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National Park Visitors Worry Over Gov't Shutdown [VIDEO]

National Parks Face Shutdown on Eve of Civil War Anniversary

FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. -- The looming shutdown of the federal government includes the National Parks Service, which could mean events commemorating the start of the Civil War with a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter may have to happen without the fort itself. A shutdown would also affect trips to the nation's...

Burt's Bees Founder Wants to Donate National Park

TOWNSHIP 3, RANGE 8, Maine -- Maine sportsmen were outraged when Roxanne Quimby, the conservation-minded founder of Burt's Bees cosmetics, bought up tens of thousands of acres of Maine's fabled North Woods -- and had the audacity to forbid hunters, loggers, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles on the expanses. Quimby...

Obama Pushes Effort to Protect Public Lands

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a new administration effort to protect public lands will put people back to work in tourism and recreation and help Americans stay healthier by encouraging outdoor activities. The initiative largely incorporates existing programs under a new name, "America's Great Outdoors."...

Civil War, 150 Years Later, Still Divides Our Nation

MANASSAS, Va. – When National Park Service rangers fired a New Year's cannon shot at this Civil War battleground to hail the arrival of 2011, they also ushered in the start of a four-year commemoration of the war's 150th anniversary. The events include a multitude of battle re-enactments, lecture series, readings,...

Background on National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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