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Zion National Park Commemorative Coin Out of This World
Lieutenant Col. Robert Behnken and his wife, Megan McArthur, are fans of Zion, and the lieutenant colonel asked park officials for something that symbolized the park that he could carry on his journey to the International Space Station.
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8 hrs ago | Fond du Lac Reporter
Old Glory Honor Flight plans more trips
Even as the nation's capital recovers from last week's blizzard, spring plans are under way to send 105 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit a memorial in their honor.
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15 hrs ago | WAPT.com
Hearing Set For Police Appealing Salary Suspension
A hearing is set for four Columbus police officers who lost a month's salary for alleged misbehavior at the Vicksburg Military Park.
Yosemite will require permits for Half Dome hikes, starting in May
The Merced River provides a place to swim and filter water along the Half Dome trail on July 22, 2007 in Yosemite National Park in California.
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Sewage leak into tributary of Buffalo National River is temporarily fixed
A sewage leak that has been contaminating a tributary of the Buffalo National River for months is now temporarily fixed.
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Smokies charity group to give $1M to park for classroom programs, trail maintenance
The Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park will give more than $1 million to the park for programs this year.
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Hansjorg Wyess is the third Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance board member to be involved in a major criminal lawsuit in as many years.
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Aside from a bevy of devoted mountain bikers who pay homage to the place every year in the 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championship, Moab, Utah, doesn't usually hover at the top of most people's vacation wish lists.
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Researcher: Wolf packs could curb deer, elk populations
BILLINGS, Mont. - With ballooning elk and deer populations eating up greenery and altering ecosystems at national parks across the country, a group of researchers is suggesting an unusual solution: introduce small packs of gray wolves to curb the expanding herds.
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SNOWatch Blog: City Shutting Down
Washington, D.C. - The National Park Service announces the following closures for all-day Saturday, February 6, except where noted.
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Crews making progress on Tenn. rock slide
Early this morning a task force of equipment and operators from Charles E. Blalock and Sons Construction arrived at the scene of Friday's rock slide.
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Forest Service: New World Mine cleanup nearly done
A U.S. Forest Service official says the agency expects to wrap up its decade-long restoration of more than a dozen former gold, lead and silver mines next to Yellowstone National Park by the end of 2010.
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Pt. Reyes Station, CA -- A veteran of 28 years in the National Park Service will take over the reigns of Yosemite National Park in March.
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Tourists Visit Museums, Monuments Before Snow
Tourists are making last-minute trips to Washington's monuments and museums before they likely get snowed in.
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14-year-old confirmed as UK's youngest WWII death
What are you reading now? Steven M. Thomas What are you reading now? Steven M. Thomas `` Goodbye to All That , Robert Graves' overpowering memoir of trench warfare in World War I. Pervaded by a wry humor even in the midst of the most gruesome scenes, the book brackets the nightmare with an account of Graves' unhappy upper-class childhood and the ...
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Annual Michigan Ice Fest takes places this weekend at UP's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
The annual Michigan Ice Fest takes place this weekend at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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Listening to the Landscape exhibit at Linebaugh Library
Superintendent Stuart Johnson of Stones River National Battlefield has announced that Linebaugh Public Library will host the traveling exhibit Listening to the Landscape: The Stories of Stones River National Battlefield now through March 9. The exhibit highlights the changes that occurred on the battlefield landscape prior to the Civil War through ...
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Zion National Park sets record for number of visits
A record number of visits were made to Zion National Park last year. The park's 2.7 million visits were 1.7 percent more than 2008.
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Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that a period of increased seismic activity occurred on February 2, 2010 beginning at ~3:30 PM MST.
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Winter Heritage Festival this weekend in Townsend
The 4th annual Winter Heritage Festival is this weekend in Townsend near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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