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FILTER RESULTS ►Washington Monument makeover ready to go
Repair work on the Washington Monument is finally ready to get under way with the last of more than 550 feet of scaffolding in place. The National Park Service has released helmet-cam video of the final preparations from atop of the Washington Monument. The monument, the world's …
A Day at the Park: Cintas Cleans Park Restrooms
A Day at the Park: Cintas Cleans Park Restrooms Complimentary service to help parks prepare for National Get Outdoors Day CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the nation gears up for National Get Outdoors Day on June 9, Cintas Corporation ( NAS: CTAS ) is offering complimentary restroom cleanings for public parks nationwide. Show More Summary
To keep Arlington's Iwo Jima memorial trash free, trash cans are removed by the park service
It may seem counterintuitive to some, but in order to keep the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington less cluttered with trash, the National Park Service has removed the trash cans. The ever-vigilant folks at ARLNow.Com reported this...Show More Summary
Summer Travel Idea: Heritage Trips
Summer travel season is upon us, and while many consider a week at the beach a worthy summer vacation, we have another suggestion. The National Park Service's African American Experience Fund (the only nonprofit partner of the National...Show More Summary
Brindabella burn
Territory and Municipal Services wishes to advise motorists and other road users that Two Sticks Road, between Picadilly Circus and Curries Road, in Namadgi National Park, will be closed tomorrow (Friday 10 May 2013). This is to allow for a controlled burn to be undertaken in Brindabella National Park in NSW by NSW National Parks in [...]
Congress Holds Hearing On Tourism’s Economic Benefits While Sequestration Forces National Parks To Shutter Services
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce held a hearing yesterday entitled “Vacation Nation: How Tourism Benefits our Economy.” Its timing was particularly ironic considering that our national parks are now suffering from across-the-board budget cuts known as “sequestration,” which went into effect in March. Show More Summary
Tesla Lab Site Bought For Museum/Science Center
All over America, you can find museums honoring Thomas Edison. In West Orange, NJ, for instance, you will find the Thomas Edison National Historic Park, the labs, meticulously maintained by the National Park Service, where Edison helped invent motion pictures. read more
Rock Creek Park Deer Become Venison Donation to D.C. Central Kitchen
Wondering what the National Park Service did with the white-tailed deer that a group of sharpshooters killed in March to help thin the species' population in Rock Creek Park? [ more › ]
How Congress flies
You know how aviation is a spiralling horror-show of discomfort and bad service? Well, not if you're in Congress: At Washington’s Reagan National Airport, they have their own special parking spaces—right up close to the terminal—that they don’t even have to pay for. As Bloomberg Television’s Hans Nichols reports, this perk costs the Metropolitan Washington [...]
The Other California: The Biggest Living Things and the Deepest Canyon in the U.S. (maybe, almost, perhaps)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks were established 50 years apart (1890 and 1940), and they preserve different aspects of the Sierra Nevada, but they are adjacent and as such are jointly administered by the Park Service. My Other...Show More Summary
Cool Is The Rule For This Week's Weather
Belvedere Castle is where the National Weather Service takes official observations for Central Park. Look closely at the top of Belvedere Castle's tower and you'll see two anemometers. On the right is the classic cup anemometer, which measures wind speed by how fast the wind can make three cups spin. Show More Summary
National Park Week Begins Tomorrow!
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation will kick off their annual spring celebration of the parks tomorrow, as National Park Week officially gets under way. The event will run from April 20-28 and will feature a number...Show More Summary
Ultimate Frisbee Players Want First Lady to Stop Park Service From Planting Trees
A group of ultimate Frisbee players are turning to Michelle Obama to solve what they say is a grave crisis for amateur sports in the nation's capital: a sudden increase in the number of trees planted on the Ellipse [ more › ]
Feral cats killing endangered Hawaiian birds, study finds
Academic researchers and federal scientists have for the first time come up with direct evidence of feral cats killing endangered Hawaiian petrels. The study, by scientists from the University of Hawaii, the National Park Service and the U.S. Show More Summary
House Republicans Question Sequestration’s Impacts On National Parks Despite Obvious Cuts Already Occurring
Republicans at a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday questioned the effects of sequestration on national parks. Committee members slammed National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis for overplaying the impacts on parks. As Greenwire reported: Several Republican lawmakers—including [Rep. Show More Summary
National Park Service May Cut Hours at Bathrooms, Ranger Stations
The National Park Service may cut hours at bathrooms and ranger stations, though the cuts would be unrelated to sequestration. [ more › ]
Joshua Tree Closure Because Of Graffiti Egged On By Social Media, Says Park Service
More Joshua Tree closures have been announced by the National Park Service, and it isn’t because of budget cuts or the sequester. Instead, it’s the work of vandals engaged in a campaign of what the park service has called “continued malicious desecration” of both the scenic canyons and ancient archeological ruins. The graffiti campaign started [...]Show More Summary
Star Wars Road Trips Tour Gets Green Light
Carl Cunningham and Adam Parr, authors of the popular Star Wars Road Trips: The Filming Locations of the United States book, have recently received the green light from the National Park Service for their interactive, guided tours of all of the Star Wars locations in Death Valley National Park! Read on for more details...
Stockyard Spur burn
Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) wishes to advise the public that (weather permitting) a controlled burn will be undertaken tomorrow in Namadgi National Park along Stockyard Spur. The Stockyard Spur walking trail will be closed from Thursday 11 April 2013 until Sunday 14 April 2013 due to the burn. [Courtesy TAMS]
Schafer Column: North Dakota Is No Stranger To Sequester-Style Budget Gimmicks
The recent news articles about the National Park Service not being able to keep open the Painted Canyon Overlook at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a sure example of how government officials are trying to show the lowly citizens how wrong they are to demand a more affordable government. “We’ll show them they need [...]Show More Summary
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