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  • Colorado River gets a recreation plan

    The National Park Service’s new management plan for the Grand Canyon river corridor allows continued motorized access

    by Jennie Lay, Jan 23, 2006

  • Blood spills over a $14 camping fee

    In the wake of a confrontation over a camping fee that ended in a tourist’s death, a former park ranger remembers a frightening incident from his own career

    by Jim Stiles, Oct 17, 2005

  • Fear and adrenaline can cause a ranger to kill

    The writer tries to understand what made a park ranger kill a tourist who refused to pay a fee

    by Jim Stiles, Oct 03, 2005

  • Revealed — secret changes to park rules

    The Park Service lands in hot water when Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Paul Hoffman secretly rewrites the agency’s management manual, and the revision is leaked to the press

    by Brodie Farquhar, Sep 19, 2005

  • The meeting of heaven and earth

    A park ranger talks about the increasing practice of mourners scattering the ashes of loved ones outdoors in national parks.

    by Paul Zaenger, Sep 05, 2005

  • The last I looked, national parks weren’t zoos

    The writer wishes visitors to Glacier and other national parks would leave their animal-viewing list at home

    by Becky Lomax, Jul 04, 2005

  • Revamped road to Chaco may be the park's ruin

    Archaeologists are worried that a plan to upgrade the 16-mile gravel road to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico could lead to more tourism and possibly harm the park’s fragile ruins

    by Laura Parkus, May 30, 2005

  • Mickey Moose and the West’s newest frontier

    The writer says eco-tourism in Yellowstone might — just might — be a good thing

    by John Clayton, Apr 11, 2005

  • Let's not ram more boats through the Grand Canyon

    Even though the river is their livelihood, most river guides oppose the Park Service’s plan to increase the number of boats allowed in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

    by Drifter Smith, Feb 21, 2005

  • Lawsuits swarm around Yellowstone snowmobiles

    As soon as the National Park Service announced its new snowmobile rules – which slightly reduce the number of vehicles allowed in Yellowstone and Grand Teton – lawsuits began flying from both sides of the political divide

    by Deanna Belch, Dec 20, 2004
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