Oct 13, 2024
Crime happens, even in national parks, national forests, and
other public lands. There are murders, thefts, robberies and all
sorts of crime that we’d hope to escape by heading into the kingdom
of public lands.
It can be hard to accept that national parks are not immune from
criminals and crimes. Just this past...
Oct 6, 2024
Who could have predicted that Hurricane Helene would carry her fury from the Gulf of Mexico and the coast of Florida hundreds of miles north into Appalachia? While there were forecasts calling for the hurricane to be downgraded to a tropical storm and drop quite a bit of rain in the region, the extent of damage in...
Sep 29, 2024
The coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina is just a small spot on the map, but it’s a big place in the hearts of the people who live, own property, and vacation there. Located along Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Rodanthe has been in the national spotlight because of a succession of houses that have fallen...
Sep 22, 2024
Concessions are the backbone of the National Park System. True, the National Park Service manages the parks and the wildlife and the visitors, but the concessionaires provide you with a bed, or campsite, to sleep in, restaurants to dine in, and gift shops to browse in.
Xanterra Parks and Resorts is one of the key...
Sep 15, 2024
The National Park System is an incredible reservoir of wildlife,
from charismatic animals such as grizzly bears, bison and wolves,
to animals such as moose, and pronghorn and sea turtles that, while
not usually labeled as charismatic, are indeed just that.
Wolves certainly fall under the charismatic...