The writer sees an object lesson in a national park that
has a "dual, if not dueling" mission
National Park Service

A reflection on the peculiar history that lead to the iconic national park designation.

Caught dogs and imperiled martens spur reforms for fur-bearer trapping.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
National Park Service wilderness coordinator Jim Walters
resigns in frustration over the agency’s neglect of
wilderness, after the superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks allows helicopters in wilderness areas
In South Dakota, Wind Cave National Park has been trying
to purchase the neighboring Casey Ranch, but approval of the sale
has stalled in Congress, and now the ranch is for sale on the open
market
Park managers plan to increase the number of agency
helicopter and airplane flights over Glacier National Park this
summer
The Park Service will cut millions of dollars in trail and
building repairs to cover its share of the "war on
terror"
Paul Larmer tells Utah critics of the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument that they’re fighting a
losing battle
The Web site of PEER - Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility - features a report on increasing violence against
National Park Service employees, along with other topics.
The Bush administration wants to permanently install user
fees for recreation on public lands, but opponents are speaking
out.
A cross placed on Mojave National Preserve by Veterans of
Foreign Wars as a memorial is the center of controversy between the
National Park Service and the American Civil Liberties Union, which
claims it violates the separation of church and state.
Cottonwood trees in Utah's Zion National Park may vanish
in the next few decades, according to a study by the park and the
Grand Canyon Trust that recommends removal of flood-protection
stone levees as a way to save the trees.
The late Paul Fritz is remembered as a conservationist
whose years in the Park Service reflect a man who was independent
and outspoken.
Migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert leave litter and
cause ever-increasing damage, as seen in Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument.
Grand Canyon's backcountry and river planning effort ends
abruptly when Park Superintendent Robert Arnberger decides the
process, which includes outfitters, private boaters and wilderness
advocates, is "too contentious."
The National Park Service wants to preserve the wagon
ruts, campsites, graves and scenery along 13,000 miles of historic
trails in the West.
The Park Service has completed a new General Management
Plan that will guide resource management in Glacier National Park
for the next few decades.
A Park Service team conducted an "oversight review" of
Petroglyph National Monument that cited "communication and morale"
as big problems for employees.
In her own words, Petroglyph National Monument Supervisor
Judith Cordova defends her record on the job.
Chief ranger Scot McElveen says local people should not
receive preference in a natural resource owned equally by all
citizens.
Longtime Death Valley resident Janice Allen believes the
area is not helped by its designation as a national park.
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