Results for keyword: National Park Service
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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 -
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 -
Strapped parks look for money
National parks feeling the budget squeeze look for corporate financial help.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 19, 1996 -
A park boss goes to bat for the land
Yellowstone National Park Supervisor Michael V. Finley stirs controversy and conflict as he fights to save America's oldest national park.
by Lynne Bama, Apr 29, 1996 -
Utah's Burr Trail still leads to court
The Park Service sues Garfield County, Utah, after a road crew repairing the Burr Trail bulldozes a hillside inside the boundaries at Capitol Reef National Park.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 15, 1996 -
Fund raising in parks takes a collection box, and a lawyer
Fund-raising and free speech regulations in the national parks affect both secular and religious groups.
by Elizabeth Manning, Oct 02, 1995 -
Does Religion belong in national parks?
Proselytizing and fund-raising religious groups, as well as Park Service Director Roger Kennedy's occasional religious remarks, create controversy in national parks.
by Keith Epstein, Oct 02, 1995 -
Parks may get control of their air
A bill introduced in Congress would give the Park Service more power to regulate overflights.
by Shea Andersen, Sep 18, 1995 -
Xerox copiers and black helicopters
A tongue-in-cheek consideration of Colorado Republican Scott McInnis' search for waste at the Department of Interior, the closing of national parks and the Christian Coalition's involvement in both.
by Ed Marston, Jun 26, 1995 -
A bitter rancher and a failed compromise
Nevada's Great Basin National Park was founded on an uneasy compromise between grazing and preservation.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995






