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 [...]

National Park Service News Release July 20, 2010 – For immediate release Contact: Samantha Richardson, Samantha_Richardson@nps.gov, 303-969-2825 From the Brooklyn Bridge to Osaka, Japan National Park Service presents park design awards WASHINGTON: Public, private and international design firms from more than 20 states and five countries vied for honors in the inaugural Designing the Parks [...]

National Park Service News Release July 16, 2010 – For immediate release Contact: Samantha Richardson, Samantha_Richardson@nps.gov, 303-969-2825 From the Brooklyn Bridge to Osaka, Japan National Park Service presents park design awards WASHINGTON: Public, private and international design firms from more than 20 states and five countries vied for honors in the inaugural Designing the Parks [...]

BLM TRAILHEAD PROVIDES ACCESS TO COLORADO’S LARGEST BAT COLONY MONTE VISTA, Colo. — Easy trail access to one of Colorado’s most fascinating natural wonders – the bat roost at the Orient Mine in the San Luis Valley – has been provided through a team effort of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Orient Land Trust [...]

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…

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 [...]

National Park Service Parktips – July 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

National Park Service News Release Jane Ahern, Gateway National Recreation Area, Jane_Ahern@nps.gov, 718-354-4607 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 May 19, 2010 Gateway National Recreation Area America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Gateway National Recreation Area, this week’s feature in the National Park Getaway series found at www.nps.gov/getaways, serves resident New [...]