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Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake Pathway Hub

• Type: Place

The Jenny Lake Pathway Hub is the most northern point of the multi-use pathway. Read our informational sign about biking and use the bike rack to store your bike while you explore the Jenny Lake area.

Species Spotlight - Tree and Plant Communication

• Type: Article

From underground mycorrhizal networks to ultrasonic sound emissions and chemical signaling through the air. The plants and trees of the forest have a language and ability to communicate that science is only beginning to understand.

The Positive Impacts of Policy Implementation on Wintertime Air Quality in Yellowstone National Park through 2024

• Type: Article

Motorized access to Yellowstone National Park during the winter season has been historically contentious, with continual concerns regarding potentially affected resources, including air quality. The culmination of the air quality monitoring aimed at understanding the impacts of OSVs in Yellowstone National Park provides an excellent example of how balancing policy and public interests can result in positive environmental impacts. NPS, Intermountain Park Science, 2025.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

The JN-4 Jenny: The Plane that Taught America to Fly

• Type: Article

The Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is synonymous with the “barn storming” era of aviation, and is truly the airplane that taught American pilots of the 1916-1925 era how to fly. This training airplane, designed by a team working for the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1914-1915, was built in the thousands in during World War I to train US servicemen how to fly.

Boston National Historical Park

Frances Winifred Williams

• Type: Person

Frances Williams worked as a welder in the Charlestown Navy Yard and South Boston Annex during World War II. Her oral history provides a unique perspective as to what it was like working at the Yard during World War II.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Oak Ridge Wayside: S-50 Thermal Diffusion Plant

• Type: Place

A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the S-50 Plant, one of three uranium enrichment facilities that operated during the Manhattan Project.

Boston National Historical Park

Walter Budd Wimley

• Type: Person

Walt Wimley enlisted in the US Navy on September 11, 1942. He served aboard USS CASSIN YOUNG in the ship's engineering department as a Machinist Mate 1st Class in 1944 and 1945. He died in action aboard Cassin Young off the coast of Okinawa on July 30, 1945.

Boston National Historical Park

Joseph James Barnes

• Type: Person

Joseph J. Barnes was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1917. He enlisted in the Navy on September 23, 1942 as an Apprentice Seaman (AS). After studying to be a machinist at a Service School, Barnes graduated as a fireman 2nd class. In 1943, he reported to destroyer training before joining the crew of the USS Cassin Young. In serving on the Cassin Young, he joined the Pacific front of World War II. Barnes was killed in action from a kamikaze attack.

Boston National Historical Park

John James Takacs

• Type: Person

John was one of six children (three boys and three girls) of Stephen and Elizabeth Takacs, who immigrated from Hungary. John grew up in a Bridgeport, Connecticut. In mid-December he arrived in California and on December 31, 1943, he joined the crew of USS Cassin Young (DD-973). Cassin Young was hit by a second kamikaze on July 30, 1945. Forty-five sailors were wounded and 22 were killed. WT2c(T) John Takacs was one of them.

Boston National Historical Park

Jasper Clarence McCartney

• Type: Person

Jasper McCartney spent most of his life at sea, enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1930 at age 20. In the 1930s, he served on three destroyers, including the USS West Virginia where he worked as a fireman and watertender. In 1940, McCartney joined the crew of the USS Arkansas and was promoted to chief watertender. He was assigned to the USS Cassin Young a few days after its commissioning in December, 1943. McCartney was killed in action during a kamikaze attack on the destroyer.

Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio

• Type: Place

In 1940 the federal government allocated funds for the improvement of Wright Field and to create the United States Army Air Corps. Wright Field participated in diverse military operations during World War II. Montgomery County residents joined in scrap drives, grew victory gardens, lived with rationing and blackout regulations, and served in civil defense programs. Today the community is home to a number of institutions that commemorate the home front.

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Battery Langdon

• Type: Place

Hidden beneath this vegetation is Battery Langdon, is Fort Pickens' most powerful gun emplacement. Its role to camouflage two 12-inch guns capable of projecting 17 miles out to sea in 1923.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Touchable Aircraft for Young Visitors “Flies” in to Pearson Air Museum

• Type: Article

In January 2024, Fort Vancouver NHS unveiled a touchable Liberty aircraft in the lobby of Pearson Air Museum! The aircraft was designed and constructed by NPS exhibit specialist volunteers and students at Vancouver’s iTech Preparatory.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

In commemoration of the conquest of the air…

• Type: Place

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Airport Kiosk/Pilot Booth

• Type: Place

Blue Ridge Parkway

Mabry Mill

• Type: Place

The sights and sounds of rural Appalachia fill the air at Mabry Mill during summer and fall. Watch the picturesque mill's slowly turning wooden wheel as water splashes over it, down into the mill pond. Listen for the ringing of a hammer on an anvil to guide you to the smith at work in the blacksmith's shed. On Sundays, bring a lawn chair and sit a spell to tap your toes to traditional mountain music.

Air(wo)man Discovered and Honored

• Type: Article

Did you know that the Tuskegee Airmen included women? Sergeant Amelia Jones worked for two years during WWII in the 99th Pursuit Squadron under Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, commander of the Tuskegee Airmen. She was honored for her service in 2014.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Fort Warren

• Type: Place

Designed and built from the 1830s to the 1860s, Fort Warren is an extant example of a Third System-era fortification. Over the years, Fort Warren played an important role in the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Fort Andrews

• Type: Place

Constructed at the beginning of the 1900s and active throughout both World Wars, Fort Andrews on Peddocks Island served as a key component of Boston Harbor’s defense system.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Changing Weather Influences What We Hear in Remote Areas

• Type: Article

Atmospheric inversions play a crucial role in shaping soundscapes.