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 News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 7, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 Elise Cleva (202) 208-6843 Toothman to Lead Historic Preservation & Cultural Programs Accomplished National Park Service Veteran Named to Post WASHINGTON, DC – National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis has named Stephanie Smith Toothman, Ph.D., as the [...]

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 [...]

Christmas Tree Worms, Guns, & More Parktips May 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 [...]

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, [...]

Parktips – April 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 receive [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 15, 2010 Contact: David Barna 202-208-6843 Kinks in time funded by National Center for Preservation Technology and Training WASHINGTON – With financial support from the National Park Service, universities, non-profit organizations, federal departments, and state agencies will seize time and bend it, looping the present [...]

National Park Service News Release Contacts: Frances Delmar, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Frances_Delmar@nps.gov, 610-582-8773 ext. 233 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 March 3, 2010 Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway ELVERSON, Pa. – This week, the National Park Getaways series invites you to visit Hopewell Furnace National Historic [...]

National Park Service Parktips – March 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 [...]