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  • August 2008

    • Wild Pot Found in Indiana National Park

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 22, 08 4:14 PM CDT

      Wild Pot Found in Indiana National Park

      (Newser) - The National Park Service has found wild marijuana growing in a northern Indiana federal park, the Chicago Tribune reports. Officials don't know how many plants are spread throughout the 15,000-acre Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, on Lake Michigan about 30 miles southeast of Chicago, but said they will work with local police to eradicate the illegal crops. More »

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      marijuana  • Indiana  • War on Drugs  • national park  • National Park Service

    • Hundreds Plucked From Grand Canyon Flood

      Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  Aug 17, 08 10:39 PM CDT

      Hundreds Plucked From Grand Canyon Flood

      (Newser) - Hundreds of tourists, along with members of the Havasupai Native American tribe, were rescued from the Grand Canyon today after a dam broke causing serious flooding. About 300 people were rescued by helicopter over a 10-hour period after the Redlands Dam, south of the village of Supai, and 220 miles northwest of Phoenix, was breached, the Arizona Republic reports. More »

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      Grand Canyon  • National Weather Service  • National Park Service  • Supai  • Blackhawk helicopter  • Grand Canyon National Park

    • Turtle Assists in Pot Bust

      Washington Post  |  Aug 1, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      Turtle Assists in Pot Bust

      (Newser) - Agent 99, watch out: A 6-inch-long box turtle known as "No. 72” may want your job. Washington, DC, police recently got an assist from No. 72 in making a drug bust, the Washington Post reports. One of several turtles fitted with transmitters that allow National Park Service researchers to track them, No. 72 happened to receive a visit from a scientist while plodding amid some suspicious plants. "I could tell they were marijuana plants," said Ken Ferebee. More »

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      crime  • marijuana  • Washington DC  • arrest  • national park  • law enforcement  • National Park Service  • turtle

  • July 2008

    • Grand Canyon Is No Disneyland

      NPR  |  Jul 1, 08 6:15 PM CDT

      Grand Canyon Is No Disneyland

      (Newser) - Every day from before dawn until around midnight, a staff of thousands unites to keep the Grand Canyon in good condition and its 4.4 million annual visitors safe. NPR travels to the iconic destination to see how it works. "I hope that you are not imagining a pony ride at Disneyland," warns a mule manager about the steep trip down the canyon. More »

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      travel  • Arizona  • tourists  • national park  • adventure travel  • Grand Canyon  • National Park Service  • West  • visitors  • Wild West

  • June 2008

    • Feds May Return Badlands to Sioux

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 8, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Feds May Return Badlands to Sioux

      (Newser) - The National Park Service might return half of South Dakota's Badlands National Park to the Oglala Sioux, reports the LA Times, some 6 decades after the US military ousted 800 members from the territory during World War II. The measure still needs Congressional approval, and tribal members remain unsure whether they want to build homes or keep the land as a nature preserve. More »

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      national park  • South Dakota  • Native American  • Native Americans  • National Park Service  • Indian Tribes

  • May 2008

    • Clean-Air Changes 'Imperil Parks'

      Washington Post  |  May 16, 08 4:33 AM CDT

      Clean-Air Changes 'Imperil Parks'

      (Newser) - Clean air rules likely to be changed this summer are causing serious concerns about future pollution at some of America's most spectacular national parks, reports the Washington Post . The changes will pave the way for 28 new coal-fired power plants near ten parks, according to a report supported by some National Park Service officials . Parks already have "impaired visibility" because of pollution, and the changes represent a major "setback," said one official. More »

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      Environmental Protection Agency  • air pollution  • Henry Waxman  • Clean Air Act  • air quality  • National Park Service

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