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...
Sep 8, 2024
It was back in 1967 when the Congress chartered the National
Park Foundation to serve as the official charity of the National
Park Service, and over the decades it has raised millions of
dollars for the parks.
The Foundation is in the midst of its Campaign for National Parks,
a billion-dollar campaign that has already...
Sep 1, 2024
Have you ever been to Mammoth Cave National Park? It’s really not that impressive, is it. Sure, it’s more than 425 miles long, but only about 10 miles are open to the public.
Mammoth Cave is indeed a big, dark hole in the ground. And apparently there are a fair number of visitors to the national park in Kentucky who...