Posts Tagged ‘Seattle’

$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 [...]

TOP 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARK WEEK 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARK WEEK & EARTH DAY? THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION PRESENT: TOP 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARK WEEK 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2010) – National Park Week is here and Earth Day is just a few [...]

Interviews from the PIJAC/USARK Reptile Summit

kingsnake.com founder Jeff Barringer interviewed a number of attendees at the PIJAC/USARK Reptile Summit in Tinley Park this evening, part of the NARBC Conference and Tradeshow.

First is Bill Brant of The Gourmet Rodent, and PIJAC’s representativ…

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

National Park Service News Release Sean_O’Meara, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Sean_O’Meara@nps.gov, 206-220-4240 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 January 27, 2010 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway SEATTLE – In less than three weeks, figure skaters will be spinning, lugers sliding, and skiers racing cross-country and whizzing [...]

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 [...]

Grand Canyon celebrates 90th year as national park

Looking over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Don Stover points out the blues, greens and other pastel colors in the landscape, and then his mind starts racing. It’s the 50-year-old Seattle resident’s first trip to the Grand Canyon, and he can’t stop but think about how early pioneers traveled through the area, how [...]