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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the completion and publication of the final recovery plan for the Meltwater Lednian stonefly (Lednia tumana) and Western Glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier).
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The Fender’s blue butterfly, once thought to be extinct, is fluttering toward recovery under the Endangered Species Act. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reclassified Fender’s blue butterfly from endangered to threatened and finalized a special rule
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News Release: Come and enjoy the free Greenbelt Park Junior ranger booklet.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. During your walk thus far, how many different bird songs do you think you have heard? Resident birds that can be heard or seen year round incude Spotted Towhee, Canyon Towhee, Canyon Wren, Bewick's...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 244 St. Marys Road, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri 63670. Significance: Oldest known building in Ste. Genevieve. Constructed 1790. Amenities. 3 listed. Fire Extinguisher, First Aid Kit Available, Parking - Auto. Since 1790, Green Tree Tavern has filled many different roles for many different...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. As you traverse these switchbacks, take a moment to turn and look at the view into the Chisos Basin. With your eyes, follow the paved road as it enters the Basin and you should be able to make out the features of the campground.
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A nonpartisan association that seeks to safeguard national parks in the U.S. is criticizing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal of new soot pollution standards, saying they don’t address ecosystems and overall welfare.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Oswego, NY. Significance: historic fort and site of only US shelter for Jewish refugees during WWII. Designation: National Register of Historic Places. MANAGED BY: New York State; Safe Haven Museum and Education Center. Fort Ontario is a historic military installation located in Oswego...
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News Release: This is Part 2 of "What Daddy and Mother Did in the War," by their daughter, Stephanie Johnson Dixon. Read Part 1 first.
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News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Alaska fire management program hosted a seven-person all-woman wildland fire crew through the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2022 - the first of its kind for NPS in Alaska.
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News Release: Idaho Transportation Department, Idaho State Historical Society.
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Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes Tribes - Fiscal Year 2023 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant opened on Jan. 26.
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Kachina Point parking area. Significance: Trailhead for the wilderness area. Amenities. 10 listed. Information, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Picnic Table, Recycling, Restroom, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Trailhead, Water - Bottle-Filling Station, Water - Drinking/Potable. Park at...
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News Release: As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s efforts to support the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to permit 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands by 2025, the BLM announced today it has leased two parcels, covering approximately 3,045 acres in Millard County, Utah...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. The white, yellow, and orange lichen on the rock pillars at this location consist of a fungus and an algae in a sumbiotic relationship. Because they absorb nutrients from rainwater, lichen are particularly...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Goodbye Picnic Area has two sections which are accessible from the north or the south on the west side of Munson Valley Road between the Annie Spring Entrance Station and park headquarters. Designation: Picnic Area. Amenities. 7 listed. Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Picnic Table...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 2 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Scenic View/Photo Spot. You have reached the end of the Lost Mine Trail. Lost Mine Peak, at 7,650 feet in elevation, dominates the skyline to the north across Upper Pine Canyon. The peak's name comes...
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News Release: by Stephanie Johnson Dixon, 2007. Introduction. This project started as a result of watching too much public television. In early October of 2007 PBS ran a series by the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. This series, “The War," (or as pronounced by an old witness from Alabama who both looked and sounded...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Wilderness access trail from Kachina Point. Significance: Off the Beaten Path Route to Onyx Bridge. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. When you get to the bottom of the steep hill, the trail is well-worn and easy to see as it passes between the red badland hills. Please do...
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News Release: This is Part 3 of "What Daddy and Mother Did in the War," by their daughter, Stephanie Johnson Dixon. Read Part 2 first.