Making America’s Best Idea Even Better
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WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are tuning in this week to watch Ken Burns’s latest PBS film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Viewers will be glued to their TVs as the nation’s preeminent storyteller trains his lens on the national parks. Then what?
Here are a couple of ideas from the National Park [...]
National Park Service signs Purchase Agreement for Flight 93 Memorial
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Washington, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that
the federal government has reached agreement with all of the landowners for
all properties needed for the construction of the Flight 93 Memorial in
western Pennsylvania.
“The fields of western Pennsylvania, where the heroes of Flight 93
perished, are hallowed ground for a grateful nation,” said [...]
PA Fish and Boat Commission Wins with Superfund Settlement
Harrisburg, PA — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) today announced that state and federal agencies have successfully reached a $21 million settlement over environmental damages stemming from a Superfund site in Northeast Pennsylvania’s Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties.
“While this settlement is the largest natural resource damage settlement to date in Pennsylvania, it can [...]
Cuyahoga Valley Featured on NPS Website
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National Park Service News Release
July 22, 2009
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – Need a break from big city rock-and-roll? Unwind by skipping rocks and rolling through the countryside by bike or train at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, just a short drive from Cleveland and Akron. It’s a great [...]
Free National Park Admission this Weekend
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WASHINGTON – A walk in the park is free this weekend! Everyone is invited to national parks across the country for the second of three free admission summer weekends.
All 391 national parks will offer free admission this Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, and again on August 15-16. Many park partners, [...]
