In Pennsylvania, too much love for ultra-popular state parks?
Associated Press
October 4, 2017
Crush of visitors is taking a toll on parks – “We jokingly say here we’re being loved to death by our visitors.”
National Park Service
In Washington state, officials to decide fate of peninsula mountain goats
Associated Press
September 26, 2017
SEATTLE — In 2010, a mountain goat in Olympic National Park gored a 63-year-old hiker and severed an artery. Then the goat stood over the bleeding man and prevented rescuers from tending to the injury.
National parks in Michigan see increase in tourism
Associated Press
September 5, 2017
DETROIT — Federal data show that tourism to Michigan’s national parks has increased. Figures from the National Park Service show that tourism is up more than 5 percent at the state’s national parks through July,
Escaping tourism chaos among the barrier islands and ample wildlife of central Florida
Rob Drieslein
August 28, 2017
Vacationing along central Florida’s “Space Coast,” the author and his family carved out an afternoon for the shorebirds, alligators and mangroves of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
What’s a national monument?
Associated Press
August 25, 2017
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending boundary revisions for some national monuments but no eliminations. President Donald Trump ordered Zinke to conduct an unprecedented review of 27 monuments established by former presidents over more
Cougar makes rare successful crossing of L.A.-area freeway
Associated Press
August 10, 2017
It is only the fourth known successful crossing of the 101 in the 15 years that researchers have been studying the big cats in the Santa Monica Mountains. The freeway and other roads are life-threatening
Rush is on to get National Park Senior Pass before major price hike
Sharon Stiteler
July 25, 2017
Still a deal, the pass provides access to National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, Bureau of Land Management sites, U.S. Forest Service units, and even some Army Corps of Engineers locations.
Maine’s new monument brimming with rustic outdoors adventure
Associated Press
July 5, 2017
Among other things, Katahdin area also regarded as a birding hotspot.
Trump order sets up legal clash over vast lands
Associated Press
April 28, 2017
A closer look at the issues involving these 24 monuments established by three former presidents over more than two decades.
