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Chesapeake Bay

Woodend Nature Sanctuary
  • Type: Place

Woodend Nature Sanctuary offers 40 acres of restored forests, meadows, and streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it features nature trails, interactive exhibits, a nature playground and an historic mansion. Visitors can explore diverse habitats, learn about conservation efforts, and experience the connections between people and nature. Engaging signage and hands-on programs make it a welcoming destination for all ages.

Return of the Coho! 2024-2025 Spawner Surveys Exceed Expectations
  • Type: Article

As the San Francisco Bay Area Network coho and steelhead monitoring crew wraps up the 2024-2025 spawner season, we are looking back at one of the busiest winters since the beginning of this monitoring program! We observed increased coho spawning in all three creeks we monitor—Olema, Pine Gulch, and Redwood Creeks. Olema took the cake with the strongest cohort of all.

Investing in Our Future – The Great American Outdoors Act and Youth Corps Make a Difference at César E. Chávez National Monument
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César E. Chávez National Monument is undergoing significant rehabilitation work made possible by several funding sources including the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). The project addresses deferred maintenance, such as replacing the irrigation system, repairing cracked and missing stucco surfaces of site walls and columns, and painting all site walls and columns. and more.

Yellowstone National Park

Lake Hotel and Cabins
  • Type: Place

The Lake Yellowstone Hotel is the oldest operating hotel in the park. This reservable lodging facility is operated by a park partner.

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Skinners Falls River Access
  • Type: Place

The Skinners Falls River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Milanville, PA adjacent to the Skinners Falls Bridge. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only. Please note the Skinners Falls Bridge is closed to all traffic at this time.

Katmai National Park & Preserve

Pelagia Melgenak
  • Type: Person

To learn the story of Pelagia (also spelled Palakia) Melgenak is to learn the sanctity of shared traditions, the loving bonds of kinship and the reverence of a spiritual connection to the land around you. Born in the late 1870s in the remote village of Savonoski in Alaska, Pelagia grew up learning about hunting, gathering, navigating and guiding in the area. That all changed in 1912 with the hot ash falling like a blanket covering the region with the eruption of Novarupta.

César E. Chávez National Monument

A New Era of Farmworker Organizing
  • Type: Article

This article explores changes in farm work and farmworker organizing that took place in the 1960s. The end of the Bracero Program, a strike wave, and the emergence of the Black Freedom Movement, all played a role in expanding the opportunities for farmworker organizing. So too did the emergence of a new organization, the National Farm Workers Association.

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Maria Oakey Dewing
  • Type: Person

When playwright Oscar Wilde asked, “Why don’t you go into decoration & wipe them all out?”, she responded by saying, “Because I must paint pictures or die”.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive
  • Type: Place

No visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes is complete without spending time on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Enjoy spectacular views of Glen Lake, undulating sand dunes, and breathtaking views of the grandest of all dunes, with shimmering Lake Michigan as the backdrop. Stopping at all twelve points on the 7.4-mile Scenic Drive will take about two hours.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Liberators' Memorial
  • Type: Place

At the tip of Asan Point, the six-sided Liberator’s Memorial honors all U.S. forces involved in the recapture of Guam. Each side is dedicated to a division of the Armed Forces.

Grand Teton National Park

Discovery Spot: Gopher/Marten
  • Type: Place

Welcome to the Discovery Trail. As you travel down this path, use all of your senses to detect the plants and animals that make this place their home. Observe all that you discover, inducing clues to animal presence such as tracks and burrows. Linger at each of the benches along the path and try to unravel the stories of plant and animal interconnections.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nettie Craig Asberry
  • Type: Person

Nettie Craig Asberry is considered the first Black woman to earn a doctorate degree. Her family settled in Nicodemus in 1879, and she taught in town from 1886-1889, teaching both at the District No. 1 School and offering private music lessons. Asberry spent most of her life in Tacoma, Washington where she continued to teach music and advocated for the equal rights of all.

Timber Rattlesnakes Show Their Tender Side
  • Type: Article

Sixty seconds is all it takes to be captivated by this reclusive animal’s motherly instincts.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Let Me Count the Ways: How Citizen Scientists Helped a Park Measure Visitor Impacts
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Wildly popular Rocky Mountain National Park wanted to assess the extent of resource damage from all that love. It needed the help of some ardent supporters.

Everglades National Park

Everglades Wilderness Waterway
  • Type: Place

The wilderness of Everglades National Park is very different from other places you may have boated, paddled, or camped. It can be confusing and difficult to navigate as the mazes of mangrove–lined creeks and bays all begin to look the same. With proper planning, you can avoid the frustration and hours wasted from getting lost. The 99-mile Wilderness Waterway attracts interest because it connects Flamingo and Ev-erglades City. Most paddlers allow at least eight days to complet

Letterman Hospital and the HIV Epidemic
  • Type: Article

Parklands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area incorporate San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties. All of which, envelope overlapping military histories, and social movements that influenced each other. This included military bases and the Presidio’s Letterman Army Hospital. LGB military personnel faced the military ban, discrimination and in 1981: the HIV/AIDs epidemic.

Boreal shrub and tree expansion promotes soil warming
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Read the abstract and get the link to an article published in Environmental Research Letters that connects vegetation shift to warming Arctic and Boreal soils under vegetation. Kropp, H., M. M. Loranty, S. M. Natali, A. L. Kholodov, A. V. Rocha, … J. A. O’Donnell … et al. 2020. Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Humpback Rocks Trailhead
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The short, strenuous climb to enjoy the view from the Humpback Rocks has drawn hikers for hundreds of years, across all seasons. There is much to see and do in the area beyond the hike to ‘the Rocks’ including access to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Glass Hollow Overlook, Old Howardsville Turnpike, Jack Albright Loop over Dobie Mountain, and true summit of Humpback Mountain. Along the way keep a sharp eye out for cultural resources and wildlife.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Heintooga Spur Road
  • Type: Place

The Heintooga Spur Road off the Blue Ridge Parkway is lesser traveled scenic drive that enters into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Scenic overlooks, hiking trails, a campground, picnic area, and a unique historic marker are all highlights of the road. It is also a great place to look for elk.

National Mall and Memorial Parks

1979 Rally for the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
  • Type: Place

At the end of the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights, participants gathered near the base of the Washington Monument to listen to speakers proudly claim their queerness and paint a vision of a more inclusive future. One of these speakers was Charles Law, a Black gay activist based in Houston. He argued that the marchers must not fight for assimilate but integration so that all gay and lesbian people may one day enjoy the full benefits of their civil rights.