Search results for “Dawn Shirreffs”
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Magazine Article Sunny Days Everything’s A-OK when sunshine lights up the coastline, mountains and rainforest of Olympic National Park.
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Magazine Article The Wild Congaree Paddling the Blue Trail to South Carolina’s only national park.
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Blog Post Fleeting Beauty: 9 Natural Phenomena You Won’t Want to Miss National parks offer remarkable experiences no matter the hour or the season. Sometimes, though, it helps to be in the right place at the right time to witness something extraordinary. You have to think ahead to catch these nine ephemeral delights — so start planning now!
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Blog Post 10 Tips to Respect Wildlife, Stay Safe and Avoid Internet Ridicule Most of us wouldn’t think of putting a bison in our car as two Yellowstone visitors did this spring, but did you know that white shoes and sweat-soaked hiking gear can also cause problems?
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Magazine Article The Retirement Cure Making the most of retirement with a 40-foot RV, a patch of dirt and full-time seasonal volunteer work in the national parks.
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Blog Post In Baltimore, the Red and the Blue Wave Together as One The flag at Fort McHenry reminds us what America stands for and how our nation has endured through decades of challenges.
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Magazine Article Silversword Fight In Haleakalā National Park, a charismatic plant battles for survival.
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Magazine Article A People’s Historian Talking about the past and the future with the Park Service’s new chief historian.
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Magazine Article Total Eclipse of the Parks Two years of planning for two minutes of wonder in the Great Smokies.
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Magazine Article The Lion Catcher Biologist Eric York lived to help wild carnivores, but he didn’t get a chance to finish his life’s work.
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Magazine Article Some Like It Very Hot A growing number of extreme tourists are heading to Death Valley to experience one of the hottest places on Earth at the hottest time of year.
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Blog Post Why One Outdoorsman Opposes the Proposed Wyoming Grizzly Hunt His family hunted bears before they were endangered. Now that they are finally rebounding, this enthusiast and wildlife filmmaker wants to make sure shortsighted plans don’t undo decades of progress.
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Blog Post 330 Miles — and a Message How far would you go to honor your history?
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Magazine Article A Ladder to the Top Thirty years ago, Vern Tejas overcame extreme cold and other dangers to become the first person to survive a winter solo ascent of Denali.
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Magazine Article Snow, Steam, Bison, Sky A winter adventure in Yellowstone National Park.
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Magazine Article 'An Honest Reckoning' Hundreds of people were once enslaved at the opulent Hampton estate, but for decades after the site became part of the National Park System, their stories remained hidden. That is changing.
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Magazine Article A National Park Is Born White Sands National Monument becomes the country’s 62nd national park. What will change?
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Magazine Article Circling the Mountain Another season, another ceremonial circumambulation of Mount Tamalpais. What draws hikers to this 55-year-old ritual?
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Magazine Article Musical Mountaineering A tuneful duo spreads joy one alpine allegro and sunrise sonata at a time.
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Magazine Article Lest We Forget One man's 30-year mission to honor the lives of more than 260 Park Service employees and volunteers who died while working in the parks.
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Magazine Article Tune In, Bliss Out Drop into protected places around the world — or share your own recordings — at a new online archive, Sounds of Your Park.
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Magazine Article Isle of Cats In the 1980s, an ambitious predator reintroduction helped restore an island ecosystem. But what does the future hold for the Cumberland bobcats?
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Magazine Article Out with the Old, In with the New A generation ago, thousands of people gathered in a remote corner of New Mexico to usher in a gentler, kinder age. Did it work?
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Magazine Article Park Ink This niche community is obsessed with national parks, and these folks have the stamps to prove it.
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Magazine Article Lofty Heights We were young, brown outsiders in the world of outdoor adventure. Climbing Grand Teton marked a turning point.
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Blog Post A Civil War Turning Point Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park in the Shenandoah Valley offers a glimpse into Virginia’s agricultural history and the final pushes to win the Civil War.
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Magazine Article We’re Still Here Every national park site sits on ancestral lands. So what does it mean to be a Native American working for the Park Service today?
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Magazine Article Coprolite Happens Waste matters in Fossil Butte’s newest exhibition space.
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Magazine Article A Monumental Effort Almost a century after Virginia pushed out mountain people to make way for Shenandoah National Park, monuments to honor their memory are helping their descendants heal.
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Magazine Article Rocky Days How Chiricahua National Monument’s hoodoos and history helped one writer find her footing in the great outdoors.
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