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Lake Mead outdraws nation's signature parks
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 month ago
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All the glory goes to Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, but Lake Mead continues to be the people's park. The national recreation area east of Las Vegas ranked fifth on the list of the most visited places in the National Park System last
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President To Designate Monuments For Harriet Tubman, Charles Young Next Week
Wilberforce :: OH :: USA | 1 month ago
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After honoring Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks with a statue inside the U.S. Capitol building last month, President Obama will announce the designation of five monuments, two of which feature icons of Black History in Harriet Tubman (picture above)
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Statue of Liberty to reopen by Independence Day
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public by Independence Day, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with
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Area national parks see mixed results
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 2 months ago
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Documents The number of visitors to Grand Canyon National Park was up last year about 3 percent over 2011, but the same cannot be said for Flagstaff's closer national monuments. Trips into Sunset Crater were off 4 percent; visits to Walnut Canyon
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Pilot will boost cell coverage, wifi at 5 national parks by summer
Denver :: CO :: USA | 4 months ago
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Font Resize Daily Camera The National Park Service is launching a pilot program to boost cellular coverage and Internet connectivity in some of the last places people might hope to get away from it all. The test in five parks could launch as early
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Rare ship found at Cumberland Island beach
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Sponsored Links The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A wooden ship from the mid-1800s, possibly a Civil War blockade runner, recently has been discovered along the beach at Cumberland Island a previously unreported find that locals, archaeologists and
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Dinosaur National Monument is site of a new drilling dispute
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 1 minute ago Updated 1 minute ago Despite past controversy surrounding oil and gas leasing near national parks, the Bureau of Land Management proposes auctioning parcels for future drilling just outside Dinosaur
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Salazar announces 2013 free entrance days at National Parks
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 5 months ago
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Fish & Wildlife Service will waive their entrance fees and the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation will waive their standard amenity fees on Sept. 28 for National Public Lands Day and from Nov. 9 to 11
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National parks, including Colorado's, face cuts from 'fiscal cliff'
Denver :: CO :: USA | 5 months ago
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National park service leaders are scrambling to find at least an 8 percent cut in spending should Congress fail to reach a decision on the so-called fiscal cliff. Colorado, home to 17 national park service properties that draw 5.8 million visitors a
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Here Come the Vultures
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Some folks may have wondered why we have continued to write about the oyster farm controversy at Point Reyes National Seashore. After all, it's not exactly an East Bay issue although every year lots of East Bay residents visit Point Reyes, the
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