Shenandoah National Park News

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar knelt down in the Big Meadows Swamp at Shenandoah National Park on Monday and examined the bed of plants and weeds covering the ground beneath him.

For years, Shenandoah National Park, a part of which is in Rappahannock County and a scant two-hour drive from the national capital, has languished in a lack of attention from previous administrations and visitors alike.

Volunteers from Central Virginia on Monday kicked off President Barack Obama's " United We Serve " campaign in the Shenandoah National Park.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join state and local leaders at Shenandoah National Park today to help kick off President Obama's "United We Serve" initiative.

If you are looking for something to do with your dad this weekend, you might want to consider paying the Shenandoah National Park a visit.

WASHINGTON - Led by Michelle Obama, top members of the Obama administration will fan out across the country next week to participate in community service projects as part of a high-profile effort to spark volunteer work through the summer.

June 18-20 During the week of June 16-20 there will be motocross racing, demolition derby & rock crawling demos, sand drag racing, truck and tracker pull and bull riding, all part of The Mid Atlantic Power Festival.

R Rebecca Edwards, Robert Reigel, Andrea Graham, and Heather Humber on the garden walk behind Monticello.

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge won't be representing Virginia on a quarter.

The Shenandoah National Park Trust is proud to announce the newest license plate available to Virginians.

If you're heading to Shenandoah National Park certain weekends this summer, you can leave the wallet at home.

More than $14 million in federal stimulus money will go toward helping the Blue Ridge Parkway make a dent in its $250 million maintenance backlog, while also infusing money into the local economy.

No argument from me on those points, Heather. Reader P.J.M. makes a more serious point than I did: Yosemite is less the issue than, say, the GW Parkway here in Virginia.

She doesn't screech with a Southern drawl. But a female peregrine falcon believed to be on a nest under the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge was hatched on a Richmond, Va., skyscraper three years ago.

Travel Filter: Planning trip from NC to Appomattox and Shenandoah Valley VA for Memorial Day weekend.

The U.S. Department of Interior says the Commonwealth will get $43.1 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to jump start the economy.

For those unfamiliar with Adventuring , last weekend's Virginia hike from Bootens Gap in Shenandoah National Park to Hoover Camp, President Hoover's rural retreat, might have seemed pretty ordinary.

Route 33 in Greene County has reopened to traffic after a temporary closure to remove a tractor-trailer. The truck carrying beer overturned Wednesday afternoon on the section of Route 33 within the Shenandoah National Park.

Shenandoah National Park will receive more than $17 million in federal economic stimulus money, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Ken Burns has gained fame as one of America's best documentary filmmakers with works such as "The Civil War" and "Baseball," the two most-watched series ever on public television.