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Great Basin National Park

Snake Creek Road
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Yellowstone National Park

West Yellowstone VIC Backcountry Office
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Yellowstone National Park

Tower Backcountry Office
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Yellowstone National Park

Snake River Backcountry Office
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Yellowstone National Park

Grant Village Backcountry Office
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Yellowstone National Park

Bridge Bay Backcountry Office
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Yellowstone National Park

Albright Backcountry Office
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Lava Beds National Monument

Captain Jacks Stronghold, Tulelake, Ca
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Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake & Park Orientation
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Plan your Jenny Lake and park experience by reading these informational signs.

Creating a Sanctuary: Protecting Snails and Restoring Ecosystems at War in the Pacific National Historical Park
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War in the Pacific National Historical Park is working to protect Guam’s biodiversity by managing invasive species like brown tree snakes and little fire ants while safeguarding native wildlife, including the endangered Guam tree snail. A recent study assessed the park’s Guam tree snail population, providing essential data to inform conservation efforts aimed at restoring the island’s fragile ecosystem.

Using Growth Rings to Determine Ages and Growth Patterns of Trees in Big Cypress
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For the first time at Big Cypress National Preserve, researchers used tree rings (growth rings) to study tree ages and which environmental/climate factors influence tree growth. One finding was that standing water levels—in this landscape shaped by water—are key. Researchers were also reminded that “you can’t always judge a book by its cover,” as some of the smallest trees measured were also the oldest.

Grand Canyon National Park

Desert View Watchtower
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Desert View Watchtower Retail Store (View Room) is open daily: 8 am to 6 pm. The upper floors of the tower are open, when staffing allows, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The last tower access is at 5:00 pm, with the stairs closed for the day at 5:30 pm. A ticket system admits 25 people with a 20-minute time limit. A National Historic Landmark, the Watchtower was constructed in 1932.The design by Mary Colter is based on Ancestral Puebloan architecture found in the southwest.

The Garter Snake Ssscoop
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The surprising story about Garter Snakes, one of the most common snakes in the United States. Small and non-venomous, to deter predators they release a musky scent.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

The Enduring Aramai
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VIEW FROM WAYSIDE: The wayside is set in a corner of the boardwalk. Behind the wayside is the wooden fence of the boardwalk and the flat scrubby grassland that leads up to the rolling hills in the distance. Depending on the time of year, the grassland can be covered in brightly colored wildflowers. In the dryer, winter season, the landscape is more browns and greens.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

It's All Downhill
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Here at Mori point, park scientists and volunteers have used the natural flow of water on the landscape to create a connected network of pond habitats for the threatened California red-legged frog and the endangered San Francisco garter snake.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Mabry Mill
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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.

Oregon National Historic Trail

Fort Boise Site
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Boston National Historical Park

USS CONSTITUTION
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The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world still calls her birthplace—Boston—home. Launched in 1797 from Hartt's shipyard in the North End, Constitution was one of six original frigates that formed the core of the fledgling United States Navy in the 1790s. During the War of 1812, she earned a legendary reputation in battle, defeating four British frigates.

Sagebrush Steppe plant materials to help wildfire recovery across Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Klamath Basin
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In 2024, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) funds provided funding to support a cooperative effort among Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service staff to collect and produce native sagebrush steppe seeds and plants so that the plant materials necessary to restore this important ecosystem are readily available for post-fire rehabilitation and recovery.

Yellowstone National Park

South Entrance Trailhead (8K7)
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This trailhead is found on the east side of the Snake River Picnic Area. The following trail can be accessed from this trailhead:- South Boundary Trail: South Entrance-Harebell South Boundary Trail: South Entrance-Harebell This moderate 11.6-mile (18.7-km) one-way trail follows the Snake River most of the way, passing by a couple of thermal areas. The fording of the Snake River at the western end of the trail can be dangerous, and even during low-water periods can be waist-de