Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’

Tonto National Monument America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

National Park Service News Release
Susan Hughes, Tonto National Monument, susan_hughes@nps.gov, 928-467-2241
Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843
March 10, 2010
Tonto National Monument
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
ROOSEVELT, Ariz. – Drive a few hours from either of Arizona’s largest cities, and you’ll reach the epitome of the American Southwest. In this region, the earth stretches in desert expanses, [...]

EIGHTH ANNUAL HIGH PLAINS SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL IN LAMAR

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 [...]

Parktips – January 2010

National Park Service
Parktips – January 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 can also [...]

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN CONSERVATION WORKSHOP IN LAMAR

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN CONSERVATION WORKSHOP IN LAMAR
LAMAR, Colo. – Conservation of lesser prairie-chickens will be the subject of a workshop at the Division of Wildlife Office in Lamar Nov. 12, from 4-8 p.m.   The [...]

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN CONSERVATION WORKSHOP IN LAMAR

LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN CONSERVATION WORKSHOP IN LAMAR
LAMAR, Colo. – Conservation of lesser prairie-chickens will be the subject of a workshop at the Division of Wildlife Office in Lamar Nov. 12, from 4-8 p.m.   The [...]

North Cascades National Park Complex America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

 
National Park Service News Release
 Kerry Olson, North Cascades National Park, 360-854-7302

 
 Jody Lyle, NPS Headquarters, 202-208-6843

 

 

 
July 1, 2009

 

 

 
North Cascades National Park Complex

 
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

 

 

 
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, WASHINGTON – Seattle is cool…but glaciers are cooler still.
More than 300 of ‘em can be found in the rugged mountain peaks of North Cascades National Park Complex, a two [...]

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

 

 
National Park Service News Release

 

 

 
Norma Pineda, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, 505-847-2585

 
Jody Lyle, NPS Headquarters, 202-208-6843

 
June 24, 2009

 
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

 

 
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. – Ready to get away to 17th-century New Mexico? Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument offers the adventure and romance of the old Southwest.

 
The national park’s rich [...]

National parks in New Mexico getting $8 million

White Sands National Monument’s superintendent says he’s excited about federal stimulus money coming in because the headquarters needs new windows to keep out the rain during summer monsoons and new carpet because of rains in the past.

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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – The solitary hump rising above the gypsum dunes at White Sands National Monument isn’t a part of the San Andres Mountains.

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