National Park Service
Parktips – March 2010
Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You can also [...]

National Park Service
News Release
February 18, 2010
Contact: David Barna, 202-208-6843, david_barna@nps.gov
New Firearms Law Takes Effect Monday
National parks now subject to state and local firearms laws
WASHINGTON – A change in federal law effective Monday, February 22, allows firearms in many national parks. People who can legally possess firearms under federal and state law can now possess those [...]

National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 3, 2010
Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843
Gerry Gaumer (202) 208-6843
Shackelton Named to National Leadership Team
WASHINGTON – National Park Service (NPS) Director, Jon Jarvis announced
today that Steve Shackelton has been selected as the associate director for
visitor and resource protection. Shackelton, who has been chief ranger at
Yosemite National Park [...]

National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 2, 2010
Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843
Gerry Gaumer (202) 208-6843
Neubacher Named Superintendent of Yosemite National Park
WASHINGTON – Don Neubacher has been selected as the new superintendent of Yosemite National Park in California. Neubacher takes over from David Uberuaga who has been acting superintendent since Mike Tollefson retired [...]

National Park Service
Parktips – February 2010
Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You can also [...]

PUEBLO ‘EAGLE DAYS’ FEB 6-7
PUEBLO, Colo. – The 2010 Pueblo "Eagle Days Festival" is slated for Feb. 6-7 at Lake Pueblo State Park and Wildlife Area.  Activities include live bird demonstrations, bird watching classes, wildlife viewing stations, and performances [...]

National Park Service News Release
Sean_O’Meara, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Sean_O’Meara@nps.gov, 206-220-4240 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843
January 27, 2010
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
SEATTLE – In less than three weeks, figure skaters will be spinning, lugers sliding, and skiers racing cross-country and whizzing down-mountain for gold. That metal—even [...]

National Park Service
Parktips – January 2010
Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You can also [...]

National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Dec. 22, 2009
Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843
Carol McCoy (303) 969-2096
Ed Kassman, (303) 969-2146
National Park Service to revise non-federal oil and gas regulations
WASHINGTON – On November 25, 2009, the National Park Service published in
the Federal Register (74 FR 61596) an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
to obtain early public [...]

National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 11, 2009
Contact: Kathy Kupper (202)208-6843
National Park Service Honors Employees
for Cultural Resources Work
WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today presented the
2008 Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards for excellence in cultural resource management to H. Thomas McGrath, Jr., Dr. Jeanne Schaaf, and Robert Fox.
“This prestigious award recognizes the lasting [...]