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The National Park Service preserves, protects, and shares our nation's special places and stories. Employees work in a variety of fields. Science, research, and restoration. Grants and partnerships. Planning and management. Interpretation, education, and beyond. Discover what we do.
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  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

    Palo Alto Battlefield Continues Virtual Research Project

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
    Photo portrait of a woman in a striped t-shirt.

    Now in its second year, Palo Alto Battlefield's Virtual Student Federal Service project continues to provide valuable insight to the little-known story of Great Britain’s interest for preventing the U.S.-Mexican War.

  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

    Local Girl Scouts Celebrate Latino Conservation Week

    • Type: News
    • Locations: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
    • Date Released: 2020-07-17
    Girl Scouts reading a wayside and doing a written activity

    Local Girl Scouts are joining Palo Alto Battlefield NHP to celebrate Latino Conservation Week! This year, Girl Scouts can earn a patch for learning about Palo Alto and submitting ideas on how to conserve the park’s history and nature.

  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

    Battlefield Restoration Project

    • Type: News
    • Locations: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
    • Date Released: 2020-02-20
    People using augers to plant cordgrass plugs

    It’s a busy week for the park’s Resource Management Division. The park is working with its partners on a project to restore the resaca and adjacent wetland prairie on the core battlefield. In the upcoming weeks, this restoration project will begin seeding experiments and plant about 50,000 plugs of Gulf Cordgrass.

Last updated: February 20, 2019