Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee’

$1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants

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 [...]

First Lady Michelle Obama Asks Junior Rangers to Take It Outside at Our National Parks

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 [...]

Parktips – April 2010

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 [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces Settlement on North Shore Road

U.S. Department of the Interior News Release Date: February 6, 2010 Contact: Julie Rodriguez (202) 744-4368 Bob Miller (865) 436-1207 Secretary Salazar Announces Settlement on North Shore Road WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a settlement has been reached in a dispute begun in 1943 over a proposed 34-mile stretch of [...]

Parktips – November 2009

National Park Service Parktips – November 2009 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 [...]

Parktips – October 2009

National Park Service Parktips – October 2009 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 [...]

Smokies To Be Honored On Quarter In 2014

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will represent Tennessee as one of 56 new quarters honoring national sites. Related posts Secretary Salazar Announces Settlement on North Shore Road (0) Parktips – October 2009 (0) Parktips – November 2009 (0) Parktips – April 2010 (0) Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th anniversary (0)

Vacationers still visit Tennessee but don’t stay in hotels

Greg and Lora Osborn of Indiana didn’t let a recession stop their plans for a vacation this year, but it did make them more aware of their budget. Related posts First Lady Michelle Obama Asks Junior Rangers to Take It Outside at Our National Parks (0) $1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service [...]

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway

  National Park Service News Release Jeannine McElveen, Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, 423-569-2404 ext. 232 Jody Lyle, NPS Headquarters, 202-208-6843   August 12, 2009       Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area     America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway     ONEIDA, Tenn. –   If you think [...]

Funding for Smokies and water projects

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander announced that the Interior appropriations bill he co-authored and that was approved by the Appropriations Committee today will fund a number of conservation efforts across Tennessee, including increased funding for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and other national parks, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, … Related posts Secretary Salazar [...]