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Death Valley National Park

Stovepipe Wells Village
  • Type: Place

An authorized concessionaire with the NPS, offering restaurant and bar, lodging, camping, gas, and convenience store.

Brooks Range brown bears spend most of the year in their dens
  • Type: Article

Read a summary and get a link to a published journal article on denning duration of bears in the Brooks Range of Alaska: Deacy, W., M. S. Sorum, M. D. Cameron, G. V. Hilderbrand, D. D. Gustine, and K. Joly. 2025. Denning chronology in an Arctic brown bear population. Wildlife Biology e01420.

Reindeer vs. Caribou
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Caribou and reindeer are the same species and share the same scientific name, Rangifer tarandus. Caribou are what the species is called in North America and reindeer are what they are called in Eurasia.

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Why Snowshoe Hares Use Mineral Licks
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After nearly 20 years, the snowshoe hare population in the central Brooks Range on the eastern boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park is building toward a peak in the population. Traditional ecological knowledge of the area tells us that the coming peak should be considerably larger than the small population increase we saw in 2008-2010. Based on the report: Snowshoe hare population trends at mineral and non-mineral sites in the central Brooks Range, Alaska.

Yellowstone National Park

Tower-Roosevelt Junction Gas Station
  • Type: Place

Yellowstone National Park

Mammoth Hot Springs Gas Station
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Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful Gas and Service Station - Upper
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Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful Gas and Service Station - Lower
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Yellowstone National Park

Grant Village Gas and Service Station
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Yellowstone National Park

Fishing Bridge Gas and Service Station
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Yellowstone National Park

Canyon Gas and Service Station
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Series: Alaska Park Science - Volume 13 Issue 1: Wilderness in Alaska
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This issue includes: * Economics of Wilderness * Using Ethics Arguments to Preserve Naturalness * Busing Through the Wilderness: "Near-Wilderness" Experiences in Denali ... and more!

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

How “Hot” Radioactive Fossils Tested One Park’s Safety Tech
  • Type: Article

Some fossil bones emit huge amounts of radon, a cancer-causing gas, so staying safe when storing or studying them is a real challenge. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument found ways to overcome the problem through upgraded safety technology, but its story is a cautionary one.

Memory influences where Western Arctic Herd caribou spend the winter
  • Type: Article

Read a summary and get the link to a published paper that describes how caribou decide where to spend the winter based on previous experience. Gurarie, E., C. Beaupré, O. Couriot, M. D. Cameron, W. F. Fagan, and K. Joly. 2024. Evidence for an adaptive, large-scale range shift in a long-distance terrestrial migrant. Global Change Biology 30 (11): e17589.

Project Profile: Invasive Species Prevention at Critical Control Points in National Parks
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The National Park Service will coordinate with and distribute funding to other Department of the Interior bureaus and Alaska Native Tribal partners for installation of boot cleaning stations at select locations.

Grand Canyon National Park

North Rim Service Station
  • Type: Place

The only gas station inside park boundaries, on the North Rim, is located at the entrance to the campground road, near the General Store. Between October 16, and November 31, when the park is open for day use only, fuel is available by credit or debit card only. The nearest lodging, food services, and fuel - that stay open all year, is at Jacob Lake, 42.5 miles (68 km) north of the park's Service Station, or 31 miles (50 km) north of the park's entrance station.

Project Profile: Improve Salmon Migratory Pathway Resilience
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The National Park Service will use a collection of environmental DNA released by selected aquatic species to assess the presence, distribution, and composition of fish and macroinvertebrates in three parks in Alaska.

Project Profile: Detect Invasive Aquatics to Improve Salmon Habitat
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The National Park Service will improve salmon habitat in the Yukon-Kuskokwim watershed by detecting invasive plants. Staff will survey high-priority rivers and lakes for invasive Elodea.

Grand Canyon National Park

Desert View Gas Station
  • Type: Place

Self-service gasoline and diesel fuel (pay at the pump with credit or debit card) is available year-round, 24 hours a day. The convenience store is CLOSED for the season. The park's only gas station on the South Rim offers visitors one last chance to fill-up before heading to the next closest gas stations 30 miles (48 km) east in the town of Cameron, Arizona —or 30 miles (48 km) west in the town of Tusayan, Arizona (just outside of the park's south entrance).

Global Warming: Solutions & Benefits at Glacier National Park
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This is a short history of the solutions and benefits to climate change at Glacier. Glacier National Park has already begun an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. From Polebridge and Goat Haunt to the Apgar Visitor Center and park headquarters Glacier is transitioning to renewable sources of energy throughout the park.