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Category Archives: State Parks
Restoration Work toBbegin Along Colorado and Green Rivers
On March 28, 2013, park staff and volunteers will begin a project to improve plant diversity and camping conditions along the rivers in Canyonlands. Crews will be cutting dead tamarisk and creating fire breaks around stands of native vegetation. Crews will also clear campsites along the banks and create paths…
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park of Ohio Offers Special Discounts for 2013
Stuck inside dreaming of warmer weather? Now is the perfect time to shake the winter blues and plan a summer vacation at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Ohio State Parks! Grand Lake St. Marys State Park will offer extended discounts in 2013. Camping, docks and day use fees…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Begins New Bighorn Sheep Study After Successful Capture Operation
Colorado Parks and Wildlife managers successfully captured and placed radio collars on 10 bighorn sheep rams last week. The operation was the start of a new, cooperative study with the U.S. Forest Service to monitor the movements and distribution of rams from three herds located within the Maroon Bells –…
Texas Parks and Wildlife Turns 50 This Year
Agency Calls for Texans To Share Stories, Photos, Become Ambassadors for the Future AUSTIN – In the late summer of 1963, the most popular show on television was “The Beverly Hillbillies,” a gallon of gas cost 29 cents, the University of Texas Longhorns were headed toward their first national football…
Popular Island Beach State Park Nature Program To Begin Touring Following Superstorm Sandy
Staff at Island Beach State Park are taking popular nature programs on the road while work continues to restore the partially reopened park following Hurricane Sandy, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin announced today. Educators and experts with the State Parks System are now bringing the Scales and Trails, Birds of Island…
Photography Takes Center Stage at Texas State Parks This March
AUSTIN – Channel your inner Ansel Adams or Wyman Meinzer this spring by heading to one of more than 90 Texas state parks and historic sites to photograph your friends and loved ones, wildflowers, wildlife and revered state landmarks. Snap away just for fun or record your best images to…
New Mobile App Now Available for Tennessee State Parks
Free “Pocket Ranger” Application Connects Users to the Great Outdoors NASHVILLE – The Department of Environment and Conservation has partnered with the Parks by Nature Network to launch Tennessee State Parks Pocket Ranger®, a free iPhone and Android application for park visitors on the move. “With more than 31 million visits…
Learn How to Make Maple Syrup at Minnesota State Parks
Tap into the fun of making maple syrup at Minnesota state parks in March and early April. Naturalists will demonstrate how to tap trees and turn sap into syrup at several programs throughout the state. “Attending one of the many programs taking place at Minnesota state parks is a great…
Christie Administration Announces Expanded Portion of Liberty State Park to Reopen Following Superstorm Sandy
Trenton, NJ – Representing another recovery and rebuilding milestone following Superstorm Sandy, the Christie Administration announced today that major sections of Liberty State Park damaged by Sandy have been repaired and cleared and will be open again to the public this weekend. These popular sections of Liberty State Park include a…
Salazar Announces Fee Free Days at National Parks, Public Lands for 2013
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced dates in 2013 when more than 2,000 national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and other federal lands will offer free admittance to everyone. “Our national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and other public lands offer every American a place to get…