Results for keyword: National Park Service
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Ranger danger?
HCN investigates whether violence against National Park Service employees is increasing.
by Lisa Song, Jun 20, 2010 -
Eggstraction
A California condor chick hatches in Pinnacles National Monument, the first one born there in a century.
by Rachel Waldholz, May 09, 2010 -
Our national parks: Another idea
In 1832, artist George Catlin came up with the idea of a system of "nation's parks" to preserve human cultures and wildlife and scenery.
by David M. Kennedy, Oct 25, 2009 -
Whose Valles Caldera is it?
The beautiful Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico is run by a closed corporation that excludes the public, overcharges visitors and now is seeking to profit from development.
by Mike Castinado, Sep 01, 2009 -
Parks for the people -- not profit
Sen. Dianne Feinstein ignored the public when she tried – and failed – to set up a special deal for a privately owned oyster company at California’s Point Reyes National Seashore.
by Dennis Rodoni, Aug 26, 2009 -
What we got here is a failure to collaborate
Wilderness advocates think Jonathan Jarvis is a good choice to head the National Park Service, but critics say he badly mishandled an oyster farming controversy in California.
by Gary Paul Nabhan, Jul 29, 2009 -
The West dissected
The Environmental Working Group and other organizations have released detailed studies of the West along the lines of Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Report Card. Also: The economic stimulus package has money for Western national parks and monuments.
by Ray Ring , May 04, 2009 -
A conflict of values
Michael J. Yochim writes the primer on the Yellowstone snowmobile conflict in his admirably balanced Yellowstone and the Snowmobile: Locking Horns over National Park Use.
by Ray Ring , Apr 28, 2009 -
Let them eat copper
The National Park Service’s decision to ban lead bullets and lead fishing tackle will protect rare California condors and other creatures, including humans.
by Ted Williams, Mar 17, 2009 -
Of an environmental hero and the need for reform
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
by Paul Larmer, Jan 19, 2009
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