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Group formed to study upgrading Colo. monument
May 19, 2011 9:22 PM
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A community group has been formed to explore upgrading the Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction to a national park. Colorado Sen. Mark Udall and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton said Thursday that the group is made up of 16 community leaders representing western Colorado... more » -
Colorado woman dies in fall at Grand Canyon
May 1, 2011 2:48 PM
A climbing fatality Thursday afternoon in Grand Canyon National Park was identified today as Barbara Evert, 78, of Englewood. Park rangers reported that Evert lost her footing and fell 100 to 140 feet. She suffered head wounds and died at the scene, they said. A commercial river trip... more » -
Tipton: community must rally to change monument
March 26, 2011 10:26 AM
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Colorado congressman Scott Tipton says efforts to upgrade the Colorado National Monument to a national park should be driven by the community. The Republican represents the district that includes the monument next door to Grand Junction. Tipton tells The Daily Sentinel that it's an... more » -
3 killed in national park plane crash
August 2, 2010 8:09 AM
Investigators in Alaska say a cargo plane crashed in Denali National Park Sunday. The three people aboard are presumed dead. The National Park Service says the plane was a Fairchild C-123 registered to All West Freight Inc. of Delta Junction, Alaska. The plane crashed into the south-facing slope... more » -
Final grizzly bear in deadly attack caught
July 30, 2010 9:53 AM
Montana wildlife officials say they have captured the fourth and final grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park. A sow and two of her three cubs had been trapped by Thursday. The final year-old cub was found... more » -
Salazar brothers promote Mesa Verde changes
April 25, 2010 11:34 AM
The Salazar brothers are headed to Mesa Verde National Park to promote better campgrounds and roads coming from stimulus money. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Rep. John Salazar are headed to the park Sunday morning to visit the site of a future visitors' center. Mesa Verde is getting about $10.1... more » -
Teacher discovers dinosaur skull
April 11, 2010 12:13 PM
Federal authorities say a high school science teacher has discovered what appears to be part of a skull from an armadillo-like dinosaur on federal land in western Colorado. The Bureau of Land management announced this weekend that the fossilized skull part was found by Kent Hups of Westminster. Hups found... more » -
British air force rescues 200 from floodwaters
November 20, 2009 8:49 AM
Britain's air force has helped rescue around 200 people stranded by rising floodwaters caused by torrential rainfall in a tourist region of northern England. Worst hit have been the towns of Cockermouth and Keswick, in England's picturesque Lake District, where authorities say air force helicopters were being used to evacuate... more » -
Park flights planned to estimate number of elk
October 27, 2009 7:26 AM
Planes and helicopters will fly over Rocky Mountain National Park over the next five months to estimate the number of elk in a herd that park officials want to cull. A plane and helicopter will fly at different altitudes to enhance the monitoring. The National Park Service and the U.S.... more » -
Delaware may be last state to get a national park
October 20, 2009 1:19 PM
Delaware may finally join the other 49 states in getting a national park of its own. The state's congressional delegation plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to create a history-themed park with a center in New Castle and multiple satellite locations. Topics would include European settlement and Delaware's role as the... more » -
Montana stops wolf hunting near Yellowstone
October 15, 2009 9:26 AM
Montana wildlife commissioners shut down gray wolf hunting Tuesday in backcountry adjacent to Yellowstone National Park after nine of the predators were killed there in recent weeks. Commissioners, however, kept the statewide kill quota at 75, repeating their belief that the planned harvest would not hurt the overall population... more » -
Man litters national park with 3,000 golf balls
September 19, 2009 10:36 AM
A man who says he hurled thousands of golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park for more than a year to honor deceased golfers will be explaining his tribute to a federal magistrate. Park rangers cited 57-year-old Douglas Jones for abandoning property, littering and feeding wildlife. Park spokesman Joe Zarki... more »
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