Fall 2008
FEATURED ARTICLES
To Dare Mighty Things
As a rancher in North Dakota in the 1880s, Theodore Roosevelt described the song of the meadowlark as “a cadence of wild sadness.”
Misty's Legacy
Inside the historic Grand Canyon Lodge at Bright angel Point on the North Rim stands a bronze statue of Brighty, a burro who roamed the canyon’s trails as a prospector’s companion and Park Service mascot.
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Beyond the Gates
Tony Bennett once crooned that he left his heart in San Francisco. But had he dropped in on any of the national parks surrounding the city, he may have been tempted to leave the rest of himself behind.
Beneath the Surface
High winds stir the cobalt blue waters of Lake Mohave, turning it into a pot of water at full boil. But the two lead underwater archaeologists on the National Parks Submerged Resources Center (SRC) team don’t much care about what’s happening on the surface.





