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Do Adventurers Have To Pay For Backcountry Rescues?

Technical SAR Training / NPS Carrying a device capable of calling for emergency search and rescue (SAR) while in the backcountry can be a great source of comfort for adventurers and their families ...
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Riding The Rails On Amtrak's Cardinal Line Through New River Gorge

Since early October, volunteers at West Virginia's New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (NRGNPP) have been "Riding on that New River Train" (a nod to Doc Watson's classic) between Montgomery and ...
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Tidal Basin Gets Hundreds Of New Cherry Trees

Hundreds of new trees are being planted along the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin in Washington, known around the world for its springtime cherry blossoms.
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Preserving Pearl Harbor's Historic Mooring Quays

Standing on the shore of Ford Island just after sunrise, looking out at Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial, Khyle Dixon is itching to begin his work day. Three of his colleagues kayak by, ...
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Lakes Powell And Mead Are More Than Two-Thirds Empty

Lakes Powell and Mead on the Colorado River are less than two-thirds full, leaving scientists, economists, and water law experts fearful that the reservoirs could soon be useless.
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Slovenia’s Triglav National Park, Where A Flower Symbolizes Nature’s Power And Ability To Avenge

Slovenia’s most famous legend explains the unusually jagged peaks, about a dozen lakes, glacier-carved valleys and gorges in Triglav National Park, its only national park, as well as the Triglav rose.
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Mount Rainier Is Shrinking According To New Measurements

Mount Rainier with Columbia Crest at the center / Wikipedia Mount Rainier's true summit is no longer where it once was. Today, if you climb Rainier, the centerpiece of Mount Rainier National Park, you ...
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Where To See The Sea Turtles This Summer

Here's where to see the sea turtles at national parks this summer.
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Algal Bloom Detected In Lake Powell

Algal blooms can occur for a variety of reasons. Warm, still water is the perfect breeding ground for cyanobacteria and the addition of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from outside sources fuel ...
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Mount Rainier Lahars – They Can’t Be Predicted, But They Can Be Simulated

Mudflow (aka lahar) damage can be costly and even deadly to the populace living along river drainage systems within and outside of Mount Rainier National Park. Lahars cannot be predicted, but USGS ...
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Yellowstone's Echinus Geyser Is Back In Action

Echinus Geyser in eruption on October 24, 2017 / M.A. Bellingham. Editor's Note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano ...
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Wildfire Burning In Zion National Park

SPRINGDALE, Utah — A wildfire in a relatively remote section of Zion National Park was being fought Sunday from the ground and the air to keep it from blowing up. The blaze, believed to have been ...