Posts Tagged ‘Health’

National Park Service Parktips – August 2010

National Park Service Parktips – August 2010 The National Park Service submits the following ideas for news stories for your consideration. For more information about any of them, please contact Elise Cleva at 202-208-6843 or Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov. American Journal of Public Health Explores New Role for Rangers In the future, park rangers may educate visitors about [...]

AGENCIES WORK TO IMPROVE ANIMAS RIVER FISHERY

AGENCIES WORK TO IMPROVE ANIMAS RIVER FISHERY DURANGO, Colo. — In an effort to improve the fishery in the Animas River through Durango and the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, three agencies are working to stock 100,000 rainbow trout in the river annually. In early July, the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Southern Ute Indian [...]

Gulf spill, day 85

It’s day 85 of the BP Gulf oil spill. The oil is still spilling, the animals are still dying, and it’s hurricane season. And this week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this week began the long process of performing necrop…

Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc. announces 3rd Sculpture in Outdoor Mentor Series

  NEWS RELEASE         Contact:           Michael  Christensen Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc. 310 E 2nd Wichita, KS  67202 316-290-8883 mchristensen@outdoormentors.org http://www.outdoormentors.org   Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors, Inc. announces 3rd Sculpture in Outdoor Mentor Series   WICHITA, KS (July 5, 2010). Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors has announced [...]

Young scholars help National Park Service tackle climate change

National Park Service News Release Climate Change Response Program 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-225-3597 phone www.nps.gov/climatechange July 1, 2010 Contact(s): Angie Richman, 970-267-2136, Angie_Richman@nps.gov Lisa Norby, 303-969-2318, Lisa_Norby@nps.gov Young scholars help National Park Service tackle climate change George Melendez Wright programs premier this summer (Fort Collins, CO) – From temperature [...]

Engineered antibodies directed against a promising therapeutic target on ovarian cancer cells

Stealthy and stubborn, ovarian cancer is a particularly vexing malignancy, difficult to diagnose in early stages and difficult to treat once it progresses further. However, research is now focusing on one of the most promising new approaches to dealing…

Manipulating microbes in the gut may remedy disease and enhance health

We are what we eat, but who are “we?” New, high-powered genomic analytical techniques have established that as many as 1,000 different single-celled species coexist in relative harmony in every healthy human gut.

First Lady Michelle Obama Asks Junior Rangers to Take It Outside at Our National Parks

National Park Service For Immediate Release – June 17, 2010 Contact: David Barna, (202) 208-6843, David_Barna@nps.gov Jennifer Mummart, (202) 208-4986, Jennifer_Mummart@nps.gov First Lady Michelle Obama Asks Junior Rangers to Take It Outside at Our National Parks WASHINGTON – “Let’s Move Outside, Junior Rangers!” is First Lady Michelle Obama’s call to kids across the country this [...]

Turtles taking hard hits

The title of the first article says it all. Wildlife experts assess oil’s impact … and shudder. The Herald Tribune’s article today brings forth some scary information regarding the turtles:
Five species of sea turtles already on the verge of …

Turtles taking hard hits

The title of the first article says it all. Wildlife experts assess oil’s impact … and shudder. The Herald Tribune’s article today brings forth some scary information regarding the turtles:
Five species of sea turtles already on the verge of …