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The Street View cars don’t often venture into American national parks. The coverage of the United States is fairly poor in general, and concentrates largely on urban areas. But I poked and I prodded, and I managed to find a few little journeys through the parks of the USA. Here’s what I found.

On October 6 a man fell to his death from an overlook on Desert View Drive in Grand Canyon National Park. read more

Serena McClain, Associate Director of River Restoration   While removal of the Elwha Dam on the Elwha River isn’t slated to begin in 2012, work has already begun on the Port Angeles Water Treatment Plant, and Clallam County is already aware of the benefits this project will provide.

According to Mary Kane at the Washington Independent, over the past few weeks a deeply disturbing letter has been distributed to residents of Clarendon and Lyon Park who display “Obama for President” signs on their lawns.

Welcome to the United States of Corporate Greed.Owners of mineral rights under Padre Island National Seashore won a lawsuit against the National Park Service, granting them the right to drill for those minerals without burdensome conditions by the federal agency.Government for the corporations and by

A suspended Nevada judge has a crappy marriage, to say the least: Moments before husband Edward Halverson struck her with a frying pan, he had a "wicked, nasty" smile on his face, suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson told a grand jury. "It was like he was gleeful ...

Though permitted in National Preserves and some other units, sport hunting remains a controversial issue in the National Park System. One area of agreement is the importance of preserving wildlife habitat. The National Wild Turkey Federation recently showed its appreciation for the preservation of turkey habitat at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

If you were planning a Black Hills trip and couldn’t visit all of the area's parks, would you skip Wind Cave? That would be a mistake, even if caves don’t interest you. There's plenty to see and do above ground at Wind Cave. read more

I was away all of last week on a trip for work, part of which took me through the Kruger National Park. We were on a strict time deadline, so we just drove along the main road, cutting across the park and out the other side. Everyone told me that with Kruger being the size [...]

I was away all of last week on a trip for work, part of which took me through the Kruger National Park. We were on a strict time deadline, so we just drove along the main road, cutting across the park and out the other side. Everyone told me that with Kruger being the size [...]