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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Gettysburg battlefield Superintendent John Latschar has been reassigned to a different position within the National Park Service, the organization said in a news release that comes only days after it was revealed Latschar had viewed thousands of explicit images on... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751589/embattled-gettysburg-battlefield-superintendent-reassigned Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:15:08 -0700 The model airplane field at Great Kills Park has been closed for radiation abatement.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The National Park Service has received cash to pinpoint and clean up any other contaminated spots near the ballfields and model airplane field... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739802/officials-get-500,000-to-clean-up-contaminated-soil-at-great-kills-park Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:45:08 -0700 Visitors to Congaree National Park are on their own if they want to see the lower end of the 26,000-acre nature preserve along U.S. 601. There are no signs, marked trails or designated pull-off areas along the highway. But that could change if the National Park... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728919/congaree-park-hopes-to-boost-access Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:22:08 -0700 BLOOMFIELD, Neb. — The National Park Service will present a special one-hour video preview of the Ken Burns’ PBS series “National Parks: America’s Great Idea” at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Bloomfield (Neb.) Public Library. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728876/park-service-to-host-burns-video Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:20:08 -0700 Visitors to Congaree National Park are on their own if they want to see the lower end of the 26,000-acre nature preserve along U.S. 601. There are no signs, marked trails or designated pull-off areas along the highway. But that could change if the National Park... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729088/bridge-update-might-improve-view-of-congaree Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:08:08 -0700 Give us your tired, your poor, your addled masses. The National Park Service vendor who runs Liberty Island's restaurants, cafés and catering has applied for a license to serve beer, wine and hard booze at parties and special events in the shadow o... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730530/liberty-on-the-rocks Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:54:08 -0700 Photo by philliefan99 The elevator that goes to the top of the Washington Monument malfunctioned at about 1 p.m. this afternoon, with a number of tourists who had already reached the viewing area still inside the building. National Park Service spokesperson Bill Line... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6724659/washington-monument-elevator-malfunctions,-visitors-may-walk-down Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:55:08 -0700 The National Park Service says a 45-year-old California man has drowned in Lake Mohave while trying to rescue his daughter. Read comments http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6722074/calif-man-drowns-at-lake-mohave Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:58:08 -0700 Is seeing a picture of a place the same as visiting it?   Not long ago the question would have been absurd, but not anymore. For National Park Service officials like Mark Spier, it’s an issue.   Spier, who became superintendent http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6717526/doing-battle-palo-alto-superintendent-promotes-history-and-nature-at- Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:19:08 -0700 Michael E. Johnson, who grew up in Virginia's Tidewater region, loved to laugh, cared about the outdoors and hoped eventually to work as a National Park Service ranger. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6721534/marine-officer-from-virginia-dies-in-afghanistan Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 The National Park Service has completed its investigation into a July boating accident that severely damaged the Powhatan Creek Bridge and says a Chesapeake marine contractor is at fault. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6715732/barge-faulted-by-park-service-for-powhatan-creek-bridge-damage-from-july Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:36:08 -0700 The National Park Service is offering nighttime visits to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to celebrate National Public Lands Day. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718963/lady-liberty-stays-up-late Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:16:08 -0700 A planned burn in California's Yosemite National Park went awry the end of August, burning across more than 7,500 acres and costing $15 million to fight, making the Big Meadow fire the second most expensive this wildfire season, and National Park Service officials... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6702596/nps-begins-probe-of-yosemite-wildfire-that-raged-out-of-control Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:30:08 -0700 Following criticism this week that a $38 million bridge project will hurt Congaree National Park, the state highway department Wednesday set up a meeting with park officials to discuss differences over the U.S. 601 plan. Park superintendent Tracy Swartout says the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704607/dot-schedules-bridge-meeting-with-wary-congaree-park-officials Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:43:08 -0700 A body was recovered from the Grand Canyon on Wednesday and National Park Service officials believe it's that of a missing North Carolina man. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709898/body-found-in-grand-canyon Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:25:08 -0700 The National Park Service says a mother and son were injured in a parasailing accident at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709901/2-injured-in-parasailing-accident Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:21:08 -0700 The National Park Service, the Families of Flight 93 and the Flight 93 project partners are inviting the public to mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in Shanksville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6704735/flight-93-service-planned,-plaque-dedicated Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:35:08 -0700 GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah (AP)- The National Park Service says a mother and son were injured in a parasailing accident at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6703898/two-injured-in-lake-powell-parasailing-accident Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:15:08 -0700 DOT collects comments on project in Congaree National Park Construction of a hotly contested bridge project through Congaree National Park is scheduled to start next year, with completion expected in November 2012, according to the latest estimates. But the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6699671/critics-urge-changes-in-u-s-601-bridge-plan Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:43:08 -0700 It’s okay to hunt them, but don’t eat the pythons. Tissue samples taken from two dozen of the enormous constrictors captured in Everglades National Park turned out to have what National Park Service officials call “extraordinarily high levels of mercury,”... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6698454/please,-don-t-eat-the-pythons Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:40:08 -0700