Results for keyword: National Park
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Volunteering provides a special experience in national parks
Retirees and interns donate millions of hours in national parks, and get to know the parks intimately.
by Henry Ring, Mar 27, 2013 -
Spinner of yarns, maker of floats
Black George Simmons – an 84-year-old park volunteer with a flair for colorful stories – dishes out root beer floats to anyone who visits his tiny log cabin in Grand Teton National Park.
by Ray Sikorski, Oct 01, 2007 -
Tipping the scales towards native species
In Unnatural Landscapes, Ceiridwin Terrill travels to four arid sites to show how scientists fight to protect indigenous organisms from invasive species
by Aaron Gilbreath, May 14, 2007 -
Two weeks in the West
Cross-country skiers and snowmobilers clash over access to Logan Canyon, Utah; Mount Jefferson, Mont.; and (of course) Yellowstone; Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth steps down to be replaced by Gail Kimbell; West becomes player in national politics; bor
by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 05, 2007 -
A director from central casting
Mary Bomar, the brand-new director of the National Park Service, worked her up through the agency’s bureaucracy
by Jeff Johnson, Dec 11, 2006 -
Whistling in the park
Whistleblowing is not as romantic as Woodward’s "Deep Throat" makes it sound, but the retired public servants who make up the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees are doing valuable work, blowing the whistle for the sake of the national parks
by John Mecklin, Dec 11, 2006 -
Leave only footprints, and turn the darn phone off
Cell phones have their uses, but they do not belong in the wilderness
by Becky Lomax, Oct 02, 2006 -
'Clinging hopelessly to the past'
In his determination to cling, however hopelessly, to Utah’s past, Canyon Country Zephyr founder Jim Stiles has taken on miners, ranchers, developers, mountain bikers and – most recently – some of his fellow environmentalists
by M. John Fayhee, May 29, 2006 -
Handling griz: How much is enough?
Increasing numbers of the West’s grizzly bears wear radio collars, and some environmentalists question the necessity of the practice
by Colleen O'Brien and Ray Ring, Oct 17, 2005 -
Wildlife win one in Yellowstone
The National Wildlife Federation negotiates two important land deals with ranchers in the Yellowstone area, ending grazing on Horse Butte and protecting local bison
by Ray Ring, Dec 22, 2003
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