National Park Service News Release For immediate release – July 26, 2010 Contacts: David Barna, (202) 208-6843, David_Barna@nps.gov Patrick O’Driscoll, (303) 969-2839, Patrick_O’Driscoll@nps.gov Wessels Named Intermountain Regional Director Will lead one of seven National Park Service regions WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis has named John A. Wessels as the Service’s Intermountain regional [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES STUDY SALIDA, Colo. – The Division of Wildlife is looking for volunteers interested in searching for boreal toads in Colorado’s high country.    Training for interested volunteers begins on Thursday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the DOW office in Salida.   "We need folks willing to hike into some [...]

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, [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 6, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 Al Nash (307) 344-2010 National Park Service Releases Final Decision On Benefits-Sharing WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) has finalized a plan which allows the public to receive some benefits from commercial products or services arising from [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 4, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 Gerry Gaumer (202) 208-6843 Mary Gibson Scott Named Acting Intermountain Regional Director WASHINGTON – National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis announced today that Mary Gibson Scott will act as Regional Director for the agency’s Intermountain Region, which [...]

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 3, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 Gerry Gaumer (202) 208-6843 Shackelton Named to National Leadership Team WASHINGTON – National Park Service (NPS) Director, Jon Jarvis announced today that Steve Shackelton has been selected as the associate director for visitor and resource protection. Shackelton, who [...]