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Photography In The National Parks: Getting Great Smartphone …
WEBSep 13, 2022 · The smartphone camera is an amazing piece of technology and people are coming home from their national park trips with some really cool shots. In this month’s Part 1, contributing photographer Rebecca Latson provides tips and techniques on how to make the most of your own smartphone camera for great park images that don’t look like a run-of-the-mill snapshot.
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #54
WEBOct 15, 2022 · 1. The Steller’s jay can be found in many units within the National Park System: Bandelier National Monument and Mount Rainier, Rocky Mountain and Grand Canyon national parks, for example. While they are a blue bird, they are not a bluebird. The blue you see on their wings is known as ___. a) structural color.
The Future Of Confederate Monuments - National Parks Traveler
WEBFeb 21, 2021 · Last summer, Democratic lawmakers in the fiscal 2021 spending package included language that would have required the National Park Service to remove Confederate monuments from all National Park System sites within six months. Although that language didn’t make it into the final bill, it’s likely to be reintroduced this year.
Cruising Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne’s Landlocked …
WEBBy Jennifer Bain - February 18th, 2024. According to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English, a pond is a “natural body of still water of any size.”. So that explains how a landlocked freshwater fjord that’s 10 miles long, 540 feet deep and surrounded by towering cliffs came to be called Western Brook Pond. I would call it a lake.
Army Commander Leaps To National Park Service Regional …
WEBJan 6, 2022 · Frank Lands comes to the Park Service after more than 20 years of experience managing natural and cultural resources and conservation programs with the U.S. Army. He is leaving his position as deputy garrison commander at Fort Bliss in Texas, and will begin his new role on January 16. “Frank comes …
Our National Monuments | America's Hidden Gems - National …
WEBNov 28, 2021 · The twists of geology, the course of a stream, the contortion of a saguaro branch, the harshness of desert. QT Luong has captured with his cameras the personalities of these landscapes in a new book -- Our National Monuments | America's Hidden Gems -- that offers proof that while the National Park System is woefully crowded in some corners ...
Unbalanced Funding A Threaten To The National Park System
WEBFeb 17, 2022 · From 2001 to 2018 the cost of a [full-time employee] grew from $59,000 to $100,000 per year, while the sum of all park funding grew from $907,000,000 to $1,327,000,000. “So, the parks' major cost grew by 70 percent while their budget grew 46 percent. If superintendents absorbed all this shortfall by not hiring people, a …
Under The Willows | Yellowstone's Resilient Beavers
WEBAn interesting aspect of Yellowstone's beaver history is that the animals shifted their diet over the decades, from aspen to willow. When Edward Warren conducted his survey in the 1920s, he saw that the rodents' preferred forage was aspen. Today, "virtually all the beavers in northern Yellowstone are eating willow," said Smith.
How Would A Second Trump Presidency Affect The National Park …
WEBMarch 25, 2024. Though the U.S. presidential election is eight months away, those desiring a more conservative approach to government already have laid out plans they'd like to see implemented if Donald Trump wins, and many would affect the National Park System and wildlife within the system. Now is the time to be planning for a transition to a ...
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