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18 min ago | The Asheville Citizen-Times

Do you remember the early days of the Smokies?

With the 75th anniversary year well underway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are looking for men and women with memories of the early days in park history.

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4 hrs ago | KVAL-TV Eugene

Laura Bush sightseeing in Oregon

Laura Bush is in southern Oregon. The Herald and News of Klamath Falls reports that the former first lady is visiting Crater Lake National Park until Saturday.

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9 hrs ago | Yakima Herald-Republic

NEW Former Yakima resident tells bigfoot story on "MonsterQuest"

Jim Hebert, a longtime insurance agent in Wenatchee who grew up in Yakima, waited three or four years before he told anyone about his bigfoot sighting while on vacation in Yellowstone National Park in 1994.

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Related Topix: Monsterquest, Entertainment, Television, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro, Yellowstone National Park

13 hrs ago | KPLR-11

Interior Secretary Salazar to tour Gateway Arch, talk about use of economic recovery funds

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was due in St. Louis on Friday for a tour of the Gateway Arch at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO, US National Parks, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

17 hrs ago | KCBA

Climbing Areas Reopen in Pinnacles National Monument

Paicines, Calif- Rock formations subject to advisory closures to rock climbing and off-trail hiking for protecting nesting falcons and eagles will reopen Friday, July 10.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

2News Local News

Wildfire Prompts Closure of Zion NP Trail

A wildfire has burned about 20 acres in Zion National Park and forced the closure of one of its trails.

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Related Topix: Zion National Park, US National Parks

KXMB-TV Bismarck

Mont. declared free of livestock disease

Eds: APNewsNow. Fixes typo in headline, changes 'have lifted' to 'are lifting' in lede.

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Related Topix: Billings Metro, Agriculture, Science, Yellowstone National Park

Murfreesboro Post

MT prof to participate into Meriwether Lewis probe

Dr. Hugh Berryman, forensic anthropologist and research professor of anthropology at MTSU, could play a key role in determining whether one of Americaa s foremost explorers committed suicide or was murdered.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, Suicide, Natchez Trace Parkway

KGUN-TV Tucson

Fire burning near the Grand Canyon picks up

The Indian fire on the Tusayan Ranger District has picked up significantly due to warmer and drier weather conditions.

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Related Topix: Grand-Canyon, AZ, Fire, Weather, Grand Canyon National Park

Murfreesboro Post

Arrest made in 29-year-old murder

A husband indicted this week for killing his wife 29 years ago has given a statement about his involvement, a sheriff's detective said Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro, TN

Wed Jul 08, 2009

CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV

Meeting scheduled to discuss health of Current, Jacks Fork rivers

A meeting is scheduled for this weekend in Kansas City to discuss the health of the Current and Jacks Fork rivers in southern Missouri.

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Related Topix: Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Marshall News Messenger

Environmentalists unfurl banner on Mount Rushmore

Environmentalists who hung a banner on Mount Rushmore National Memorial calling for a stop to global warming have been arrested.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Activism

USA Today

First 2 killed in Vietnam War are honored

The first two Americans to lose their lives during the Vietnam War have been honored at a special ceremony near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Related Topix: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, US National Parks, World News, Vietnam,

Pocono Record

Bridge repairs will affect traffic

The bridge over Bushkill Creek on U.S. Route 209 in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will be closed to all vehicles starting Thursday.

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Related Topix: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Bushkill, PA

KIRO-TV Seattle

Coast Guard Hoists Injured Hiker From Olympic National Park

The U.S. Coast Guard evacuated an injured hiker Tuesday afternoon near Lake Ozette in Olympic National Park, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

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Related Topix: Olympic National Park, US National Parks

KXLF

Record numbers visit Yellowstone

Record numbers of people are visiting Yellowstone National Park this year. Just over one million people visited that park in January through June, surpassing the previous January to June record of 978,000 set in 2007, according to a news release from the park.

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Related Topix: Yellowstone National Park, US National Parks

Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Endangered species' DNA to be stored at NYC museum

It's not your average library collection: Bits of scorpions and snakes. Tissue from jaguars.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Channel Islands National Park

WKYC

Officials discuss plan to open Alcatraz for overnight stays

Every day, hundreds of travelers hop a short ferry ride to San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Golden Gate National Recreation Area

The Frederick News Post

Md. prison agency gives stones to Antietam

SHARPSBURG a ' An unusual donation of building stones by Marylanda TMs prison agency will help restore some barns on the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg.

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WCSH 6 Portland

Fewer Tourists Visited Acadia In June

Acadia National Park is expecting lower than usual tourist numbers for the rainy month of June.

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