Two prescribed burns got out of control, becoming New Mexico’s largest recorded wildfire. But experts say it’s necessary to thin forests in a region primed for destruction.
Tag: National Park Service
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Everyone Deserves an Equal Chance for a Campsite
A booking system used by the National Park Service may be disadvantaging marginalized communities the service has worked hard to attract.
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Hiking Down to Phantom Ranch, the Grand Canyon’s ‘Destination Hotel’
The entire point of the unique place is the experience involved in getting there.
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Body From 1980s Homicide Is Found in Barrel at Lake Mead
“It’s really odd in the sense that had the lake never receded, we would never have discovered the body,” a police lieutenant in Las Vegas said, adding that it could also lead to the discovery of other bodies.
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Cherokee Nation Can Gather Sacred Plants on National Park Land
Five decades after the park service took over the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, the Cherokee can once again gather plants there to create medicine, food and supplies.