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    Cemetery Turf Best Management Practices Guide

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    This project will develop a turf management guide for historic cemeteries. The need for this type of turf management guidance is unique given the intersection of turf and grave markers, but this will many components of this work will help inform turf management anywhere monuments and buildings intersect with turf.

    Mammoth Cave Film Premieres at DC Festival

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    The film made its debut on March 18, 2021, in the DC Environmental Film Festival. The annual festival in the Nation’s Capital names itself the world’s premier showcase of environmentally themed films since 1993, and one of the leading annual cultural events in Washington, D.C. Mammoth Cave Biosphere Region was selected by jury to stream during the virtual festival.

    “Wandering” Through Park Skies: How Peregrine Falcons Connect National Parks

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    Peregrine falcons live across the world and can be found throughout the United States. Learn how four national parks are connecting visitors to these remarkable birds.

    Series: The People of Fort Stanwix

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    Many different people and people groups have traversed the Oneida Carry throughout its history; from natives of the Six Nations Confederacy, to armies, to families and politicians. Learn more about many of these noted individuals and groups in the following series.

    Series: Volcanic Features and Landforms

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    Volcanic processes are constantly changing the Earth. Eruptions can create new islands, build and destroy mountains, and alter landscapes. Active, dormant, and ancient remnants of eruptions are all contained within our National Parks. [Site Under Development]

    Series: Red Power on Alcatraz, Perspectives 50 Years Later

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    How far would you go to fight for your community?

    James A Garfield National Historic Site

    Dr. Willard Bliss: A Man of His Time?

    • Type: Article
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    Dr. Bliss was the main doctor to attend President Garfield after being shot by an assassin. Learn more about the man and his experience of being doctor to the president.

    Series: Women, Empire, and Commemoration in the North American West and Pacific

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    Cumberland Island National Seashore

    Carriage House

    • Type: Place
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    The Carnegie family's Dungeness estate featured multiple modes of transportation to and from the island and while on it. These included yachts, horses, carriages, and automobiles. The Carriage House in featured storage of carriages and elevator to hoist from one story to the next. Horse stalls housed the family's prized ponies.

    Managing Invasive Grasses at Northern Great Plains Parks

    • Type: Article

    Non-native plants don't stop growing at a park's boundary. It takes a cooperative effort to control their spread.

    Whittington Park

    • Type: Place
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    Amistad National Recreation Area

    Series: Climate and Water Resource Monitoring at Amistad National Recreation Area

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    Series: Climate and Water Resource Monitoring at Amistad National Recreation Area thumbnail image

    Climate and water dramatically shape ecosystems, especially in arid and semi-arid places like Amistad National Recreation Area (NRA) in Texas. The reservoir at the park receives drainage from water basins in the U.S. and Mexico, including the Rio Grande, and Pecos and Devils rivers. A wide variety of plants and animals live in the park because it is in a transition zone between major life and climate zones. We monitor climate and water at the park to assess the condition of park ecosystems.

    Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

    Lincoln Day 2023

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    Superintendent Rhonda Schier's address for 99th annual Lincoln Day program. Lincoln Day is an opportunity for us to commemorate the history and legacy of Abraham Lincoln and to celebrate the connection of this area to our 16th president, a leader who is revered around the world for the characteristics that he developed when he lived here during his youth from age 7 to 21.

    Series: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Ecosystem Restoration – Project Summaries

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    The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed on November 15, 2021. It is a historic investment in the restoration and protection of the environment. The law includes funding for ecosystem restoration, fire mitigation and prevention, and transportation projects that benefit the communities and areas served by the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service.

    Series: Observing Changes in Alaska's National Parks

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    Capturing the effects of change on cultural and natural resources at these two coastal park areas, and hearing about the effects on the human connection to those resources allows audiences to gain first-hand understanding of a changing environment and provides the opportunity to draw comparisons between two distinct regions of Alaska.

    Lake Mead National Recreation Area

    Summer Visitor Guide to Lake Mead National Recreation Area

    • Type: Article

    Summer Guide to Lake Mead National Recreation Area

    Series: NCBN Yearly Status Reports | Estuaries1

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    What do oxygen, chlorophyll-a, and light all have in common? They are important indicators of water quality. Our network monitors estuaries along the coast for these and other water quality indicators. Take a quick dive into the data behind park management decisions.

    Calhoun and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas

    • Type: Article
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    Calhoun and Ouachita Counties in Arkansas contained important military training and research and development sites during World War II. Camden Airfield in Calhoun County and Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot in Ouchita County made significant contributions to U.S. military preparedness and employed thousands of county residents during the War.

    Little Mountain Summit

    • Type: Place
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    Snowy Plover Monitoring Volunteer Makes a Surprise Discovery

    • Type: Article
    Snowy Plover Monitoring Volunteer Makes a Surprise Discovery thumbnail image

    On July 8th, National Park Service monitoring volunteer Wanda Bonneville started her first breeding western snowy plover survey on Drakes Spit. She didn't expect to find any signs of nesting, or even any adult snowy plovers. Neither did park snowy plover biologists. Researchers haven’t seen any nesting activity on Drakes Spit since the late 1980s. Well, not only did Bonneville find a snowy plover nest, she found one that was in the midst of hatching!

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