — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:30:04 +0000

Starting today, a collection of more than 1,700 recorded oral histories from immigrants who arrived in the United States through Ellis Island will be available free online. The histories were recorded by the National Park Service starting in the 1970s and, until now, were only available to those visiting the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

Thanks to Ancestry.com, the tapes are now part of the site's United States Immigration Collection. Not only can you check out the Ellis Island Oral History - which is free from today to Monday - as well as 170 million records including lists of passengers who immigrated to America between 1820 and 1960, more than 7 million citizenship and naturalization records, border crossings and passport applications, and more.

Park delays reopening of Elkmont area trails

Knoxville News Sentinel Stories: GoSmokies — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:46:00 +0000

GATLINBURG — The Little River/Jakes Creek Trail access road in Elkmont will not be reopened by Labor Day.

Hikers Find Deep-Frozen Man in Jasper National Park

About.com National & State Parks — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:33 +0000

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For two men hiking in the Canadian Rockies, their trip was one they'll never forget. They discovered the remains of William Holland, an American climber who vanished over two decades ago.

The men were hiking in Jasper National Park, Alberta and found Holland's body fully preserved - entombed by glacial ice and still wearing his climbing gear, spiked boots, and rope tossed over his shoulder.

In April 1989, Holland, who was 38 at the time and living in Gorham, Maine, was climbing a frozen waterfall on Snow Dome Mountain when the snow he was standing on collapsed. Holland plummeted over 1,000 feet and due to hazardous weather conditions, was never found. The park reports that since 1970, the bodies of at least two other mountaineers who went missing in Jasper National Park have never been recovered.

National Park Mystery Spot 15 Revealed: It’s El Capitan

Bob Janiskee — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:59:58 +0000

To identify national park mystery spot 15 you were given this to work with:

Queeg or Bligh, standing high, after half a Roman century.

Countertop stuff that's tough enough.

A mailman hung out at Cheers,
Shooting the breeze and quaffing beers.

The answer is El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

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This one was easier if you took a backward approach to working out the clues.

Climate Change Report Carries Foreboding Forecast for Shenandoah National Park, Historic Jamestown

Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:45:29 +0000

Imagine Shenandoah National Park without its autumnal showcase of colors, or a sign along the Virginia coastline noting that the site of the Jamestown colony is offshore and under water.

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Imagine Shenandoah National Park without its autumnal showcase of colors, or a sign along the Virginia coastline noting that the site of the Jamestown colony is offshore and under water. Both scenarios could be realized in less than a century if human-influenced climate change isn't slowed, according to a report.

Researchers To Begin 37th Year of Grizzly Bear Research in Yellowstone National Park

Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:07:38 +0000

Grizzly bear studies in Yellowstone National Park will become a bit more intense in the coming weeks as wildlife biologists head into the backcountry to trap bears and gather data.

The effort marks the 37th consecutive fall that members of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team have gone into the park's ba

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Grizzly bear studies in Yellowstone National Park will become a bit more intense in the coming weeks as wildlife biologists head into the backcountry to trap bears and gather data.

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Poll Shows Maine Residents Support Creation of National Park, Sustainable Logging From the North Woods

Kurt Repanshek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:44 +0000

Polling conducted for the National Parks Conservation Association shows Maine residents overwhelmingly would prefer to see their state's "North Woods" preserved as "parkland" complemented by sustainable timbering rather than dotted with vacation homes.

Seventy-eight percent of the 502 individuals surveyed by Zogby International between July 26 and July 29 said they'd pre

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Polling conducted for the National Parks Conservation Association shows Maine residents overwhelmingly would prefer to see their state's "North Woods" preserved as "parkland" and sustainable timbering rather than dotted with vacation homes.

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