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Parks Prepare for Once-In-Lifetime Celestial Event

Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Planets, Venus Transit, Video, Astronomy, Space, Transit of Venus, National Park Service, Solar System, Venus, National Parks, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor Published: 06/02/2012 01:42 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet When Venus interposes itself directly...

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President Understands Importance of Public Lands to Those Who Served

Mark Starr | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Public Lands, National Parks, Veterans, National Park Service, Obama Administration, National Parks Pass, Military, Impact News

President Obama, through the Joining Forces Initiative, will be giving free annual passes to all of our National Parks and public lands to all active-duty military and their families. It might seem just like a nice gesture to offer the free pass, but it really is more.

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THIS WEEKEND: Eclipse To Be Visible From National Parks

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: National Park Service, Video, Solar Eclipse, Ring of Fire, National Parks, Solar Eclipse 2012, Eclipse, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor Published: 05/15/2012 03:58 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet When the sun vanishes behind the moon ...

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Celebrate National Park Week April 21-29

Neil Mulholland | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: National Park Service, Green, Youth and Our Future, National Park Week, Let's Move, White House, National Parks, Green News

This week we celebrate our national parks and the great stories they tell. But the question is -- are the right people listening?

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Celebrating the Military Child Outdoors

Michael Brune | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: National Military Family Association, National Park Service, Ymca, Armed Services, Sierra Club, Military Families, Nature, Green News

Over the years, we've learned that outdoor programs can also help build resiliency and strength within military families. Getting kids and their parents outdoors together allows them to have fun and reconnect through the healing power of nature.

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Designing the Future of the National Mall

Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel | Posted 04.09.2012

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The National Mall gives all Americans -- half of whom will visit the Mall during their lifetime -- an opportunity to connect with our country's history and heroes.

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LOOK: Plans For National Mall Redesign Released

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Video, National Mall Redesign Plans, District of Columbia, National Mall Redesign, National Park Service, National Mall, The Trust for the National Mall, Washington DC Travel, National Mall Redesign Competition, DC News

WASHINGTON — Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washingto...

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Park Service Restores Bus Tours On National Mall

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service is bringing interpretive bus tours back to the National Mall after the previous tour operator went out of busi...

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Breaking Stereotypes: USC and Death Valley

Nicholas Warner | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Usc, Spring Break, Death Valley, National Park Service, Camping, Geology, Water, University of Southern California, Spring Break California, California, Spring Break Trips, Alternative Spring Break, Volunteering, Alternative Spring Break Camping, Alternative Spring Break Volunteering, College News

USC students and spring break have stereotypical incarnations as bacchanalia at places like Cabo San Lucas, but this spring break I had the pleasure of sharing a day with a group of USC students who were spending their week volunteering for the National Park Service in Death Valley.

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House Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Ike Memorial Design

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: House of Representatives, Eisenhower Memorial Design Controversy, Video, Frank Gehry, Eisenhower Memorial Commision, National Park Service, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower Memorial Design, Frank Gehry Design, Susan Eisenhower, DC News

WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry said he is open to changes to a planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington to address objections fro...

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Peak Bloom Dates Predicted For Cherry Blossoms

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: DC News, Video, DC Travel, Cherry Blossom Festival 2012, District of Columbia, Cherry Blossom, Tidal Basin, National Park Service, National Cherry Blossom Festival 2012, Cherry Blossom Peak Bloom 2012, DC News

WASHINGTON — Washington is getting ready to celebrate 100 years of its famous cherry blossom trees, and the trees' head tender said Thursday tha...

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Not Everyone Happy With MLK Memorial Inscription Change

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A controversial truncated inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial that critics say makes the slain civil rights lead...

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Uncovering the American Latino Story

Sec. Ken Salazar | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Hispanic Heritage, National Park Service, Cesar Chavez, American Latino Heritage, u.s. Secretary of the Interior, National Historic Landmark, Latino Voices News

The Department of the Interior has launched the American Latino Heritage Initiative to explore different pathways to better recognize the countless contributions Latinos have made.

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Taking Care of America's Best Idea

Tom Kiernan | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Green News, Congress, Economy, Budget, National Parks Conservation Association, Environment, Appropriations, National Budget, Tourism, National Park Service, National Parks, Green News

We must address our unsustainable deficit, but we are also in the midst of a recession. In any economy, it just doesn't make sense to compromise America's "best idea," our national parks.

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Two Occupy DC Activists Remain Jailed After Police Clash

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON--Two members of Occupy DC will remain jailed until at least Thursday on charges they assaulted police officers during Saturday's clash with...

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Park Police Inspect Occupy Tents At Freedom Plaza Camp

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police officers assembled at Freedom Plaza's Occupy Wall Street-inspired tent city on Sunday, a day after the federal agency l...

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Park Police Surround Occupy DC Camp, Search McPherson Square Tents

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police officers, some on horseback and others in riot gear, surrounded the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square with barricades ...

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Occupy DC's Preliminary Injunction Denied, Class Action Moves Forward

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Search and Seizure, Video, District of Columbia, Occupy Wall Street, Jonathan Jarvis, National Park Service, McPherson Square, Occupy Dc, Jeffrey Light, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A federal court judge denied Occupy DC's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the National Park Service from evicting demonstra...

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National Parks Help Tame the Environmental Crisis

Susan Smartt | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: National Park Service, Environment, Education, STEM Education, Education News

Only five percent of our school children have a meaningful experience in national parks. What happens in the environmental education cloud can increase that number.

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Park Police Pledges No-Camping Compliance Checks

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy Wall Street-inspired protesters in the nation's capital erected a "Tent of Dreams" in McPherson Square late Monday morning as a ...

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Park Service Enforcing Camping Rules At D.C. Occupy Sites

AP | Posted 03.31.2012

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police reminded demonstrators at two Washington sites where Occupy protesters have been demonstrating for months of a no-...

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Occupy DC To Weigh Options After No-Camping Warning

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, Occupy activists in the nation's capital are scheduled to discuss new warnings from the National Park Service about c...

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Park Service Warns Occupy Groups In D.C. On Camping

AP | Posted 01.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police are warning occupy protesters that they must stop camping at two Washington parks on Monday or risk arrest. The Nation...

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New LED Lights To Brighten National Mall

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While Congress may be trying to dim the federal incandescent bulb ban, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is getting ready to brighten up th...

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Park Service To Enforce Camping Ban For Occupy DC

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Occupy DC protesters will soon receive civil citations from U.S. Park Police if they continue camping in Washington's McPherson Squ...

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