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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.

Fort Greble Park
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Battery Carroll and Fort Greble were two defense sites north of the Potomac that guarded the gateway to Washington during the Civil War. Fort Greble was named in honor of Lt. J.T. Greble who was killed at Big Bethel, Va., July 10, 1861.

Stonewall National Monument

Stormé DeLarverie
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Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She was born in New Orleans on Christmas Eve to a Black mother and white father. She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a very early age. She started singing in New Orleans clubs at 15, and soon after began touring around Europe, eventually landing in New York City.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Arthur Kirk Jr.
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Arthur Kirk Jr. was known as the "Prince of Dynamiters" and helped to clear wreckage at the Stone Bridge after the flood.

William Drummond Stewart
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Western explorer and Scottish nobleman William Drummond Stewart spent the winter of 1834-1835 at Fort Vancouver.

Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

Narrowsburg River Access
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The Narrowsburg River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Narrowsburg, NY. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Motorized boats can be launched at this access.

Lowell National Historical Park

Kirk Street Agents House
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Lowell National Historical Park

St. Anne's Episcopal Church
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Tumacácori National Historical Park

Melhok Ki (ocotillo and mud house)
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The O'odham word for house is "ki" (kee). Melhok (pronounced moo' ro) is the word for the plant known in Spanish and English as "ocotillo." The particular structure that you see here is a modern construction of a traditional O'odham dwelling, made of mesquite timbers, ocotillo sticks, and mud.

Exploring Tangier Island
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It is a beautiful place, and all the more so when you realize how fragile and threatened it is. Just 12 miles from Crisfield, MD, and 14 from Reedville, VA, Tangier Island once included eight villages and 1,200 residents; three villages and 450 people remain, and they are all on the main island. Today, Tangier Island is one mile wide and three miles long. Marsh intersperses the few open fields, and yards take on water at high tide.

Acadia National Park

Portraits of Acadia: Kirk Lurvey
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Kirk Lurvey, park naturalist

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Appalachian National Scenic Trail, CT, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, and WV
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Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Little Messer Pond
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Little Messer Pond is a tranquil place for solitude deep within Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Lowell National Historical Park

Kirk Boott
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Kirk Boott took the chance to prove himself and made his mark by becoming the guiding hand that would transform a small farming village in New England into one of America’s first industrial cities. Both praised as a commanding leader and condemned as an autocrat, Kirk Boott wielded considerable power and influence over early Lowell.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Wassataquoik Stream Ford
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The Wassataquoik Stream Ford feels like a natural boundary between civilization and the wild backcountry to the north.

Southern Branch: Hampton, Virginia
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The Southern Branch (now the Hampton VA Medical Center), located in Hampton, Virginia, opened in 1870 as the fourth branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The site of the Southern Branch is enhanced by Hampton Roads Bay, Jones Creek, and St. Johns Creek, the natural features that surround it.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Pond Pitch
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The majestic Pond Pitch is a scenic viewpoint along the East Branch of the Penobscot River and the International Appalachian Trail.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Stair Falls
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Stair Falls is a rapid that resembles a staircase waterfall in the East Branch of the Penobscot River.

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Lynx Pond
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Wildlife viewing and/or a relaxing reprieve await visitors at scenic Lynx Pond.

Padre Island National Seashore

Stop 7: Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera)
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This densely branching shrub was used by Native American tribes to treat fever, throat aches, stomach aches, and headaches. The wax of the fruit was historically used to make candles while the leaves were used as a tobacco substitute. In winter, the seeds are important food sources for wildlife. This shrub also provides significant habitat for a variety of bird species.