Posts Tagged ‘Kansas’

Youth Goose hunt featured on STEP OUTSIDE this week!

Last January, Dan Bell and Bell Wildlife Specialties hosted a goose hunt for a bunch of Kansas kids.  STEP OUTSIDE TV came along and caught all of the fun to share with you.  You can watch the show this week on Outdoor Channel at the following times: 07-21 at 8:00AM | 07-23 at 11:00AM | [...]

$1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants

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 [...]

Parktips – June 2010

National Park Service Parktips – June 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 [...]

$3 million for WWII Japanese American Confinement Sites National Park Service Grants Fund Preservation Efforts

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 13, 2010 Contact: Gerry Gaumer (202) 208-6843 Kara Miyagishima (303) 969-2885 $3 million for WWII Japanese American Confinement Sites National Park Service Grants Fund Preservation Efforts Washington — The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded 23 grants totaling $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret [...]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CLEANUP AT RUNYON LAKE

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CLEANUP AT RUNYON LAKE PUEBLO, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help clean up the area around Runyon Lake on Saturday, May 15 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.   May 15 is National River Cleanup Day, and cleanup projects are planned by several organizations at [...]

Point Reyes Superintendent Named Seasoned Professional to Lead National Seashore

National Park Service News Release For Immediate Release Contact: Sue Husari, sue_husari@nps.gov (510) 817-1320 Point Reyes Superintendent Named Seasoned Professional to Lead National Seashore WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today announced Cicely Muldoon as the new superintendent of Point Reyes National Seashore in northern California. She will report to the park in [...]

A Field Day for National Park Collectors

National Park Service News Release For release: April 20, 2010 Contact: David Barna, David_Barna@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 A Field Day for National Park Collectors WASHINGTON – Pssst…philatelists, numismatists, parkies – you know who you are. National Park Week has good things in store for you. If it’s the cha-ching of change or shiny, new things that capture [...]

150th Anniversary of Pony Express National Historic Trail Preserves Missouri-to-California Route

National Park Service News Release For Immediate Release: April 15, 2010 Contact: David Barna, 202-208-6843 150th Anniversary of Pony Express National Historic Trail Preserves Missouri-to-California Route WASHINGTON, DC – Hooves pound the earth. Sunlight flashes off a bit. Dust billows around two figures as they pass in a blur: black manes, brown flanks. Rawhide chaps, [...]

2010 FISHING FORCAST FOR SE COLORADO

2010 FISHING FORCAST FOR SE COLORADO Prepared by: Gary Dowler, Aquatic Biologist – Colorado Springs Jim Melby, Aquatic Biologist – Pueblo Greg Policky, Aquatic Biologist – Salida Jim Ramsay, Aquatic Biologist – Lamar Doug Krieger, SE Region Senior Aquatic Biologist   This report is based on the best information that we have available as of [...]

FLY FISHING SEMINAR IN SALIDA

FLY FISHING SEMINAR IN SALIDA SALIDA, Colo. – The Colorado Division of Wildlife will provide a fly fishing class on Sat., April 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Salida.   The seminar is geared toward intermediate fly-fisherman and takes place in two sessions – indoor classroom instruction at the Salida DOW office in [...]