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Sierra Magazine
February 7, 2018
... which makes up the northern extent of the new park. It has only existed as a national reserve for the last 20 years. Before that, settlers utilized the area for agriculture, often to graze sheep. In pre-Columbian times, the nomadic Tehuelche people inhabited the area, traveling to the highlands to hunt game.
Parade
December 5, 2017
For those who'd like to run for the hills this holiday season, the National Park Foundation has a few suggestions. With their new Road Trippin' guide, the nonprofit partner to the National Park Service outlines 15 different itineraries for travelers aiming to see multiple national parks in just three days.
Politico
November 17, 2017
In October 2015, the National Park Service issued a new rule on hunting across 20 million acres of national reserves in Alaska, an effort to preserve ... This week, the NPS announced that it is initiating a review of the rule with the priority of complying with a directive from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke “toÃâà...
Idaho Statesman
October 26, 2017
The fee increase could generate as much as $70 million in additional revenue, the National Park Service estimates. Eighty percent of the fees collected must be spent in that park. The money is needed to address the parks' maintenance backlog, the NPS said. The backlog was a staggering $11.3 billionÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
August 16, 2017
National Park Service officials say they will discontinue the agency's policy encouraging U.S. national parks to eliminate the sale of disposable plastic water ... The National Park Service said in a statement it made the decision to "expand hydration options for recreationalists, hikers, and other visitors toÃâà...
Westword
January 10, 2017
The National Park Service has announced that vaping will no longer be allowed in any national parks. NPS revised its regulations and amended the definition of smoking to include electronic cigarettes and all other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). "Protecting the health and safety of our visitorsÃâà...
Twin Falls Times-News
August 25, 2016
ALMO — The National Park Service turns 100 today, and City of Rocks National Reserve plans to celebrate. Park staff have ... Keck will share insights into the future of the reserve and the National Park Service. Other activities ... Information: Juanita Jones at 208-824-5916, or Nps.gov/ciro/index.htm. Love. 0.
NJ.com
August 25, 2016
Great Egg Harbor River. Designated a federal park site in 1992, the National Park Service helps oversee the 129-mile river system in the Pinelands National Reserve. Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River. The lower part of the Delaware River became part of the National Park System in 2000.
Here And Now
August 1, 2016
To celebrate the National Park Service's Centennial this month, Here & Now is touring of some of the country's parks. ... So we have a Florida panther population that we like to say is around a dozen animals, and the park is right next to Big Cyprus National Reserve, and that is right next to the FloridaÃâà...
High Country News
December 31, 1999
The BLM, along with U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and Fish & Wildlife Service, used that money to purchase private parcels inside or adjacent to the Canyon of the Ancients in Colorado, City of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho, Hell's Canyon Wilderness in Arizona, Zion National Park, andÃâà...
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