If you haven’t camped or hiked or visited a national park in the past few years, you may be a videophiliac. Worse yet, if you have children, you may be raising them to be videophiliacs as well, according to the authors of a recent study published by the National Academy of the Sciences.
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
Study links electronics with drop in National Park visits
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
National Park police numbers at 20 year low
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, found that the number of sworn officers on the force shrank to 576 at the end of January, the lowest level since 1987 and a decline of 49 since 2001.
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
Florida: Everglades National Park
At the edge of a river known as Taylor Slough, a gray-and-brown cormorant spreads its wide wings to dry after a quick dip. Within a few dozen yards are anhingas and ibises, blue and green herons — birds I wouldn’t have recognized a couple of days ago. Occasionally one dips its head beneath the water on a hunting foray.
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
Park Rangers oppose bid to end gun ban
WASHINGTON (AP) - Park rangers, retirees and conservation groups are protesting a plan by the Interior Department to reconsider regulations restricting loaded guns in national parks.
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
Lone flyfisherman
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