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In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred. But they were created at a cost to Native Americans

Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the “Great Emancipator” whose leadership during the Civil War preserved the Union and abolished slavery.

The Conversation

National Park Service delivers roadmap for protecting Georgia's Ocmulgee River corridor

The National Park Service has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the Ocmulgee River corridor in central Georgia meets the criteria to be managed as a national park and preserve

The Independent UK

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear

A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service received reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear

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The scariest animals to encounter on a hike (and how to handle them)

What's that rustling behind you? A bear? A rattlesnake? Or just a marmot?

Advnture

Tarantula crossing the road blamed for crash that sent Death Valley motorcyclist to hospital

"The spider walked away unscathed," the National Park Service wrote in a statement

Evening Standard

‘Extremely rare’ Jurassic-era fossils discovered in Lake Powell

Tritylodonts, mid-sized mammal-related herbivores, roamed the area’s deserts 200m years ago

The Guardian - US

Fat Bear Week: female bear 128 Grazer wins after ‘stuffing salmon in her face’

Victorious bear who showed ‘dominant performance’ and ‘skill and toughness’ beat competition from 11 other bears in Alaska

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Maintenance backlog grows at national parks as funding tightens - Roll Call

The National Park Service is struggling to catch up with a maintenance backlog of more than $22 billion.

Roll Call

Some states pick up the tab to keep national parks open during federal shutdown

Don't cancel that camping trip just yet: Utah, Arizona, and Colorado state governments will foot the bill to keep some national parks open — and tourist dollars flowing — during the shutdown.

WEKU

Public to weigh in on whether wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay

The National Park Service has turned to the public to help decide whether the famous wild horses in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park should stay or go

The Independent UK

The story of Ohio's ancient Native complex and its long journey for recognition as a World Heritage site

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites on Sept. 19, 2023. The eight mound complexes that received this designation are spread across central and southern Ohio and were built between the beginning of the common era and the 12th century.

The Conversation

A Northern California tribe works to protect traditions in a warming world

The Oak Fire last year threatened the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation's way of life. Now the tribe is restoring ancient heritage sites and cultural practices in collaboration with local agencies.

WEKU

Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.

WEKU

Chemical treatment to be deployed against invasive fish in Colorado River

The National Park Service will renew efforts to rid an area of the Colorado River in northern Arizona of invasive fish with a chemical treatment

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New management taking over first American golf course commissioned by a woman — and it’s inside a National Parks property

The farm fields at the old Buchanan homestead weren't productive, so she hired a golfer to turn her fields into fairways.

Chicago Sun-Times

President Joe Biden creates Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Chicago and Mississippi

‘What Emmett did, he gave up a lot, but it helped a lot of people. And he still speaks from the grave,’ Emmett Till’s cousin, the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., who witnessed Till being kidnapped, told the Sun-Times.

The Independent UK

Woman gored by bison at Yellowstone during engagement trip gets sweet proposal at hospital

‘My love got down on one knee beside my hospital bed last night and formally asked me to be his wife,’ woman says

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Woman gored by bison at Yellowstone reveals horrific injuries along with news she’s engaged

‘My love got down on one knee beside my hospital bed last night and formally asked me to be his wife,’ woman says

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Woman gored by bison at Yellowstone gets engaged while recovering in hospital

‘My love got down on one knee beside my hospital bed last night and formally asked me to be his wife,’ woman says

Advnture

Second tourist gored by bison within a week at US National Parks

The woman was attacked at Theodore Roosevelt National Park at the weekend

The Independent UK

Woman severely injured in bison attack in Roosevelt Park

The National Park Service says a bison severely injured a Minnesota woman on Saturday in Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Los Angeles Times

5 wild burros shot and killed in Death Valley National Park

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are investigating the killing of five wild burros who were found shot to death near life-giving springs on the western edge of Death Valley National Park, where 20-mule teams once pulled wagons of borax.

Tribune News Service

Don’t run if you see a bear on a California hiking trail — or on your lawn. Do this instead

California is home to black bears, so it shouldn’t be a surprise if you run into one while you’re out hiking or camping — or if they show up rummaging around your lawn.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Brooks River brown bears break out all the moves to catch salmon

With the fishing season underway for brown bears on Alaska's Brooks River, the National Park Service has provided a humorous description of the catching techniques.

WEKU

Against all odds, the rare Devils Hole pupfish keeps on swimming

The Devils Hole pupfish's natural habitat is a single water-filled hole in a cave in the Nevada desert. Its numbers at one point dwindled to just 35 animals. How does it manage to survive?

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