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 [...]
U. S. Department of the Interior news release Date: July 28, 2010 Contact: Kendra Barkoff (DOI), (202) 208-6416 Kathy Kupper (NPS) (202) 208-6843 Salazar Announces National Park Service Will Waive Fees on August 14 & 15 WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the National Park Service will waive entrance fees [...]
National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2010 Contacts: Emily Prigot, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Emily_Prigot@nps.gov, 508-996-4095 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – This week, the National Park Getaway series drops anchor in the [...]
With 482 turtles found dead and 167 turtles found alive but impacted by oil, last week’s good news about sea turtle releases in the Gulf isn’t looking as good this week:
Federal biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles int…
AGENCIES WORK TO IMPROVE ANIMAS RIVER FISHERY DURANGO, Colo. — In an effort to improve the fishery in the Animas River through Durango and the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, three agencies are working to stock 100,000 rainbow trout in the river annually. In early July, the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Southern Ute Indian [...]
National Park Service News Release For immediate release – July 26, 2010 Contacts: David Barna, (202) 208-6843, David_Barna@nps.gov Patrick O’Driscoll, (303) 969-2839, Patrick_O’Driscoll@nps.gov Wessels Named Intermountain Regional Director Will lead one of seven National Park Service regions WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis has named John A. Wessels as the Service’s Intermountain regional [...]
The best time to go herping is common knowledge to the reptile community, but other people might not realize this.
In Texas, reports are climbing of Coral Snakes, which is bad with a shortage of anti-venom:
The coral snake is one of four types …
Chytrid fungus is killing species of frogs as fast as they can be identified in Panama. From the Ticotimes.com:
The study confirmed a worldwide trend of amphibian populations being decimated by a fungal pathogen called chytrid. Three U.S. research…
National Park Service News Release For Immediate Release: July 22, 2010 Contact: Beth Boland, 202-354-2238, beth_boland@nps.gov “Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep” National Park Service launches online lesson plan WASHINGTON, DC: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or [...]
Gulf Islands National Seashore Media Availability For Immediate Release – Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Mary Pat Doorley, NPS, (251) 382-3442; Jeff Wolin, NPS, (251) 233-6834 Who: The Unified Area Command in New Orleans, represented by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and other key federal, state [...]
