U.S. National Park Service

...May are the most popular months for those seeking permits to camp most places below the rim, with nearly one of every two people denied. National Park Service administrators at the Grand Canyon have decided the system is unfair because it...

In this article: Arizona, National Park Service, and Cape Town, South Africa

But many issues are still unresolved. Progress lagging on President's House project More than seven years after Congress directed the National Park Service "to appropriately commemorate" the presidential home in Philadelphia - where at...

In this article: George Washington, Philadelphia, Chaka Fattah, John Adams, and Barack Obama

...on the banks of the Mississippi River is St. Louis' calling card. But the iconic monument is set off from the rest of the city. The National Park Service hopes to change that. It has released its final management plan for the Jefferson...

In this article: St. Louis, Old Courthouse, Eero Saarinen, Mississippi River, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and New Year's Day

...supporters returned in very different circumstances: with the government's blessing, on a ferry that services this outpost of the National Park Service that receives 1.3 million visitors a year. "This is a significant day for the island,"...

In this article: Alcatraz, Thanksgiving, Self-determination, Unemployment, Columbus Day, Loyola College, and National Park Service

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park. The Park Service issued a temporary rule on...

In this article: Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and National Park Service

...proof that Impressionism could take root in Wilton, Conn., as firmly as in Giverny, France. My old New England home While the National Park Service tends to take the Ken-Burns-grand- theme perspective on our region, Historic New...

In this article: New England, Providence Bruins, National Park Service, Lowell National Historical Park, Maine, Pumpkin, Hamburger, American Hockey League, and National Day of Mourning

...committee. Is the White House is cutting the annual Hannukah party in half? • Awesome Government-Run Lincoln Memorial Site: Kudos to the National Park Service and Memorial Parks for launching a new interactive Web site that provides...

In this article: Eliot Engel, Barack Obama, General Services Administration, GAO, Allegation, Gary Locke, Eric H. Holder Jr., Hannukah, and U.S. Attorney

...are partnering with the department on the initiative. For information, call 202-698-3492 or go to http://www.youthjobs.dc.gov. The National Park Service is having a brown bag lunch at noon Saturday on the history of African American...

In this article: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Washington, D.C., National Park Service, and Department of Commerce

...shown in July 2008, fill tanks with water, as part of preservation work in the Rimstone room of the Oregon Caves National Monument. The National Park Service is supporting plans to expand the monument by 4,070 acres. Mail Tribune file...

In this article: National Park Service, Ron Wyden, Mail Tribune, Jeff Merkley, Interior Department, U.S. Forest Service, and Mark Udall

...troops suffered at Valley Forge, "is not only an appalling twist on the park's history," the suit says, but "another sign that the National Park Service has abandoned its century-old mission to strive for parks in which conservation of...

In this article: Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park, National Park Service, George Washington, Legal age, Coyote, and University of Denver