Posts Tagged ‘Law’

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2010 Contacts: Heather Brown, Tallgrass Prairie, Heather_Brown@nps.gov, 620-273-6034 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway STRONG CITY, Kan. – Let “hopeful green stuff” cushion your soles as you walk. Come play with “the produced babe of [...]

Salem Maritime National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 10, 2010 Contact: Emily Murphy, Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Emily_Murphy@nps.gov, 978-740-1691 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 Salem Maritime National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway SALEM, Mass. – Since the beginning, Americans have had a love affair with their national parks. [...]

Scott Emmerich Receives 2010 Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 9, 2010 Contact: Kathy Kupper (202)208-6843 or Kathy_Kupper@nps.gov Scott Emmerich Receives 2010 Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award WASHINGTON, DC – Could you imagine a job where on any given day you might handle a wild cougar, rescue someone from the top of a mountain, [...]

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 [...]

Herp Report: May Conservation Roundup

I hold conservation very dear to my heart, with out the work of those trying to save some of the reptile species in the wild, we won’t have these animals to enjoy for years to come. So I thought I would spotlight some conservation stories.

It is…

Herp Report: May Conservation Roundup

I hold conservation very dear to my heart, with out the work of those trying to save some of the reptile species in the wild, we won’t have these animals to enjoy for years to come. So I thought I would spotlight some conservation stories.

It is…

National Park Service Honors Outstanding Volunteers

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 14, 2010 Contact: Kathy Kupper (202) 208-6843 National Park Service Honors Outstanding Volunteers WASHINGTON –Throwing a 100th birthday celebration for the “Crown of the Continent” and removing over 33 tons of garbage from a park are Herculean feats. So too are engaging thousands of children [...]

Herp Report: Legislation Alert

From the Chron/National, a new species is starting to bring the attention of Florida Fish and Wildlife:

As if the latest reports of Burmese pythons, monitor lizards and Cuban tree frogs crawling around Florida are not enough to creep you out, the…

Herp Report: Legislation Alert

From the Chron/National, a new species is starting to bring the attention of Florida Fish and Wildlife:

As if the latest reports of Burmese pythons, monitor lizards and Cuban tree frogs crawling around Florida are not enough to creep you out, the…

$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 [...]