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This elephant seal breeding season, the single-day cow count peaked at 1,159 on 1/27, which is similar to last year’s peak count of 1,165. Pup counts were higher than the five-year average this season. This is likely due to the lack of strong storms this winter and thus high pup survival.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Information Panel: Aftermath
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Following the Union retreat, Lee remained determined to crush Pope. Again, he divided his army and sent Stonewall Jackson's troops on an encircling march to cut off the enemy's escape route to Washington.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Charles Robinson
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Charles Robinson was the third Keeper stationed at the Sleeping Bear Point Life-Saving Station. He had ancestral ties to the Odawa people, as his grandparents were of Odawa heritage.
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site recognizes the national significance of the massacre in American history, and its ongoing significance to the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and massacre descendants.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
A Hearty Grip: Fort Scott Soldiers in the Mexican- American War
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Imagine the fear you might have marching into battle with guns blazing all around you. Imagine the courage it took to charge an enemy when their cannons thundered at you from a fortified hilltop. Imagine fighting in a foreign country far from home against a determined foe and waging a war that half of your country opposes. Imagine putting your life in danger on a daily basis. Such was the experience of Fort Scott soldiers during the Mexican-American War.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Black History in the Last Frontier: Company L, 24th Infantry
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Black soldiers were among the first members of the United States military to arrive in Alaska on the heels of the Klondike Gold Rush. Today, arguably no single institution has had as large of an impact on Alaska as the United States military. The men who served in Company L, 24th Infantry might thus be seen as among the first soldiers who initiated a long, deep relationship between the military and Alaska.
Grand Portage National Monument
My Park Story: Ethan Poulin
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Ethan Poulin came to Grand Portage from Thunder Bay about 13 years ago to live with his grandmother. Living in both Thunder Bay and here is, in the words of his uncle, two wings on the same bird, and describes well the dilemma of the international border within the traditional land of the Anishinaabe. He is working now as the Community Volunteer Ambassador (Conservation Legacy), which will give him resources to put toward education and a stable job.
Petrified Forest National Park
PEFO Audio Tour North Stop 15 and South Stop 18
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Yellowstone National Park
Wolf Lake Trailhead
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This trailhead in the middle of the park provides access to a series of trails:- Wolf Lake- Ice Lake Trail- Howard Eaton Trail: Cascade Lake-Norris CampgroundParking is on the south side of the road and the trailhead is on the north side. Use caution when crossing the road. Wolf Lake Trail This 2.4-mile (3.9-km) there-and-back trail travels through forests and swampy meadows on its way to meet up with the Howard Eaton Trail: Cascade Lake-Norris Campground. The highlight of th
Yellowstone National Park
Lost Lake Trailhead
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This trailhead is located at the end of the Pretified Tree Parking Lot. It provides access to the following trail:- Lost Lake TrailParking is at premium at this location, though there also is a high turn-over rate in vehicles. Additional, or winter-time parking can be found in a large pulloff along the Grand Loop Road at the entrance to the parking area. Lost Lake Trail This moderate 2.8-mile (4.5-km) loop trail begins behind Roosevelt Lodge and traverses through forest to th
Saratoga National Historical Park
Abraham Potter
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Abraham Potter of Deerfield, New Hampshire, enlisted in Captain McClary’s company, Colonel Alexander Scammell’s 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, on April 3, 1777. Towns within the state were tasked with filling quotas to raise troops for the Continental Army, and thus men like Abraham enrolled from the ranks of the militia to fulfil the obligation. As with most men who joined the service in 1777, Abraham entered the service for a three-year term.
Geologic Resources Division
Fossil Echinoderms – Crinoids, Blastoids, and Others
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Crinoids are the most common echinoderm fossils in national parks, found mostly in Paleozoic rocks. Echinoderms have 5-sided symmetry and have skeletons composed of numerous small pieces, which break apart after death. Thus, most echinoderm fossils are only small bits of the larger organism.
Everglades National Park
Anhinga Trail
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The famous Anhinga Trail is a self-guiding pavement and boardwalk trail winding through and over sawgrass marsh and freshwater slough. A paved path leads you along the water and to a looping boardwalk, providing views into the prairie and the clear waters of the slough. You may see alligators, fish, turtles, anhingas, and many other birds, especially during the winter, when the generally lower waters of the dry season concentrate aquatic wildlife in the slough. This is one th
Rock Creek Park
Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere
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The memorial to Sarah Louise Rittenhouse (1845-1943) is an armillary sphere on a marble pedestal. She is considered the founder of Montrose Park in Georgetown and is given credit for saving the park area from a housing development planned in the early 1900's. This memorial was a gift from the Georgetown Garden Club and was dedicated in 1956.InscriptionsIn Tribute toSarah Louisa Rittenhouse1845-1942Through Her VisionAnd Perseverance ThisLand BecameMontrose ParkAn etching on th
Acadia National Park
Thunder Hole
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Thunder Hole, a popular destination year-round, is a carved out inlet along the rocky eastern shoreline of Mount Desert Island. When a storm or the turning tide forces waves into this narrow channel, the air escapes with a thunderous reverberation that is both deafening and thrilling.
Great Falls Park
Potowmack Canal
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The Potowmack Canal Historic District consists of the largest, longest and most intact remains of the Potowmack Canal, built between 1786 and 1802, and the ruins of the small associated town of Matildaville. The development of the Potowmack Canal required interstate cooperation and the canal planners saw that the new republic would require similar collaboration thus inspiring the unification of the colonies to become the United States of America.
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Gateway National Recreation Area (GATE) consists of 10,783 hectares of coastal uplands, freshwater ponds, marshes, bays, beaches, and mudflats. Established in 1972, it is divided into three geographically separate units: Jamaica Bay, Staten Island, and Sandy Hook. The Jamaica Bay Unit encompasses almost all of island uplands and wetlands within Jamaica Bay. Thus, estuarine resources of GATE are fully contained within Jamaica Bay. The target population for estuarine...
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
Uncommon Cuisine On the Mississippi
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Cooking in the Illinois country was region-specific and thus unique. It has been described as the art form found nowhere else. Get a little taste of Ste. Genevieve.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Bolivar Heights
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Bolivar Heights is one of the most important Civil War battlefields in West Virginia -- it was the site of the largest surrender of United States troops during the Civil War. Today, from this location, you can walk beside trenches, take a hike in the woods, or enjoy an incredible vista where you can see most of the park areas from one vantage point. You can drive to this location on your own.
Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 22, No. 2, Winter 2022
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The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. Th Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 22, No. 2, Winter 2022