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		<title>$1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 9, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 $1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants WASHINGTON – More than $1.2 million in National Park Service grants will be used to help preserve and protect America’s significant battlefield lands. The funding from [...]]]></description>
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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 9, 2010</p>
<p>Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843</p>
<p>$1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields</p>
<p>National Park Service announces 25 grants</p>
<p>WASHINGTON – More than $1.2 million in National Park Service grants will be used to help preserve and protect America’s significant battlefield lands.</p>
<p>The funding from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) will support projects at more than 100 battlefields nationwide.</p>
<p>“These grants will help safeguard and preserve American battlefield lands,”</p>
<p>said Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service. “These lands are symbols of individual sacrifice and national heritage that we must protect so that this and future generations can walk these places and understand the struggles that define us as a nation.”</p>
<p>The grants fund projects at endangered battlefields from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, World War II, and Indian Wars. Grants were made to projects in 17 states and territories to support archeology, mapping, cultural resource survey work, documentation, planning, education, and interpretation.</p>
<p>Projects include underwater archeology at the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII in <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/north-carolina" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with North Carolina">North Carolina</a>; documentation of the Second Seminole War Fort Defiance and Fort Micanopy in <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/florida" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Florida">Florida</a>; a statewide comprehensive GIS database of Civil War sites that will include 38 battlefields in Tennessee; a preservation plan for the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 Woodlake Battlefield in Minnesota; and development of a new battlefield preservation, and planning website in <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a> for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.</p>
<p>Priority was given to the preservation of nationally significant battlefields. The majority of grants were given to battlefields listed as Priority I or II sites in the National Park Service’s Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields and the Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States.</p>
<p>Federal, state, local, and Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions are eligible for the battlefield grants which are awarded annually. Since 1996 more than $12 million has been awarded by ABPP to help preserve significant historic battlefields associated with wars on American soil. More information is available online at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp">http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp</a>. Brief descriptions of funded grant projects follow.</p>
<p>Year 2010 Grants</p>
<p>Arkansas State Parks, Department of Parks and Tourism $82,000</p>
<p>The Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove (1862) was the last time two armies of equal strength fought for control over northwest Arkansas. With archeological investigation and GIS mapping, this project will delineate the locations and extent of major battlefield features within Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.</p>
<p>Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center (Connecticut) $19,000 The Battle of Saybrook Fort consisted of more than a dozen discrete battles, ambushes, and actions that are a part of the Pequot War (1636-1637). This project will identify areas for future archeological testing, revise maps of Study and Core Areas, develop a preservation advocacy partnership, and educate the public about this important event in American history.</p>
<p>Gulf Archeology Research Institute (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/florida" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Florida">Florida</a>) $49,500</p>
<p>The opening battles of the Second Seminole War occurred in and around the town of Micanopy. This project will identify and document the nature and extent of Fort Defiance and Fort Micanopy through field archeology, archival research, and data analysis.</p>
<p>LAMAR Institute (Georgia) $40,000</p>
<p>In December of 1864, the Confederacy suffered a devastating loss at the Battle of Monteith Swamp. Union troops broke through the Confederate defenses and took Savannah. This project will conduct archeology fieldwork to identify and document the battlefield as well as foster public outreach.</p>
<p>Ball State University (Indiana) $70,000</p>
<p>The Battle on the Wabash (1791) and the Battle of Fort Recovery (1794), which occurred in Ohio, represent the largest engagement of the American Army and Native American forces in the history of the United States. Little is known about these battles. The site identification and documentation plan will define the battlefield boundaries – a first step toward diminishing the threat of private development and looting at these battlefields.</p>
<p>Madison County (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/kentucky" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Kentucky">Kentucky</a>) $35,000</p>
<p>The Battle of Richmond is the second largest Civil War site in <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/kentucky" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Kentucky">Kentucky</a> and is one of three major battles that are part of the “Confederate heartland offensive” within <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/kentucky" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. A preservation plan will address the needs of local government and will suggest ways to partner with the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD), as well as other organizations, agencies, and the community, to develop ways to protect threatened battlefield land.</p>
<p>Tebbs Bend Battlefield Association (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/kentucky" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Kentucky">Kentucky</a>) $35,000</p>
<p>The Civil War Battle of Tebbs Bend was the first major engagement of Confederate General John Morgan’s Great Raid, a push into the northern Midwestern states intended to capture supplies and erode support for the Union war effort. Building on the work of a previous ABPP grant, an archeology survey will be developed for the Tebbs Bend Battlefield.</p>
<p>Northwestern State University of Louisiana $41,000</p>
<p>During the Red River Campaign of 1864, a fierce engagement occurred between Admiral David Dixon Porter’s fleet, the Confederate land batteries, and several hundred sharpshooters on Deloach’s Bluff Battlefield. This project will identify the location of subsurface resources and the extent of the historic battlefield through a cultural resource survey, GIS/GPS fieldwork, remote sensing, and minimal archeology testing.</p>
<p>Wood Lake Battlefield Preservation Association (Minnesota) $47,000</p>
<p>Wood Lake was the final major battle of the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.</p>
<p>Preoccupied with the Civil War, the U.S. Government violated treaties with Minnesota’s Dakota Indians, leading to hardships for these tribes. Building on the work of a previous ABPP grant, a comprehensive preservation plan will be developed for the Wood Lake Battlefield.</p>
<p>Frontier Heritage Alliance (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/montana" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Montana">Montana</a>) $68,800</p>
<p>The final battles of the Sioux Indian Wars were against the Northern Pacific Railroad survey expedition on the Yellowstone River in 1873. This project will indentify and document the Stanley-Custer Battles with Sioux Warriors, produce a historical report and a National Register nomination, and educate land owners about the historic significance of their properties.</p>
<p>Natural Heritage Trust (New York) $75,000</p>
<p>British General Burgoyne surrendered his sword to Colonial General Gates during the end of Battles of Saratoga on October 17, 1777. As a defining military engagement during the Revolutionary War, the sword surrender proved to the French Government that Colonial forces were capable of winning the war. This led the French to ally with the Americans. The project will produce a cultural landscape treatment plan and site development plan for the preservation and interpretation of the Sword Surrender site.</p>
<p>Research Foundation of State University of New York at Binghamton</p>
<p>$50,723</p>
<p>The Revolutionary War Battle of Newtown was among the Continental Army’s most significant battles during the Sullivan and Clinton Campaign against British allied Iroquois in the New York frontier. This project will conduct an archeological field survey to identify material remains associated with the Battle of Newtown to better define the integrity and the battlefield’s main defining features. Findings will be used to formulate a preservation plan for the battlefield.</p>
<p>East Carolina University, Maritime Studies (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/north-carolina" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with North Carolina">North Carolina</a>) $80,000</p>
<p>Following America’s entry into WWII, a protracted naval conflict was waged between German and Allied naval vessels along the U.S. eastern seaboard during the Battle of the Atlantic. This project will conduct an archeological inventory of the submerged cultural resources from naval conflicts to supplement current historical records.</p>
<p>Rutherford County (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/north-carolina" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with North Carolina">North Carolina</a>) $40,000</p>
<p>Between 1776 and 1783, Gilbert Town was a staging ground and campsite for various British and Patriot commands. It played an important role in several Revolutionary War campaigns in the Carolinas. This project will complete an archeological survey of key properties that will most likely be impacted by development at the Gilbert Town Battlefield site. In addition, a long-term archeological plan for the site will be produced.</p>
<p>County of Chester (Pennsylvania) $40,000</p>
<p>The Battle of Paoli was George Washington’s third and final attempt to prevent the British from taking the colonial capital city during Howe’s Philadelphia Campaign of 1777. This project will identify and inventory threatened parcels at the Paoli Battlefield. The project findings will be used to update the county’s historic atlas and create a predictive model for preservation by using GIS technology.</p>
<p>Coastal Carolina University, Center for Historical Studies (South Carolina)</p>
<p>$60,000</p>
<p>Horry and Georgetown Counties contain Revolutionary War and Civil War battlefield sites that will be identified and documented through this project. The findings of this project will be used to increase the awareness of battlefield sites in these two counties for future preservation planning efforts.</p>
<p>South Carolina Research Foundation $64,200</p>
<p>In 1865, the Union Army, led by General William T. Sherman, began a campaign to subdue South Carolina. Sherman’s army marched across the state fighting battles and skirmishes, disrupting rail traffic, and destroying property. This project will identify and document multiple battlefields, skirmish sites, and camps associated with this campaign to provide the South Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Board with baseline data for preservation.</p>
<p>Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Tennessee) $32,100 In 1863, the Federal Army ended Confederate control of Chattanooga, a vital transportation hub, after several key battles during the Campaign for Chattanooga. Building on the work of a GIS database developed with funding from a previous ABPP grant, this project will work toward preservation advocacy and consensus building among local planners, landowners, developers, and other stakeholders within the Chattanooga Battlefield boundaries.</p>
<p>Tennessee State Library and Archives $40,750</p>
<p>This statewide project will take a comprehensive GIS database of 38 Civil War sites and make it available online for federal, state, and local planning agencies and preservation organizations. The geospatial database with economic and demographic overlays will be accessible to the public on the web through the Tennessee GIS server. Greater access to historical information should lead to increased public interest.</p>
<p>University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College $26,000 The Siege of Fort Brown during the U.S.-Mexican War highlighted traditional siege tactics and earthwork construction techniques, and featured numerous men who would assume important military leadership roles in subsequent battles in American history. This project will produce a cultural landscape inventory that will include GIS mapping, a historical overview, military terrain analysis, and an analysis of present conditions on the site.</p>
<p>St. Thomas Historical Trust (U.S. Virgin Islands) $44,500</p>
<p>In 1801, Fort Frederik participated in a battle with two British ships &#8211; the only well documented battle with an enemy force on St. Thomas, U.S.</p>
<p>Virgin Islands. This project will conduct an engineering study for the stabilization of ruins at Fort Frederik as it is threatened by frequent hurricanes and other natural forces. There will be documentation of Fort Frederik, the battle, and the ships, as well as an underwater survey of the adjacent seabed.</p>
<p>City of Burlington, Community and Economic Development Office (Vermont) $45,000 During Burlington’s engagement, the British were repelled and Thomas McDonough’s Fleet moored below the Burlington Battery. This project will delineate Burlington’s War of 1812 resources and develop an archeological management plan for Burlington Battlefield. Field techniques of archeology and GIS mapping were used during the completion of a previous ABPP grant project. This plan will assist the community to preserve and protect the battle remains discovered by that work.</p>
<p>Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a>) $61,500</p>
<p>This project will create a new battlefield preservation and planning website for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District and Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation in preparation for the Civil War Sesquicentennial. The website will build awareness and support for the preservation of 15 battlefields in the Shenandoah Valley and will include a mapping application.</p>
<p>Shenandoah Valley Network (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a>) $21,500</p>
<p>The goal of this advocacy project is to secure improved local zoning and planning in two Shenandoah Valley counties. This effort will preserve the rural character, agricultural base, and natural and historic resources on which the future of six nationally-significant Civil War battlefields depend. The project will include public outreach, GIS mapping depicting the impacts of proposed local ordinances, and technical support for preservation programs.</p>
<p>Stafford County (<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a>) $77,700</p>
<p>The Battle of Aquia Creek was one of the first naval engagements in the Civil War. Union vessels and Confederate batteries exchanged roughly 1,000 rounds over Aquia Landing, which was a pivotal gateway between the capital cities of Richmond, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a>, and Washington, DC. This project will conduct an archeological survey that will include underwater archeology, and will produce a National Register nomination application.</p>
<p>Total $1,246,273</p>

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<p>Parktips May 2010</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm">http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm</a>. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of Parktips. You can also receive a personal copy of Parktips, via e-mail or fax, by registering at our website.</p>
<p>Christmas Tree Worm, Spinycheek Sleeper, Mosquitofish…</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/florida" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Florida">Florida</a>) &#8212; Join the National Park Service and the National Geographic Society at the Biscayne BioBlitz on April 30 and May 1. Teams of scientists, naturalists, community leaders, students, and members of the public will set out to discover and record as many living organisms in and out of the crystal-clear water at Biscayne National Park as possible in 24 hours. The event will increase awareness of the diverse—and, in some cases, fantastically named—species found in Biscayne—home to the perfumed spiderlily and the sargassumfish, among others—and afford stewards a better understanding of how to protect the natural environment. Activities will continue throughout the two days at the main “base camp” at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center and at a smaller “base camp” on Elliott Key. A festival celebrating biodiversity will follow the species count on May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, please contact Linda Friar at</p>
<p>305-242-7714 or <a href="mailto:Linda_Friar@nps.gov">Linda_Friar@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Fête at Valley Forge</p>
<p>(Pennsylvania) &#8212; On Saturday, May 1, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Revolutionary War re-enactors will hold an encampment to celebrate the 232 nd anniversary of America’s pivotal alliance with France in 1778. Visitors can speak with officers, enlisted men, women, and children about what they experienced at Valley Forge and what the French Alliance meant to the American Revolution. At the park’s visitor center, children can create tri-corner hats and French flags. The next day, Sunday, May 2, a Washington Memorial Chapel service at 11:30 a.m. will commemorate the Alliance and the French and American soldiers who fell in combat with the British. A special wreath-laying ceremony will take place at 12:30 p.m. at the Daughters of the American Revolution Monument. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Oates at 610-783-1009.</p>
<p>Guns in a Park—But Not to Demonstrate Constitutional Rights</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/mississippi" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Mississippi">Mississippi</a>) &#8212; Civil War re-enactor and retired history teacher Curtis Makamson will discuss his collection of replicas of Civil War-era weapons at the William M. Colmer Visitor Center of Gulf Islands National Seashore on May 2. Come at 2 p.m. for this approximately one-hour talk. The collection includes muskets, pistols, and edged carbines. For more information, please contact Susan Blair at 228-230-4106.</p>
<p>Santa Fe Trail Caravan</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/colorado" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Colorado">Colorado</a>) &#8212; Take a three-mile hike down the Santa Fe Trail behind an ox-driven Conestoga wagon. Interpreters from Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site will demonstrate trail life in the 1840s. The caravan will leave Sierra Vista Overlook on Highway 350 at 10 a.m. on May 8 and travel to the Timpas Picnic Area. For more information, please contact Rick Wallner at 719-383-5024 or <a href="mailto:rick_wallner@nps.gov">rick_wallner@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Denali Thaws Out</p>
<p>(Alaska) &#8212; As days lengthen and temperatures rise above freezing, Denali National Park and Preserve is springing back to life. The Denali Visitor Center opens for the summer season on Saturday, May 15. Rangers will be on hand to provide general park information and interpretive programs, which include the 2 p.m. sled dog demonstration. Other facilities in the park’s entrance area, including the Denali Bookstore, Morino Grill, Wilderness Access Center, and the Backcountry Information Center, will also open for the season on May 15. One campground is currently open (Riley Creek), and others will open on May 19 and May 20. Denali Natural History Tours begin on Wednesday, May 12, and the Tundra Wilderness Tour (TWT) shoulder season trips begin on May 15. The shuttle bus system begins its seasonal operations on Thursday, May 20. The system provides access beyond the Savage River (Mile 15) as far west as the Toklat River (Mile 53). Buses will run farther west, as far as the Eielson Visitor Center (Mile 66), beginning on Tuesday, June 1, and the entire 92-mile length of the park road will open for bus travel on Tuesday, June 8. The first 15 miles of the park road will remain open to visitors in private vehicles throughout the summer season. For more information, please contact Kris Fister at</p>
<p>907-683-9583 or <a href="mailto:Kris_Fister@nps.gov">Kris_Fister@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Hit the Beach, Broom in Hand</p>
<p>(Puerto Rico) &#8212; San Juan National Historic Site will hold its annual spring cleanup on Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. The cleanup will take place on the north beach of Castillo San Cristobal, which features the historic Garita del Diablo and the community of La Perla. Usually, the Garita del Diablo and the stretch of beach along San Cristobal’s north walls are off-limits to visitors. Volunteers will be given the opportunity to visit the fortifications at San Juan NHS free of charge after participating in the cleanup. For more information, please contact Dilcia Gonzalez at 787-729-6777 ext. 239 or <a href="mailto:dilcia_gonzalez@nps.gov">dilcia_gonzalez@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Botanic Bonanza</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/california" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with California">California</a>) &#8212; On May 15 from 8 a.m. to noon, come enjoy the wonder and beauty of native plants in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.</p>
<p>Then, take some of those species home. The annual Santa Monica Mountains Native Plant Fair offers native plants for sale, educational materials on gardening with natives, and tours of the National Park Service’s ethnobotanic garden and native plant nursery. There will be a special planting event at 10 a.m. to help restore parkland. For more information, please contact Lauren Newman at 805-370-2343 or <a href="mailto:lauren_newman@nps.gov">lauren_newman@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Creative Expression Where Freedom Was Denied</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/california" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with California">California</a>) &#8212; Visitors are invited to enjoy “Selected Artists from the Henry Fukuhara Annual Alabama Hills and Manzanar Workshop,” an art show and sale sponsored by the Manzanar History Association and held in the Manzanar Interpretive Center through May 16. For more information, please contact Alisa Lynch at 760-878-2194 ext. 2711.</p>
<p>GPS Demystified</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/california" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with California">California</a>) &#8212; On May 22 at 2 p.m., join Ranger Mike at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to learn how to use GPS to explore the Santa Monica Mountains. The class will cover the nuts and bolts of the device, field applications, and rules and regulations for use at different park sites. Participants will then head out into the park for a field session. For more information, please contact Lauren Newman at 805-370-2343 or <a href="mailto:lauren_newman@nps.gov">lauren_newman@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Great Gyotaku</p>
<p>(<a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/mississippi" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Mississippi">Mississippi</a>) &#8212; Visitors can learn gyotaku, a traditional form of Japanese fish printing used by fishermen to record their catches, at Gulf Islands National Seashore on May 23. For more information, please contact Susan Blair at 228-230-4106.</p>
<p>Paddle from <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a> to Louisiana</p>
<p>(Southeast) &#8212; The National Park Service and partners are working to identify a saltwater paddling trail that will take canoeists and kayakers along the coasts of <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/virginia" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/north-carolina" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, South Carolina, and Georgia; connect to the <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/florida" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Florida">Florida</a> Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail; and, picking up where the <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/florida" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Florida">Florida</a> trail ends, extend along the coasts of Alabama, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/mississippi" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Mississippi">Mississippi</a>, and Louisiana. Many access sites and accommodations for canoes and kayaks already exist along the route, but paddlers lack a database and map of all safe, legal access points, as well as a guide to dangerous conditions and gaps in the route. For more information, please contact Charlotte Gillis at 404-507-5692 or <a href="mailto:charlotte_gillis@nps.gov">charlotte_gillis@nps.gov</a>.</p>
<p>Little Cabin in the Woods</p>
<p>(Alaska) &#8212; No Blackberry or iPhone service. Yikes, is that possible?</p>
<p>Absolutely! Journalists, consider staying at a remote National Park Service cabin and then, upon your return to civilization, bringing your readers, viewers, or listeners the story of an unwired piece of an Alaskan vacation.</p>
<p>There are public-use cabins along the coast of Kenai Fjords, which provides a perfect refuge for kayakers. Along the Yukon River lie historic mining and roadhouse cabins that now host river travelers. For the fly-in enthusiast, a dozen cabins await in Wrangell-St. Elias, America’s largest national park. Ironically, all the information on these very unwired cabins is available online at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/kefj">www.nps.gov/kefj</a> ( <a href="http://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/publicusecabins_summer.htm">http://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/publicusecabins_summer.htm</a>),</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nps.gov/yuch">www.nps.gov/yuch</a> (<a href="http://www.nps.gov/yuch/planyourvisit/publicusecabins.htm">http://www.nps.gov/yuch/planyourvisit/publicusecabins.htm</a></p>
<p>), and <a href="http://www.nps.gov/wrst">www.nps.gov/wrst</a> (</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry%20CABINS%20book%20Updated%2012-3.pdf">http://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry%20CABINS%20book%20Updated%2012-3.pdf</a></p>
<p>). For more information, please contact John Quinley at 907-644-3512.</p>
<p>There’s No Place Like Home, But a Hospital Makes a Good Consolation Prize (New York) &#8212; When a group of architecture students from Sweden were stranded because of the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull, they got a tour of Ellis Island’s south side. This area contains a U.S. <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/health" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Health">Health</a> Hospital not open to public visitation, where the students learned about pavilion-style medical architecture and early 20th-century construction techniques. For more information, please contact Mindi Rambo at 212-668-2208.</p>
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		<title>Sunday! Rainbow boa panel with Dave Colling and Jeff Clark</title>
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    Tonight, Sunday, February 7, at 10 PM Eastern Time/7 PM Pacific Time in the kingsnake.com chat room, Dave Colling and Jeff Clark join us for a Rainbow Boa Panel in live streaming audio.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    Tonight, Sunday, February 7, at 10 PM Eastern Time/7 PM Pacific Time in the <a href="http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/exit.php?url_id=1821&amp;entry_id=481" title="http://chat.pethobbyist.com/login.php?room_id=1011"  onmouseover="window.status='http://chat.pethobbyist.com/login.php?room_id=1011';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;" >kingsnake.com chat room</a>, Dave Colling and Jeff Clark join us for a Rainbow Boa Panel in <a href="http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/exit.php?url_id=1822&amp;entry_id=481" title="http://www.pethobbyist.com/articles/streamingchat.html"  onmouseover="window.status='http://www.pethobbyist.com/articles/streamingchat.html';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;" >live streaming audio</a>.</p>
<p>Jeff Clark of Savannah, Georgia has been hunting and keeping and breeding snakes much of the time since his first pet snake had babies in 1964. He has kept many different species and has captive bred dozens of different ones. He has specialized in Rainbow Boas since 1989. He currently keeps 6 different subspecies of Rainbow Boas and has kept and captive bred one other Rainbow Boa subspecies. Jeff will be able to answer local specific as well as general husbandry questions.</p>
<p>Dave Colling started breeding Rainbow Boas back in the early 80s with the Brazilian Rainbow Boas and was instantly hooked! Specializing in the genetics and color morphs, Dave has amassed a great collection of animals that are pure stunners. Dave will be joining us to touch upon the genetics and color variations in the breeding process as well as sharing his husbandry tips.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll see you there!</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[National Park Service News Release Michael “Alan” Marsh, Andersonville NHS, Michael_Marsh@nps.gov, 229-924-0343 x 115 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 November 10, 2009 Andersonville National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway ANDERSONVILLE, Ga. – The National Park Getaways series directs your attention to a different national park each week. This week, the spotlight [...]]]></description>
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<p>Michael “Alan” Marsh, Andersonville NHS, <a href="mailto:Michael_Marsh@nps.gov">Michael_Marsh@nps.gov</a>,</p>
<p>229-924-0343 x 115</p>
<p>Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, <a href="mailto:Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov">Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov</a>, 202-208-6843</p>
<p>November 10, 2009</p>
<p>Andersonville National Historic Site</p>
<p>America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway</p>
<p>ANDERSONVILLE, Ga. – The National Park Getaways series directs your attention to a different national park each week. This week, the spotlight falls on Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia. Unlike other parks, Andersonville doesn’t lure visitors with breathtaking scenery or draw them in with relaxing or exhilarating activities. Instead, people come to learn about the sacrifices made for our nation’s unity and ideals and to pay tribute to the people who made them.</p>
<p>Andersonville National Historic Site preserves the location of Camp Sumter, a Confederate prison from the Civil War. Here, Union prisoners were kept in overcrowded conditions under which many died. The National Prisoner of War Museum honors all Americans who, like the men held at Camp Sumter, were captured while serving their country. Although found at a Civil War site, the museum ensures remembrance for those taken prisoner during all of our nation’s conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to the present.</p>
<p>Likewise, the national cemetery at Andersonville honors and provides a final resting place for Civil War casualties and for veterans who rendered service in the century and a half following the War Between the States.</p>
<p>The cemetery’s marble gravestones stretch out before visitors. It is humbling to gaze upon the white markers and think that each represents a person who helped to secure our liberty and safety. To honor our veterans, 250 large American flags line the cemetery roads this week at Andersonville. “We fly these flags to honor our veterans and recognize their sacrifices” said Jon Bradley Bennett, Andersonville Superintendent.</p>
<p>“But the best way to honor them is to never forget what they have done and continue to do to ensure our freedom and the freedom of others.”</p>
<p>What can we give to people who have given their lives so that ours may thrive? Our nation collectively has given veterans time and space. What Veterans Day and Memorial Day are to the calendar, sites like Andersonville are to the land of the United States. These days and places are set aside so that we, as individuals, may give our veterans thanks as we remember them and learn about their experiences.</p>
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<p>Each week, National Park Getaways help people find new places to reconnect with nature, history, family, and friends. To see previous getaways visit <a href="http://www.nps.gov/getaways">www.nps.gov/getaways</a>.</p>

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		<title>75 American POWs and MIAs from 27 states to be honored in Andersonville in September</title>
		<link>http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/2009/09/02/75-american-pows-and-mias-from-27-states-to-be-honored-in-andersonville-in-september</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rolling Thunder&#8217;s 2009 Ride Home &#8211; a multi-day annual activity held in conjunction with the National Park Service&#8217;s Andersonville National Historic Site and Georgia Southwestern State University to recognize and honor the nation&#8217;s Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action &#8211; will be held in Andersonville, Americus and Cordele, GA, Sept. My Tags: America, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rolling Thunder&#8217;s 2009 Ride Home &#8211; a multi-day annual activity held in conjunction with the National Park Service&#8217;s Andersonville National Historic Site and Georgia Southwestern State University to recognize and honor the nation&#8217;s Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action &#8211; will be held in Andersonville, Americus and Cordele, GA, Sept.</p>

	My Tags: <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/america" title="America" rel="tag">America</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/georgia" title="Georgia" rel="tag">Georgia</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/park" title="Park" rel="tag">Park</a><br />

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		<title>Trail of Tears expanded into Georgia</title>
		<link>http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/2009/03/31/trail-of-tears-expanded-into-georgia</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by the Georgia chapter of the Trail of Tears Association ATLANTA &#8211; About 400 miles of new trail will be added to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in Georgia alone when President Barack Obama signed the Trail of Tears Documentation Act into law. My Tags: Frozen, Fuzzie, Fuzzy, Georgia, Hopper, Law, Mouse, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Submitted by the Georgia chapter of the Trail of Tears Association ATLANTA &#8211; About 400 miles of new trail will be added to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in Georgia alone when President Barack Obama signed the Trail of Tears Documentation Act into law.</p>

	My Tags: <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/frozen" title="Frozen" rel="tag">Frozen</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/fuzzie" title="Fuzzie" rel="tag">Fuzzie</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/fuzzy" title="Fuzzy" rel="tag">Fuzzy</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/georgia" title="Georgia" rel="tag">Georgia</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/hopper" title="Hopper" rel="tag">Hopper</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/law" title="Law" rel="tag">Law</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/mouse" title="Mouse" rel="tag">Mouse</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pinkie" title="Pinkie" rel="tag">Pinkie</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pinky" title="Pinky" rel="tag">Pinky</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pup" title="Pup" rel="tag">Pup</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/rat" title="Rat" rel="tag">Rat</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/weanling" title="Weanling" rel="tag">Weanling</a><br />

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		<title>A Georgia Community With an African Feel Fights a Wave of Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the last settlements of the Geechee people, which has retained an African flavor, has been discovered by speculators. My Tags: BuckRun, Community, Frozen, Fuzzie, Fuzzy, Georgia, Hopper, Mouse, Outdoors, Pinkie, Pinky, Pup, Rat, Weanling Related posts 2008 Director’s Report Highlights NPS Activities (0) Renewed Vantage at Center of Battle (0) Land Dispute Moves [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/us/04island.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss"><img src="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/20b8f_04island.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left" /></a>One of the last settlements of the Geechee people, which has retained an African flavor, has been discovered by speculators.</p>

	My Tags: <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/buckrun" title="BuckRun" rel="tag">BuckRun</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/community" title="Community" rel="tag">Community</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/frozen" title="Frozen" rel="tag">Frozen</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/fuzzie" title="Fuzzie" rel="tag">Fuzzie</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/fuzzy" title="Fuzzy" rel="tag">Fuzzy</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/georgia" title="Georgia" rel="tag">Georgia</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/hopper" title="Hopper" rel="tag">Hopper</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/mouse" title="Mouse" rel="tag">Mouse</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/outdoors" title="Outdoors" rel="tag">Outdoors</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pinkie" title="Pinkie" rel="tag">Pinkie</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pinky" title="Pinky" rel="tag">Pinky</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/pup" title="Pup" rel="tag">Pup</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/rat" title="Rat" rel="tag">Rat</a>, <a href="http://blog.buckrunoutdoors.com/tag/weanling" title="Weanling" rel="tag">Weanling</a><br />

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