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July/August 2003

Beyond Boundaries
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park presents management challenges for both the United States and Canada, among the most significant of which is how to manage for creatures that ignore the park's boundaries.
By Benjamin Long

When the Ships Come In
Park managers at Glacier Bay in Alaska are grappling with how to protect the world-class preserve and its wildlife while providing access to the creatures and landscape that thousands come to see each season.
By Jeffrey R. Richardson

Celebrating Flight
Two national park sites tell the story of the Wright brothers and their invention of a heavier-than-air machine nearly 100 years ago, arguably one of the most significant achievements of the 20th century.
By Douglas Gantenbein

4 Outlook
NPCA is rating the Bush administration on how well it is upholding a pledge to restore and renew the parks.
By Thomas C. Kiernan

5 Editor's Note

6 Letters

8 ParkScope
Noise at Hawaii Volcanoes
Yosemite Plans Heating Up
Underground Center for Mall Decried
Petroglyphs Found by Volunteer Crew
Administration Rates D- on Parks
Frog Die-Offs at Acadia
Plan for Jetties at Oregon Inlet Nixed
Flags in Demand at Pearl Harbor Site

21 A Special Tribute
Considered one of the country's foremost experts on the National Park System, Robin W. Winks had a life-long love affair with our nation's parks.
By Linda Rancourt

36 Excursions
Touring southern Florida's family-friendly parks.
By Jenell Talley

44 Historic Highlights
Golden Spike National Historic Site.
By Ryan Dougherty

45 Rare & Endangered
Bowhead whale.
By Jenell Talley

46 You Are Here


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