Mesa Verde National Park News

The ancient tribes who wandered into southwestern Colorado more than a thousand years ago were no dummies.

A new law that will allow visitors and recreationists to bring an assembled or functional firearm into the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge system will be the target of John W. "Bill" Wade, when he serves as the guest speaker at the Shining Mountains Group annual dinner, Saturday, Nov.

Federal funding will provide needed boost for Colorado park Mesa Verde National Park stands to get $22 million for a new visitor center and curation facility if President Obama signs the Interior Department's appropriation bill, giving the national park in southwestern Colorado much-needed money to preserve the millions of artifacts now stored ...

The Graham Mesa Elementary fourth-grade class is holding a chili cookoff benefit to raise funds for a trip to Mesa Verde National Park.

I wondered how they kept the kids from falling. One false step at Cliff Palace, the high-desert home the ancient Pueblo Indians carved under the canyon wall, and your toddler was toast.

Fall and winter months often are best spent researching road trips, and to help you plan a trek through the Southwest with stops at such places as Mesa Verde National Park and Hovenweep National Monument there's a great new website that takes you down the "Trail of the Ancients." The Southwest around the Four Corners states is a huge landscape of ...

Without further ado, here are some of the latest offerings: Shenandoah National Park , Virginia Starting at $255, the package includes a two-night stay in a traditional or standard room at Skyland Resort or Big Meadows Lodge, bag lunch for two, and a special scavenger hike adventure book.

NATIONAL PARKS SPECIALS: Aramark Parks and Destinations, a leading concessioner for the National Park Service, is offering special deals to coincide with Ken Burns' series 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea': * A two-night package to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, which has more than 4,000 archeological sites, includes accommodations ...

Is Stonehenge overrated? Too many people at Machu Picchu? And what about the crowds at the Grand Canyon? Is Stonehenge overrated? Too many people at Machu Picchu? And what about the crowds at the Grand Canyon? More Photos A new book, "Off the Tourist Trail: 1,000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives" says some of the world's most famous destinations are ...

Balcony House, at Mesa Verde National Park, is accessible only by descending a steep trail from the top of a cliff.

Dr. Steve Grafe comes to the museum from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

The following story on wilderness at Mesa Verde National Park was written by Nate Thompson, who is working in the park's "Teacher-Ranger-Teacher" program.

The following story on wilderness at Mesa Verde National Park was written by Nate Thompson, who is working in the park's "Teacher-Ranger-Teacher" program.

The following story on wilderness at Mesa Verde National Park was written by Nate Thompson, who is working in the park's "Teacher-Ranger-Teacher" program.

The following story on wilderness at Mesa Verde National Park was written by Nate Thompson, who is working in the park's "Teacher-Ranger-Teacher" program.

Mostly people-free but populated with mesmerizing high-desert scenery and iconic national parks, the Four Corners region encompasses some of the best road-tripping terrain in America.

Posted August 6, 2009, 8:50 a.m. I just got back from a photography trip to Mesa Verde National Park and Santa Fe.

This is a picture of the cliff dwelling called Balcony House located at Mesa Verde National Park.

In the Rockies today, a new threat to national parks and an update on the wildfires in British Columbia that forced thousands from their homes.

Turkey Napoleon is one of Chef Brian Puett's specialties at the Metate Room in Mesa Verde National Park.