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 can also [...]

National Park Service News Release
Gloria Updyke, George Washington Birthplace, gloria_updyke@nps.gov,
804-224-1732 ext. 224
Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843
February 18, 2010
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPLACE, Va. – The ruddy bark of cedars glows as morning light strikes their trunks. Solid and strong as the trees are, their amply spaced bodies form [...]

America’s State Parks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMERICA’S STATE PARKS ALLIANCE LAUNCHED TO ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHFUL AND
ECONOMIC BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE 50 STATES
More than 725 million visits provide a collective $20 billion economic
impact to communities surrounding 6,000 state park units nationwide
ARLINGTON, Virginia (February 16, 2010) – Millions of Americans who
rely on state parks for outdoor recreation are at [...]

National Park Service
Parktips – February 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 [...]

National Park Service
Parktips – December 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 [...]

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 [...]

Blue Ridge Parkway
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Elizabeth Sims | Leesa Brandon
BRP75 Media Relations and | Executive Director and NC Coordinator
Communications | Blue Ridge Parkway 75, Inc.
Blue Ridge Parkway Association | 828.271.4779, x 224
828.777.9493 | lbrandon@nccommerce.com
elizabeth@blueridgeparkway.org |
Opening Weekend for Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary Is Filled With Tradition, Presentations, Music, and Dance
(ASHEVILLE, NC AND [...]

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 can also [...]