GULF OIL SPILL POSES UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE TO NATIONAL PARKS – NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION LAUNCHES DISASTER RECOVERY FUND DONATE NOW AT WWW.NATIONALPARKS.ORG OR TEXT “PARKS” TO 90999 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 24, 2010) – The ongoing Gulf oil spill poses an historic challenge to the national parks in the Gulf region, and beyond. The National Park Foundation, [...]
Image via Wikipedia Who Says the Federal Government doesn’t have a sense of humor? This was the NPS Weekend Getaway Idea for today, the day the first major blizzard blankets the country: HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Gray skies, early dusks, and biting cold—not to mention snow, sleet, and slush—can give the blues to residents of temperate [...]
Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]
Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]
Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON – “Mom, Dad, I’m bored!” So goes the dreaded refrain of a kid with a case of the summer squirmies. No worries – national parks can shake the squirmies. A new web feature, www.nps.gov/getaways, launching today, will highlight one, of the almost 400 national parks, every week this summer to help [...]
