Recreation
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News
Devils Tower may get a second name
Some Wyoming residents object to Superintendent Deborah Liggett's talk of renaming Devils Tower to something less offensive to Native Americans who regard the site as sacred.
by Jared Farmer, Sep 02, 1996 -
Feature
Why Juan Valdez doesn't haul coffee beans on a llama
A pack-burro outfitter humorously lambastes the trendy llama.
by Hal Walter, Aug 19, 1996 -
News
Yellowstone cutbacks bring out the politicians
Yellowstone Park Superintendent Mike Finley's closure of campgrounds and museums because of budget problems leads to irate responses from Wyoming politicians.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 19, 1996 -
News
Strapped parks look for money
National parks feeling the budget squeeze look for corporate financial help.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 19, 1996 -
News
New rules seek to cap canyon flights
The Clinton administration's attempt to increase flight-free zones in Grand Canyon upsets air-tour operators and conservationists who say the new rules aren't tough enough.
by James Bishop Jr., Aug 19, 1996 -
News
Feds set "terrible precedent' with Kolob Canyon settlement
An out-of-court settlement with public agencies will give more than $2 million to survivors of an outing in Utah's Kolob Canyon that killed two Explorer Scout leaders.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 05, 1996 -
News
A cellular call of the wild
The installation of cellular transmitters in Yellowstone National Park means hikers can now use cellular phones on the trails.
by Dan Egan, Aug 05, 1996 -
Book Reviews
We love our parks
The survey "American Views on National Park Issues" shows that parks are very important to citizens.
by Staff, Aug 05, 1996 -
News
Budget crisis may doom Oregon's state parks
More than 60 state parks in Oregon face closing - and possible selling off to developers - as victims of budget crisis.
by Tony Davis, Jul 22, 1996 -
News
Canyon trip turns fatal
A 15-year-old Boy Scout finds the Grand Canyon deadly, and park rescue crews point out that all visitors need to be prepared.
by Greg Hanscom, Jul 22, 1996 -
Book Reviews
Can the silence be unbroken?
Transportation Secretary Federico Peûa proposes a ban on commercial scenic overflights in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
by Staff, Jun 24, 1996 -
News
Ski industry masters the sneak attack
The ski industry seeks to slip a bill through Congress that would preserve the current low Forest Service fees resorts pay and let them renew 40-year leases without environmental review.
by Jon Margolis, Jun 24, 1996 -
News
Wyoming climbers win equal footing
A federal judge rules that Devils Tower National Monument cannot prohibit commercial climbing in June to accommodate Native American religious practices at the tower.
by Chris Tollefson, Jun 24, 1996 -
Essays
Canyonlands is a park in name only; in truth only highly organized chaos reigns
A river trip through Utah's Canyonlands National Park leads a winter-naturalist to muse about the geologic chaos inside the park's human-imposed boundaries.
by Craig Leland Childs, Jun 24, 1996 -
News
Joyriding kills
Recklessness and speed killed nine snowmobilers last winter in Wyoming near Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
by Bill Taylor, May 27, 1996






