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Rock Creek Park
Request for Proposals to Lease Little House in Rock Creek Park
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The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a long-term competitive lease opportunity for Little House, a residential building located at 3131 Nebraska Avenue NW in Rock Creek Park.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Stories of the Moon & Stars at Moraine Park Discovery Center
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Assateague Island National Seashore
2025 Annual Horse Population Update for Assateague Island National Seashore
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2025 Update! Horses at Assateague Island National Seashore are managed as a wildlife population. Regular monitoring of population dynamics is necessary to support the long-term fertility control program that was initiated in 1994 to reduce the numbers of the Maryland herd, and now, management of the population close to the goal range of 80-100 individuals.
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Forests in Cuyahoga Valley National Park are responding positively to nearly a decade of white-tailed deer management. Although native, at high densities white-tailed deer can negatively impact forest vegetation. A recent study using data from the park’s long-term monitoring program found a reduction of woody browse, forest regeneration, and decreases in browse on the indicator species trillium.
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At Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area, long-term vegetation monitoring provides park managers with useful information for decision making on topics including changes in climate, grazing, and fire management. A recent report summarizes monitoring from 2011 to 2022 of vegetation and soil conditions provides management recommendations for their conservation.
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Cape Cod is a large glacial moraine peninsula that extends 96.5 km into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Massachusetts. Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) is located on the outer portion of Cape Cod. Almost all the estuarine habitat at CACO is associated with two large coastal lagoon systems, Pleasant Bay (PB) and Nauset Harbor/Marsh (NH). Due to restricted flushing with the ocean and residential development pressures outside the seashore boundary...
- Type: Person
Using the Greek word agape, meaning brotherly love, Nash coined the term agapic energy describe this comprehensive phenomenon. This unconditional love for humanity was the driving force behind the movement in the 1960s and can be a driving force among today’s movements, according to Nash. We honor Diane Judith Nash for reminding us of the power of love.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
The Legacy of the Port Royal Experiment
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The Port Royal Experiment was not intended to be a re-envisioning of America, but it evolved as a model for how to transition away from slavery during Reconstruction. Historian Willie Lee Rose termed it a “Rehearsal for Reconstruction.”
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Loon Lake's Glacial Past
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Grand Canyon National Park
Pipe Creek Vista Bus Stop - Kaibab/Rim (Orange) Route
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Located west of Yaki Point and the South Kaibab Trailhead, this shuttle stop provides visitors with spectacular views across the canyon from South Rim to North Rim. The paved Canyon Rim Trail may be accessed here. This section of the Rim Trail is also part of the Greenway bicycle path, which runs east 0.9-mile (1.4 km) from here to the South Kaibab Trailhead and west 1.4-mile (2.3 km) to the Visitor Center. Visit the link for the current schedule.
Grand Canyon National Park
Yaki Point Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
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Yaki Point is the only viewpoint on Desert View Drive that is closed to private vehicles. It can only be visited on foot, bicycle, or by taking the free Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route shuttle, departing from the Visitor Center Transit Terminal. Yaki Point is often a relatively quiet place from which to enjoy sunset or sunrise, with expansive views both to the east and west. Vault toilets are located here. Visit the link for the current schedule.
Grand Canyon National Park
South Kaibab Trailhead Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
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Just a 9-minute ride from Grand Canyon Visitor Center, this shuttle stop is the easiest way to access South Kaibab Trailhead. Running from 8 am, to just after sunset this winter, the bus will drop you off next to the water filling station and vault toilets, a short walk from the trailhead. From this location, you also can walk west along the paved Canyon Rim Trail and return to the Visitor Center, a distance of 2.3 miles/ 3.7 km. Visit the link for the current schedule.
Grand Canyon National Park
Yavapai Geology Museum Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
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Located on the northeast end of the parking lot below Yavapai Geology Museum, this shuttle stop is for passengers arriving from, or returning to the Visitor Center. The small restroom building is alongside this parking lot. The level footpath behind the shuttle stop goes to the outdoor amphitheater on the rim. Follow the path up the hill to Yavapai Geology Museum and Yavapai Point. The paved Canyon Rim Trail continues both east and west from here. Visit the link for schedule
Grand Canyon National Park
Mather Point Bus Stop - Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route
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From the Visitor Center shuttle bus terminal, Mather Point is the first stop on the Westbound Kaibab/Rim (Orange) Route. From here the bus travels to Yavapai Geology Museum, then returns directly to the Visitor Center. From this bus stop, a very short walk to the east will take you to a wide open vista of Grand Canyon. However, the wheelchair accessible, Mather Point overlook is a short walk further east (to the right when facing the canyon). Visit link for current schedule.
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Shuttle Bus Terminal
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This terminal is the main hub for the park's free shuttle buses. During winter, the Village (Blue) Route shuttle connects the Visitor Center Plaza with lodges, campgrounds, the Backcountry Information Center, and Market Plaza (general store, deli, and U.S. Post Office). The Kaibab Rim (Orange) Route eastbound to South Kaibab Trailhead, or westbound to Yavapai Geology Museum. During summer only, the Tusayan (Purple) Route - transports visitors to the gateway town of Tusayan.
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In what is now the mesa-top Pueblo of Acoma, men with effeminate physical attributes or personal tendencies were known by many names including mujerado, qo-qoy-mo, and kokwina. They dressed and lived as women, had relationships with men, and fulfilled women's roles in the community. Much like today's queer culture, mujerados of Acoma appear to have experienced varied levels of cultural acceptance.
Dinosaur National Monument
Jones Hole Trail
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A pleasant hike along a babbling brook in the bottom of a lovely canyon. Basically level walking with a few ups and downs. Quite a bit of shade. Trail terminates at the Green River. Approximately 1½ miles down the trail from the fish hatchery are several panels of Fremont petroglyphs and pictographs. After two miles, the Island Park Trail intersects with the Jones Hole trail at Ely Creek. A short walk up Island Park Trail takes you to a small waterfall.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Charles Bent
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Charles Bent, alongside his partner, Ceran St. Vrain, and younger brother, William Bent, established the Bent, St. Vrain, and Company along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833. This adobe-constructed trading post beside the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado was the first outpost between St. Louis, MO and Santa Fe, NM in its day. Charles and William's close association with Cheyenne and Arapaho nations enabled the company to prosper as a result of the buffalo robe trade.
Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
An Era of Romantic Friendships: Sumner, Longfellow, and Howe
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Romantic friendship is the term most often used when discussing close intimate relationships, often ambiguous in nature, between two same-sex friends in the nineteenth century. For historians, it is difficult to parse out what was simply friendship and what was romantic love. Charles Sumner's parallel relationships with Henry Longfellow and Samuel Gridley Howe highlight just how complex nineteenth century "romantic friendships" could be.
Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Research Guide to American Presidents in the Longfellow Archives
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This research guide includes primarily letters written by United States presidents and first ladies, as well as documents notable primarily for containing signatures of presidents and documents created outside the term of the presidency and commentary on presidents by Fanny and Henry Longfellow.