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Celebrate National Park Week 2013

Neil Mulholland | Posted 05.06.2013 | Impact
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Neil Mulholland

In times like these, with shrinking budgets and diminishing resources, we need to stop and think -- what would this country be like without our national parks?

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The 10 Most Relaxing Coastal Drives In The U.S. & Canada

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 05.08.2013 | Travel
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Driving can be both the most stressful and the most relaxing of activities. While there are few things more frustrating than sitting in traffic on you...

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Student Dies While Hiking In Acadia National Park

AP | Posted 09.29.2012 | Green
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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities have identified the person who died while hiking at Acadia National Park over the weekend as a New Ham...

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Planning A Trip To Vacationland? Read Our Guide To Family Vacations In Maine

The Huffington Post | Nick Romano | Posted 10.12.2011 | Travel
Read More: Ogunquit Beach, York's Wild Kingdom, Video, Family Travel Guides, Acadia National Park, Maine State Aquarium, Portland Travel, Funtown Splashtown USA, Children's Museum & Theater of Maine, Themed Guides, Maine Travel, L.L. Bean Flagship Store, Maine Family Vacations, Travel News

Family vacations in Maine can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters — it all depends on pre-trip homework. To make planning easier, we've d...

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6 Best National Parks: Where To Stay And What To See This Summer (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
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Summer usually means one thing to many American families: road trip. We flock to our national parks (thanks Teddy R.!) in droves--in 2009, 285 million...

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Obamas Arrive In Bar Harbor, Visit Acadia National Park (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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The Obamas arrived in Bar Harbor, Maine on Friday afternoon and immediately headed to Acadia National Park, right off the Atlantic coast of the state....

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Obama Heads To Maine Hoping To Avoid Vacation Hex

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - President Barack Obama and his family are heading off Friday for the weekend to a spectacular national park on the coa...

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9 National Parks In Danger (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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In light of Ken Burns' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea and a recent report that lists "National Parks in Peril," we're featuring 9...

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Fall Leaves: 10 Places For Vibrant Foliage

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Leaves, Catskills, Aspen, Acadia National Park, Columbia River Gorge, Slidepoll, Autumn, Fall, Green Living, Fall Foliage, Trees, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lost Maples, Sonoma-County, Mount-Washington, Lake of the Ozarks, Berkshires, Nature, Best-Fall-Foliage-Pics, Green News

With the autumn season in full swing, this means we'll be seeing leaves change color and carpet the ground. Check out the best places from the around...

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Unfinished Business in Our National Parks

Will Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Will Rogers

"America's best idea" still isn't complete. If we don't grow the system, we risk loving to death the parks that we have.

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New York Girl Named As Drowning Victim In Maine Killer Wave

AP | GLENN ADAMS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Rangers at Acadia National Park insisted Monday that they had done all they could to warn visitors before beauty suddenly turne...

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