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Moores Creek National Battlefield
Blackwater Highways
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield park staff aimed to find out if Appalachian cottontail inhabited the park, so they collaborated with the Inventory and Monitoring Division to survey for their scat.
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The Winter 2025 Community Volunteer Ambassadors cohort gathered at Klondike Gold Rush – Seattle Unit National Historical Park for National Early Service Training.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
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Honoring Japanese Americans who were sent to incarceration camps during World War II, the memorial features a zen garden-like design and a powerful sculpture of cranes entangled in barbed wire.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Liberty Theatre
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Finishing Touches and the Future of Vancouver Barracks
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With much of the rehabilitation complete – utilities replaced, buildings upgraded, parking and walkways enhanced, and overhead electrical lighting removed – the team at Vancouver Barracks can continue to focus on the details that bring history to life.
California National Historic Trail
Jim Beckwourth Cabin Museum
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Jim Beckwourth, the African-American mountain man, scion of British nobility, great medicine and warrior chief in the Crow Indian Nation, US Army scout and courier, and discoverer of Beckwourth Pass and trail, settled here on his road for 7 years. He created several things we still have: Beckwourth Pass and Trail, located by Trails West markers, this cabin, and a national best seller biography, The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, 1856.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
The Great American Outdoors Act Revitalizes Barracks Building
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In 2020, Congress passed the most significant conservation legislation enacted since the environmental movement of the 1960s and 70s: The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). This was great news for Fort Vancouver NHS, which secured $15.2 million of that funding to renovate Building 993, one of Vancouver Barracks’ three large double infantry barracks buildings.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Visiting Vancouver Barracks
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From the beginning of the National Park Service’s custody of Vancouver Barracks, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site staff envisioned a place of recreation and learning for the public. After years of work, and with improved, accessible routes and programming, they finally welcomed visitors to parts of the site that were previously difficult to reach.
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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.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Beneath the Barracks: Archeology Considerations for Utilities Upgrades
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When Fort Vancouver National Historic Site took over the U.S. Army’s Vancouver Barracks in 2012, many of the utilities systems were decades old – some had not been updated since they were built in the first half of the 20th century. Bringing those systems up to standard was a top priority for creating a sustainable, historic campus for public service.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Spencer Trail
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The narrow and steep trail once was passage for pack animal hauling of supplies, today is challenging hike for those fearless of heights.
Boston African American National Historic Site
“Can This Flesh Belong to Any Man...?”: George and Rebecca Latimer’s Flight to Freedom
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In 1842, freedom seekers George and Rebecca Latimer arrived in Boston after escaping slavery in Virginia. Though Bostonians quickly secured George’s freedom, the Latimer case provided antislavery activists the political capital to usher in a statewide Personal Liberty Law, known as the "Latimer Law." Though largely remembered for the law that bears their name, the Latimers’ story also provides a powerful lesson of family resilience, community protest, and social change.
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Pioneer Trail Museum
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As pioneers headed west on the Mormon Trail, some settled near the crossing of the West Nishnabotna River. They established Old Macedonia in 1846 to serve the needs of pioneers traveling west. The Pioneer Trail Museum features a replica handcart, oxen yoke, pictures, and other items related to the pioneers and Mormon Trail.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Accessibility Matters: Building a Barracks for Everyone
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When the NPS took ownership of Vancouver Barracks in 2012, it was essential to plan for renovations and uses that allowed every visitor to experience the site.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Post to Park Transfer
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In 2012, the US Army transferred the east and south portions of Vancouver Barracks to the National Park Service.
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Tribal Heritage Center
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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Developing the Master Plan
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The Post-to-Park transfer of the East and South Barracks to the National Park Service didn’t take place overnight – planning began over a decade earlier with thorough public involvement and community input. In 2012, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site released its Draft Master Plan for the site, with the goal of establishing a vision for public use and providing guidance for park managers for the next 20 years.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Partnerships for a Public Service Campus
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The goal of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site’s 2012 Master Plan is to create a public service campus for the local community and for visitors. To accomplish this, Fort Vancouver NHS partnered with local agencies and organizations to find creative ways to adapt and reuse barracks buildings.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Paramount Ranch
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The diversity of the landscape made the Santa Monica Mountains an ideal backdrop for the film industry. Paramount Ranch’s variety of scenic qualities, landscapes, plant communities, and natural fea-tures offered a myriad of scenery available to represent outdoor landscapes nearly anywhere in the world