Mammoth Cave National Park News

On Sept. 25, 2009, Temple Hill Elementary celebrated "No Child Left Inside Day," along with the construction of a wetland area in our outdoor classroom.

The tragic tale of John Jones is not the first caving disaster to captivate Utahns.

Posted November 22nd, 2009 by Kurt Repanshek Mammoth Cave National Park Rangers Johnny Merideth and Chuck Decroix search for the traditional cedar tree to decorate the Rotunda for the Cave Sing.

A Glasgow woman was injured on Tuesday after her vehicle collided with the back of another vehicle south of Mammoth Cave National Park.

By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK - Karen Phillips was one several people who turned out Friday night for the genealogy workshop at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Mammoth Cave is hosting some free activities this week. Wednesday all active or retired military personnel and their families get free admittance to certain cave tours.

Guide John Davis kneels by the gravestone of his great-great grandparents at the Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery Date: November 3, 2009 Contact: Vickie Carson , 270.758.2192 Roots in the Cave, November 13-15, is a weekend for family research regarding the people who lived in what is now Mammoth Cave National Park.

Crews have been surveying cemeteries in Mammoth Cave National Park to make permanent records of the graves for the park's cemetery database.

Whether you visit Mammoth Cave National Park in winter or summer, the underground conditions are largely the same -- great for spelunking.

Two area tourist attractions are offering special deals to our military personnel to celebrate Veterans Day.

Some of the coolest caves on earth happen to be in the U.S. . This summer, at a friends' wedding in Central Oregon, my man-friend and I decided to take a break from the non-stop nuptial activities and do what we really wanted to do: crawl into a hole.

Turns out, those foam take-away containers that really make your green heart cringe can actually be recycled into baseboards and moldings for your home.

When Dart Container officials realized some communities nationwide do not have the facilities to recycle foam, they decided to begin creating foam recycling drop-off sites at their production facilities.

By GINA KINSLOW A preview of a documentary about Mammoth Cave National Park will be shown Thursday at the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library.

Because of its unusual geological characteristics, the cave has been a backdrop for downright odd aspects of human endeavors.

It's been an action-packed career for Connie Hudson Backlund, a career so full of rewards and true joy that she actually takes vacations in the same places she's worked.

The sister park signing ceremony in Beijing included all four park managers: Director Zhou of Wulong NP; Director LuXing hua of Libo Zhangjiang NP; Superintendent Patrick Reed of Mammoth Cave NP; and Director Li Zhengping of Shilin Stone Forest NP.

A park guide poses for a photo along a trail in the Stone Forest. The limestone pinnacles are above-ground karst landforms.

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Officials at Mammoth Cave National Park have scheduled several events in an effort to control invasive exotic plants at the park.