Tag Archives: National Park Service

An American artist traded a painting and $10 for a 153-acre Connecticut farm in 1882; more than

Julian Alden Weir/Image: National Park Service

When petroleum geologist Wallace Pratt first visited McKittrick Canyon in 1921, he had been

When petroleum geologist Wallace Pratt first visited McKittrick Canyon in 1921, he had been sent [...]

Jane Fonda conserved a New Mexico ranch before a 2018 easement protected 2,229 acres of habitat

PC: New Mexico Land Conservancy

Two members of a helicopter crew were killed Sunday after their aircraft crashed while taking

The helicopter was assisting crews battling the Dome Fire.

California removed levees from a former dairy farm, turning it back: The wider industry impact

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280 hats recovered so far in 2026 from hydrothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park

280 hats recovered so far in 2026 from hydrothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park. (National [...]

New York City volunteers planted 20,000 marsh seedlings on a dying salt marsh in 2003, but 80%

PC: National Park Service

What began in 1877 as a $6,700 purchase of a restricted property became the setting

Image: Left/Douglass, 1879/Right/ National Park Service/Wikipedia

These efforts will help protect and explain Free Frank McWorter’s lasting legacy

Nearly two centuries after a formerly enslaved pioneer bought 80 acres of Illinois prairie and [...]

The US wants to swap federal land on Georgia’s Cumberland Island for privately owned parcels; any

An unusual land-swap proposal on a remote Georgia barrier island is putting a new twist [...]