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Gun-Toting Visitors Heading to National Parks
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 18) -- Teddy Roosevelt couldn't bring a gun into Yellowstone National Park, but soon anyone with a permit will be able to shoulder a shotgun as they watch Old Faithful erupt. Along the rim of the Grand Canyon, rifle-toting visitors will stand next to unarmed tourists from abroad. While Civil War re-enactors will still flock with their historic muskets to the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania, modern-day militiamen will be able to retrace Pickett's Charge carrying modern-day weapons. Doug Pensinger, Getty Images The new rule allowing people with permits to carry guns in ...
Too Many Deer? Call in the Wolves, Scientists Say
By Traci Watson - AOL News(Feb. 1) – Scientists are calling for a formidable new cadre of pest exterminators to prowl America's national parks: wolves. A coalition of researchers has proposed trucking wolves into parks and other wild places to curb booming populations of deer and elk, which upset the natural order by mowing down native vegetation. Torsten Silz, AFP / Getty Images Using wolves to keep deer and elk populations in check could "help bring ecosystems back into balance," wildlife biologist David Licht said. The researchers argue that even a small number of wolves living in a small park could do a ...
A Young Woman's Death, and Our Uneasy Truce With Wilderness
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyOn Tuesday afternoon, a young Toronto singer-songwriter named Taylor Mitchell was walking the beautiful Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park when two coyotes attacked her. ...
'National Parks': Ken Burns' Worst Idea
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyI thought I would love the new Ken Burns PBS series, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."Twelve hours on my DVR is a big chunk of real estate, so yesterday I decided to begin watching the series that premiered two weeks ago. I'd recently returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon, and I was eager to hear the back-story of this – and other – national parks. I'm a Ken Burns fan. "Frank Lloyd Wright" prompted me to read a biography and half a dozen books on his work. "Mark Twain" introduced me to Twain's dark side, but still gave the most celebrated writer in American history his ...
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The National Parks and Climate Change: The Canary in the Coal Mine
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyIf you want to see glaciers in Glacier National Park, you had better hurry. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that within 20 years, the park will be empty of glaciers. As temperatures rise and politicians debate how to respond to climate change, the national parks already seem to be feeling the effects. At hearings in April, Jonathan Jarvis, the Obama administration's nominee as director of the National Park Service, called the national parks "the proverbial canary in the coal mine." He noted that the parks are both largely undisturbed and closely monitored, so the effects of the changing ...
First Family Heading to Yellowstone, Grand Canyon
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe First Family is taking a vacation before their vacation. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday the president, First Lady Michelle and the kids are heading west on Aug. 14 for a long weekend to visit Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National parks. Just days later, the First Family travels to Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. Mrs. Obama and her daughters have already made two overseas trips this summer. Gibbs talked about the westward swing - intended to highlight the national parks - at his briefing, where he offered up Obama's week ahead. On Sunday the ...
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