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Grand Teton

Laurance Rockefeller Preserve Center Offers Grand Teton Visitors High Def Way To Experience Park

Laurance Rockefeller Preserve Center Offers Grand Teton Visitors High Def Way To Experience ParkOfficially it's known as the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, others simply know it as the Preserve, but whatever you call it, visitors to Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park will come to know it as some of the most breathtaking country in America, and it's now part of the nation's National Parks System.

The Preserve, approximately 1,100 acres of majestic, natural beauty southeast of Phelps Lake, is a gift from the late Laurance S. Rockefeller to the citizens of the United States and the world.
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Arizona

Nature Hikes, Historic Talks on Tap at Red Rock State Park

Nature Hikes, Historic Talks on Tap at Red Rock State Park Red Rock State Park in Sedona, Arizona, a 286-acre nature preserve and environmental education center, offers the perfect backdrop for fall nature hikes and historic talks.

Trails throughout the park wind through manzanita and juniper to reach the ric...
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Grand Canyon

Free Exhibit Offers Insights into the Native Peoples Who Lived at the Grand Canyon

Free Exhibit Offers Insights into the Native Peoples Who Lived at the Grand Canyon Who were the people who lived at the Grand Canyon thousands of years ago? How did they survive? What did they do?

In a remarkable exhibit highlighting archaeological excavations that took place between 2007 and 2009 along the Colorado River, visitors ...
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California

Sequoia’s Popular Trail of 100 Giants Closed Until 2012

Sequoia’s Popular Trail of 100 Giants Closed Until 2012 The Trail of 100 Giants, Sequoia National Forest's popular recreation site, probably will remain closed all of this winter due to two huge sequoia trees that fell across the trail Sept. 30, 2011.

The trail was immediately closed for public safety, and...
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Yellowstone

Grizzly Linked to Yellowstone Maulings Killed; Bear Management Review Planned

Grizzly Linked to Yellowstone Maulings Killed; Bear Management Review Planned Following the capture and killing of a grizzly linked to two Yellowstone fatal maulings of hikers, a review of bear and wildlife management as well as visitor regulations will soon get underway by park rangers and staff.

"We are already discussing our...
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