I just got home from the Cartier exhibit at the San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor, where I discovered that Queen Elizabeth I wasn’t the only little-known herp-lover in history.
Mexican movie star María Félix apparently had a thing for…
Who knew the first Queen Elizabeth was a herper? From BBC news:
A mysterious image of a coiled snake has appeared in a 16th century painting of Queen Elizabeth I, the National Portrait Gallery has said.
The Tudor queen was depicted with the snak…
DOW ONLINE VIDEO: ‘ELK CAMP COLORADO’ PRESENTS UNIQUE LOOK AT COLORADO ELK HUNTING
DENVER, Colo.–Big game hunters can now experience the excitement and adventure of Colorado elk hunting by immersing themselves in "Elk Camp Colorado,"the latest online video from the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Filmed [...]
Tonight, President Obama’s State of the Union Address will be broadcast for all to see. Also re-airing this evening, will be Ken Burns’ latest documentary – The National Parks: America’s Best Idea on PBS.
http://www.npca.org/bestidea/
During his speech, the President is sure to address job growth and creation, a topic that is on everyone’s mind. Did [...]
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National Park Service
Parktips – January 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 [...]
Will bad science make a bad law? It will if we don’t take action.
Just like everyone who cares about keeping reptiles, I’m extremely concerned about S373 and HR2811, federal bills in the House and Senate that would ban several species of phythons…
National Park Service News Release
Noreen Hancock, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Noreen_hancock@nps.gov, 516-922-4788 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843
November 18, 2009
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. – A week from today, millions of us will be thronging airports and gingerly pulling onto crowded highways, bound for different places, yet [...]
KOKANEE EGG SHORTAGE LEADS DOW TO EXPAND SPAWNING OPERATIONS
DENVER, Colo.–The Colorado Division of Wildlife today announced it will expand its kokanee salmon spawning operations to include three additional reservoirs to offset a decline in the number of eggs collected during this season’s spawning runs. [...]
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 can also [...]
