On Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9 PM Eastern Time in the kingsnake.com chat room, we’ll be talking in live streaming audio with Russ Gurley, founder of the Turtle and Tortoise Preservation Group.
The TTPG was created in 1996 to help spread the horrible new…
Date: February 23, 2010
Contact: Hugh Vickery (202) 208-6416
Jeffrey Olson, NPS, (202) 208-6843
Despite Economic Downturn, Americans and Foreign Visitors Flocked to Our
National Parks in 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ten million more Americans and foreign tourists visited the nation’s national parks last year than in 2008, a 3.9 percent increase that marked the fifth [...]
If bad bacteria lurk in your system, chances are they will bump into the immune system’s protective cells whose job is gobbling germs. The catch is that these do-gooders, known as macrophages, ingest and destroy only those infectious invaders that they can securely hook and reel in. Now, scientists have shown that a healthy immune response depends on a protein called TRPV2 which, they discovered, is the means by which macrophages capitalize on brief and accidental encounters with nasty bugs.
America’s State Parks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMERICA’S STATE PARKS ALLIANCE LAUNCHED TO ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHFUL AND
ECONOMIC BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE 50 STATES
More than 725 million visits provide a collective $20 billion economic
impact to communities surrounding 6,000 state park units nationwide
ARLINGTON, Virginia (February 16, 2010) – Millions of Americans who
rely on state parks for outdoor recreation are at [...]
Wholegrain bread is good and good for you, as most people know. But it is not only the fiber-rich bran, the outer shell of the grain, that is healthful. On the contrary, new research shows that bread baked with white rye flour, which is flour made from the inner, white part of the rye kernel, leads to better insulin and blood sugar levels compared with wheat bread with rye bran. White rye flour thus leads to much better values than both regular wheat flour and rye bran. At the same time, much of the bread that is sold in stores today in most countries is in fact baked with wheat flour and bran from various grains.
Scientists have now validated the long-held and controversial hypothesis that antibodies — usually the “good guys” in the body’s fight against viruses — instead contribute to severe dengue virus-induced disease. The finding has major implications for the development of a first-ever vaccine against dengue virus, a growing public health threat which annually infects 50 to 100 million people worldwide, causing a half million cases of the severest form.
EIGHTH ANNUAL HIGH PLAINS SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL IN LAMAR
LAMAR, Colo. – The city of Lamar and the Colorado Division of Wildlife will co-host the eight annual "High Plains Snow Goose Festival," the weekend of February 25-28. The popular event [...]
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 [...]
‘SDS PROJECT,’ SHEEP MANAGEMENT AND CHARLIE MEYERS’ DEDICATION ON TAP FOR COMMISSION WORKSHOP
DENVER, Colo. — The "Southern Delivery System Project," Georgetown bighorn sheep management and a dedication to late Denver Post writer Charlie Meyers headline the agenda for the Colorado Wildlife Commission’s Feb. 11 [...]
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 1, 2010
Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843
$2.7 Billion Proposed for FY2011 National Park Service Budget
Washington, DC – The President’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the National Park Service requests $2.7 billion and makes investments of $35.3 million in park operations increases. The budget underscores cost containment, program [...]
