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The Erasers
Three days with the graffiti fighters of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
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Parks After Dark
National parks are offering a growing number of nighttime programs for visitors looking for novel experiences or those eager to avoid daytime crowds and rising temperatures.
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A Destiny Like No Other
Anna Kingsley was an African princess before being enslaved and later becoming a slaveholder. The Park Service and her descendants have worked to preserve her story.
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A Growing Gallery
How one woman’s vision turned into a multi-year project that has brought thousands of student artworks to dozens of national park sites.
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Battlefield Barkeologists
Hardworking canines are helping staff at Richmond National Battlefield Park identify the unmarked graves of enslaved people.
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Magazine Article Stone Age Bird? A cardinal picked up a rock and did something unexpected in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Magazine Article New Bloom A plant hunter strolled through Death Valley National Park on his day off. Then he found a flower he didn’t recognize.
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Magazine Article A Mass Revival? A biotechnology company said it brought back dire wolves. Should these former park denizens be next on the de-extinction list?
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Magazine Article Chasing the Ice The art of climbing frozen waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park.
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Magazine Article Monuments for All Former President Joe Biden’s public lands legacy includes 10 new national monuments. Meet your new parks.
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Magazine Article Wading In My extended family has an abiding passion for St. John and Virgin Islands National Park. Could my first trip possibly live up to the hype?
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Magazine Article Reclaiming Wahhoga In 1969, the National Park Service evicted the last Native community from Yosemite National Park. After decades of tireless advocacy, area Tribes are again stewarding a small corner of the park.
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Magazine Article Greener Acres An ambitious initiative seeks to restore native grasslands at dozens of Eastern national park sites.
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Magazine Article Exotic Antics They are huge, blue and eye-catching — but nilgai antelope from Asia are unwelcome interlopers in two South Texas national park sites.
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Magazine Article Whistleblowers A warming climate is shrinking the habitat of North Cascades’ hoary marmots while expanding the range of some predators. Can the rodents adapt in time to survive?
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Magazine Article From Sea Scrap to Sculpture Artists transform marine debris into art, educating national park visitors in the process.
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Magazine Article A Cape Crisis An update on the collapsing houses at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Magazine Article An Honorable Hike Remembering veterans with wreaths at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Magazine Article Free Wheeling Dedicated advocates and innovative technology are taking national park access further than ever before.
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Magazine Article Where the Birches Bend A family’s journey to Isle Royale National Park.
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Magazine Article If You Build It Can partnering with beavers help restore a long-degraded valley in Rocky Mountain National Park?
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Magazine Article The Marvelous Ms. Marguerite Yellowstone’s first full-time female ranger was a gun-toting, motorbike-riding bacteriologist born and raised in the park.
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Magazine Article Clawing Back A small intervention restored a lagoon in Cape Cod National Seashore and brought back horseshoe crabs by the hundreds.
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Magazine Article Beyond the Views How smells bring national parks to life — and why we need to protect those aromas.
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Magazine Article The Dirt on Acadia My day as a pack animal on Sargent Mountain.
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Magazine Article Stumpy’s Last Stand A fond farewell for a treasured tree.
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Magazine Article So Close Yet So Far 8 miles off the coast of Mississippi, Horn Island is a quiet and wild haven — if you can get there.
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Magazine Article Peak Parenting The joys of hiking in Pinnacles National Park with — and without — a baby in tow.
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Magazine Article The Real Housewives of Brooks River To research his book “Grizzly Confidential,” author Kevin Grange headed to Katmai National Park in Alaska to watch the famous bears fish, face off and fatten up for winter.
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