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Mount Rainier to receive $72,600 for programs, restoration work
Mount Rainier National Park will receive more than $72,600 from Washington's National Park Fund.
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July 7: Updated: Fire burning at Ross Lake closes Panther Creek Trail
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 2:52 p.m. PDT Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 3:48 p.m. PDT Fire burning at Ross Lake closes Panther Creek Trail By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff NEWHALEM - The Panther Creek Fire, burning on an 80- to 90-degree slope has slowed down with a cooler, more humid weather pattern, according to North Cascades National ...
Panther Creek Fire burning in North Cascades National Park
The Panther Creek Fire located within Ross Lake National Recreation Area was detected on June 28 and was started by lightning during a series of electric storms that moved through the area earlier in the month.
Kelsi K. Franzen was named Outstanding Graduate in Environmental Studies, majored in Environmental Education, at Western Washington University this spring.
Search continues for Indiana hiker in N. Cascades
Rangers in Washington state have expanded their search for a hiker from Indiana who's been missing for several days in North Cascades National Park.
National Trails Day It happens on Saturday, so hit the trail-or better yet, build one Jon Dorn and Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan totally dig it.
Climate change comes to our National Parks
What does it mean for our national parks when magnum storms perennially wash out roads and curtail public access? At a small gathering at North Cascades National Park last week, sponsored by the National Parks and Conservation Association , user groups, National Parks and Forest Service pashas noodled the fallout of the climate elephant.
House passes bill for stocking fish in N. Cascades
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill giving North Cascades National Park authority to continue stocking up to 42 mountain lakes with fish.
Fish are focus of North Cascades National Park debate
The mountain lakes in the backcountry of Washington state's North Cascades National Park are still covered in ice.
North Cascades 'parents' seek to expand protection
BAKER RIVER TRAIl As sometimes happens with parents, their work is never done even though their offspring by now is 40 years old.
'Parents' of North Cascades park want it to grow
As the Baker River rushes by, Polly Dyer and Patrick Goldsworthy survey an area at the edge of North Cascades National Park.
North Cascades National Park works to improve access to the hard of hearing
A ranger will tell members of a support group on Saturday, May 16, what North Cascades National Park has done to make its programs friendlier to those who are hard of hearing.
Marijuana Farms Take Root In National Parks
A former camp in Yosemite where marijuana farmers lived. May 12, 2009 It's common knowledge that marijuana is one of America's biggest cash crops.
New bridge part of repair to damaged section of North Cascades River Road
Nearly 21/2 years after floodwaters washed out a section of Cascade River Road in North Cascades National Park, crews are putting the finishing touches on a new bridge that's meant to be a more permanent, long-term fix.
Washington parks get stimulus money
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $750 million in economic stimulus money will go to restore and repair national parks, including $54.7 million for dam removal and other projects at Olympic National Park in Washington state.
Stimulus sends $62 million to statea s national parks
An infusion of $62 million in federal stimulus money will fund 33 national park projects in Washington, including speeding removal of two dams in Olympic National Park and work on nine Mount Rainier projects that otherwise would be idled by a lack of funds.
North Cascades National Park asks volunteers to help with work
As part of a National Park Week celebration, North Cascades National Park Complex is holding a "Hands to Work" event May 1-3. People attending the Learning Center Stewardship Weekend will join park and North Cascades Institute staff tending to the native flora and the habitat surrounding the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center.
North Cascades among federal parks to get stimulus money
National parks in Washington state will get more than $62 million to fund 33 projects, including $518,000 for work at North Cascades National Park.
North Cascades Institute Offering Earth Day "Stimulus" Package
In celebration of Earth Day, the institute is offering families of three or more $100 off the total registration fee for the Memorial Weekend Family Getaway at North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, which lies within North Cascades National Park .
Plowing and bicycling the North Cascades Highway
Unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s and 70s are hitting the Seattle area, but the high country along the North Cascades Highway still has plenty of snow.