National parks

PBS plans: Ken Burns visits the national parks; The Times - Ken Burns' "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," a six-part, 12-hour documentary celebrating Friday, August 28--Meetings Set On Assateague Island's Future - All national parks are required to have an approved GMP in place to act as a guide for making management decisions that will affect them over a period of 20 Acadia National Park, visitors who were swept into the water, and - The article contained the assertion that rangers at Acadia National Park insisted Monday that they had done all they could to warn visitors before the Glacier failed in bear management - Of course the park should not shoulder the entire burden. The lack of our government to fund our national parks is deplorable and I'm sure appropriate Hiking 101: Trails along Twin City rivers - In addition to being managed by the National Park Service, the Mississippi River is lined by parks along its run through the metro. If you are up north, The Hazards Of Life On the Edge - Sunday a crowd gathered in Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island along the Maine coast, to watch the surf, roaring with energy from an Weir Farm offers sneak preview of National Parks documentary - By KARA O'CONNOR WILTON -- Beautiful scenery, wildlife and amazing stories are what make up the new 12-hour film "The National Parks: America's Best Idea,"

Walking Through History At Zion National Park - A hiker takes in a view of rock formations at Utah's Zion National Park that rise more than 3000 feet above the canyon floor. Ministers establish national park group - A strategy group to develop principles for establishing national parks is set to begin work in the autumn, ministers announced last week. Obama to pay a visit to two national parks - This summer has brought record attendance to some public lands, including Yellowstone National Park, where the Obamas are set to visit Saturday after Rangers search for overdue backpacker in Smokies - GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are searching a network of Park trails for a local man who is overdue It's a celebration--National Parks Week NYC - National Parks Week is coming to New York City. It's going to be a week-long series of events around the city, September 19-27, 2009. Virginia Tech slaying raises questions about campsite safety - These murders raise questions of campground safety and the need for stricter law enforcement in our National Parks. Should campers be allowed to carry KLM's 'Amboseli Park' makes maiden flight to Nairobi - The PH-BVA has been named after Kenya's "Amboseli National Park," in honour of the parks biodiversity conservation efforts. The Amboseli National Park

Nature Conservancy launches climate change research site - David Nimkin, director of the Salt Lake City office of the National Parks and Conservation Association, noted that US Sens. Mark Udall, D-Colo., Wildlife viewing in Yellowstone - And national parks are prime places to see wildlife naturally. From a safe distance, of course. Although watching wildlife is thrilling, it can also be Gun law complaints trail Obama during park tours - A bill that Obama signed in May permits licensed gun owners to bring firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges as long as state law allows it. Debate still rages over new NJ national park - PATERSON, NJ America's newest national park features the second-most-powerful waterfall east of the Mississippi, Obama Family Visits Grand Canyon - The president arrived in Arizona on Saturday evening on the last leg of a swing through western states that included visits to national parks and town hall Inventing the outdoors: US National Parks - In 1872, the United States created what could be considered the first National Park in world history. In a process that took until 1890 to officially be

Want to tour Yosemite National Park in a Model T? - Those who love the history of the national parks and have visions of going back in time to tour one of the parks by vintage auto, need dream no longer. The Hazards Of Life On the Edge - Sunday a crowd gathered in Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island along the Maine coast, to watch the surf, roaring with energy from an Park Service says visits to national parks are up - WASHINGTON It could be the upside of the economic downturn: The Obama administration says visits to national parks are up nearly 4 percent this year. Inventing the outdoors: US National Parks - In 1872, the United States created what could be considered the first National Park in world history. In a process that took until 1890 to officially be