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Seafood Depot offers history, cuisine
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. — While many tourists flock to Everglades National Park each year in order to observe the park’s beauty and wildlife, places like Everglades City still remain where wildlife is a delicacy for tourists and locals alike. Although Everglades City, the western entrance to the park, only boastsRead More…
Invasive plants harm their host parks
In photos, they look like attractive plants you would find in a vase in your living room, but alligator weed, Brazilian pepper trees and water hyacinth are far from the typical house plant. Alligator weed cause a threat to the economic and environmental states of parks internationally and nationally. TheRead More…
Parks seek balance of preservation, use
At a time when many in our country and around the world are worried about endangered species, both animal and vegetable, world warming and climate change, it is important to stop and think about the reasons for the existence of our National Parks. What is the impact of tourism andRead More…
Web cameras take growing role for parks
National parks throughout the United States have begun to make use of webcams to display the attractions they have to offer. It is part of the National Park Service’s initiative to make use of new and developing technology and attract a new audience. One of the parks that has successfullyRead More…
Biscayne ranger lives childhood dream
HOMESTEAD, Fla. —As a kid, just about everyone has a dream to be something larger than life. As kids begin to grow up, the dream they once had slips away and slowly a new one forms. That is not the case for Gary Bremen. Biscayne National Park Ranger Gary BremenRead More…
Lionfish unwelcome visitor to coastal waters
In a country known for its free lands and open waters, it seems odd that not all visitors are welcomed. This is not a reference to tourists with cameras around their necks, but rather the various types of plant and animal species posing a threat to various habitats as aRead More…
Protecting fragile coral reefs is top priority
For Biscayne National Park in Florida, maintaining coral reefs in mint condition is a top priority. Because of this, Biscayne authorities are tightening security in their park with new security cameras and trained personnel to make sure snorkelers are following park rules. Biscayne is not the only park keeping closeRead More…
Native American burial sites protected
You have made it a goal to visit most, if not all, of the National Park Service’s 397 locations. Ready. Set. And you’re off. You visit the Hopewell Culture Natural Historic Park in Ohio. You continue your journey to the Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. Among the scenic sitesRead More…
Dramatic to view, volcanos pose danger
Volcanoes are nature’s most dramatic and violent phenomena, but these breathtaking landscapes also present visitors to our national parks with some of nature’s most dangerous hazards. Lava flows, wildfires, landslides, volcanic ash, sudden explosions, and poisonous gases are just some of the hazards volcanoes present. Each day, park rangers andRead More…
Bleaching threatens coral reefs in parks
Coral reefs are a hidden beauty found in waters around the globe. But they are in very serious danger of disappearing within just a few decades. The National Park Service is faced with the challenge of saving 276,671 acres of reefs from countless attackers, and that’s just in the UnitedRead More…
Training keeps rescue teams ready
Dave Shade and Jesse Selwyn were climbing in Grand Teton National Park when Selwyn did not think he would be able to continue without injuring himself or worse death. He activated his SPOT rescue locator and rangers were able to reach him by nightfall and evacuate him from the mountainRead More…
Sustaining forests remains a challenge
Tree populations are declining faster than predicted in multiple national parks due invasive insects, climate change, pollution and human development. The mass amounts of national parks are covered in forests and some, like Redwood National Park, are known for and named after their tree populations. These forests are considered aRead More…