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Volunteers tackle river valley invaders
Original at St. George Daily Spectrum
• Tue, Jun 9
UT Where tamarisk was eradicated in Death Valley National Park, native species were allowed to grow, water returned to wetland areas and wildlife thrived again. Ty Smith, left, and Cresent Crandall drag away a tamarisk tree they uprooted. ...
Luxury train cars purchased for use in national parks
Original at USA Today
• Tue, Jun 9
Xanterra has properties in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz., Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Mount Rushmore National Memorial, SD, Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks, Utah, and Crater Lake National Park, Ore., ...
National Park Service to offer three fee-free weekends
Original at KTNV Las Vegas
• Wed, Jun 3
NV The National Park Service is offering fee-free weekends at hundreds of parks across the country. Included on the list are two parks right here in Southern Nevada: Death Valley National Park and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Landing at the Chicken Strip, Saline Valley Warm Springs, CAOriginal at bcast.co.nz
• Sun, May 31
This 1500 foot long gravel strip serves the Saline Valley Warm Springs in Death Valley National Park, CA ... "chicken strip" "saline valley ... www.bcast.co.nz
CERCA CALENDAR - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sun, May 31
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV June 19-20, Death Valley National Park, Calif.: Scotty's Castle Organ Concert. Jonas Nordwell will play the famous pipe organ in the music room. Reservations necessary. 7 pm Death Valley Natural History Association, (760) 786-2146, www.dvnha.org. ...
Mesquite Sand Dunes at Dawn, Death Valley National Park, Cal
Original at good-times.webshots.com
• Tue, May 26
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Visitation for Jay Haverstick to be held in his restaurant
Original at Dayton Daily News
• Sat, May 23
OH Mr. Haverstick, 69, was found dead Wednesday, May 20, in Death Valley National Park, California, after he failed to return from an early-morning photo shoot the previous day, May 19. His body was found in the “Sand Dunes” region in the central part of ...
Camping: the horror
Original at Crain's Chicago Business
• Sat, May 23
IL We'd go to a campground in a state or national park, set up our tent and then find ourselves next to the partiers." Several years ago, the Rockeys went to Death Valley National Park in California and camped at Furnace Creek. It was the last weekend of ...
Ohio restaurateur dies hiking in Death Valley
Original at San Jose Mercury News
• Thu, May 21
• 5 related articles
AP DAYTON, Ohio—An Ohio restaurant owner has died while hiking in California's Death Valley National Park. Park spokesman Terry Baldino says a California Highway Patrol helicopter spotted the body of 69-year-old Jay Haverstick on Wednesday, ...
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Park service attorney defends Amargosa water rights protests
Original at Pahrump Valley Times
• Wed, May 13
NV Fahmy, who works for the National Park Service, vehemently defended the protests, designed to protect the Devil's Hole pupfish and springs, at Death Valley National Park, during a speech at the annual Devil's Hole workshop at the Furnace Creek Visitors ...
Death Valley could start right here
Original at Pahrump Valley Times
• Fri, May 8
NV The new chief at Death Valley National Park is saying about what I said a year or two ago, and we'll see if anyone in Pahrump takes notice, or if the effort is more than it can handle. Sarah Craighead spoke this past week about Death Valley partnering ...
Charles Manson's Hide-Away Gutted in Suspicious Fire
Original at LA Weekly Play
• Fri, May 8
CA By Christine Pelisek in crime Charles Manson's former remote hide-out has been gutted in a suspicious fire, according to the Death Valley National Park Service. Authorities are not sure whether Barker Ranch, famous for being Manson's last home before ...
Charles Manson's last hideout burns in California
Original at google.com
• Thu, May 7
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A California desert cabin that became cult leader Charles Manson's last hideout has been gutted by fire. Death Valley National Park spokesman Terry Baldino said Thursday that the isolated cabin was discovered ...
Tagito launches to sell your expertise — in anything
Original at The Industry Standard
• Tue, Apr 28
CA For example, you can buy a map of Death Valley National Park for $3.25, tips for lowering blood pressure for $5.10, or analysis of the European Union's expansion for the bargain price of 30 cents. In fact, most of the documents posted to the site sound ...
Tagito launches to sell your expertise — in anything
Original at VentureBeat
• Tue, Apr 28
For example, you can buy a map of Death Valley National Park for $3.25, tips for lowering blood pressure for $5.10, or analysis of the European Union's expansion for the bargain price of 30 cents. In fact, most of the documents posted to the site sound ...
National Park Service Raises Concerns About Solar Projects in ...
Original at Greentech Media
• Thu, Apr 23
projects that have been proposed for development on BLM land in Nevada could pose serious threats to the habitat of the Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Mojave National Preserve and the Devils Hole section of the Death Valley National Park. ...
Park Service Protests Big Solar Expansion in Nevada Desert - Common Dreams
Original at commondreams.org
• Mon, Apr 20
Jarvis cites potential negative impacts for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mojave National Preserve, and the Devils Hole section of Death Valley National Park. "The NPS asserts that it is not in the public interest for BLM to approve plans of ...
Death Valley national park, California - Ubehebe CraterOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Mon, Apr 13
Windy day on the rim of the Ubehebe Crater in DEVA. An unusual addition to the great variety of geological features in Death Valley National Park ... fr.truveo.com
Amargosa River wild and scenic status awaits Obama's signature
Original at Pahrump Valley Times
• Fri, Mar 27
NV This ribbon of green amid one of the harshest environments on earth is now being recognized as a lifeline for rare and endangered species and as a critical source of water for Death Valley National Park and its gateway communities. ...
House OKs historic public lands measure - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Thu, Mar 26
• 9 related articles
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Another provision in the lands bill confers Wild and Scenic River status on a 25-mile section of the Amargosa River at the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park. Supporters of the measure expect it to bring new protections to the only river that ...
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Feinstein's Desert Desire Has the Green Sector Seeing Red
Original at LAist
• Wed, Mar 25
CA It established Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave National Preserve. It remains the largest parks and wilderness bill to impact the lower 48 states. Feinstein has approached Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar to bring ...
Parks film features students - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sat, Mar 21
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV The school has made an effort to expose the students to natural wonders, taking them on field trips to geological sites like the Great Unconformity at Frenchman Mountain and Valley of Fire State Park. Students' exploration of Death Valley National Park ...
'Lucky' runners race into pre-spring March 14
Original at knox.VillageSoup.com
• Thu, Mar 5
ME This is a scenic wilderness trail run on a gravel jeep road from Beatty, Nev. through the picturesque Titus Canyon, to the finish in Death Valley (the entire run is in Death Valley National Park), Brower said. "One could see snow capping the mountain ...
Wildflowers, Cherry Blossoms Show Promising Start
Original at LAist
• Tue, Mar 3
CA Over at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, "the flowers are really out," park officials write on their website. Further north in Death Valley National Park, it's still too early (.pdf). But things move fastly. Like they say at the Antelope Valley ...
Tour operators work to stay profitable during recession - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sun, Mar 1
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Reed's company operates high-end tours to destinations including the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Death Valley National Park, among others. Earlier this year Pink Jeep took delivery of 15 new, 10-passenger ...
U.Va. Students Opt for Community Service During Spring Break - Media Newswire
Original at media-newswire.com
• Wed, Feb 25
Media Newswire (press release), NY Dickson will travel to Death Valley National Park in California to install grills at campsites and maintain trails. "I have always been intrigued by the Western landscape," he said. "The National Park Service is great to work with and the work needs to ...
Los Angeles Getting 140000 New LED Streetlights
Original at Red, Green, and Blue
• Mon, Feb 23
CA “If you have ever been to Death Valley National Park and looked up on a clear night, you would see that the stars seem to be dimmer than they were when I was a child. But they are not getting dimmer, really–the rest of the sky is getting brighter ...
Travel Log: Fontana
Original at Nascar
• Wed, Feb 18
- Traveling east 76 miles takes one to the lowest point in the continental United States, Badwater in Death Valley National Park (282 feet below sea level). ...
Blooms a winter bounty in desert
Original at Press-Enterprise
• Sun, Feb 15
CA - Feb 15, 2009 The prospects for a colorful early spring also are good at one of the nation's driest spots: Death Valley National Park. A recent storm dropped 1 to 2 ...
'Road' claim is questioned
Original at Pahrump Valley Times
• Wed, Feb 11
NV Efforts by Inyo County, Calif., to acquire a half-mile of alleged road in the northern reaches of Death Valley National Park may, in the end, determine whether a law from the 19th century can upstage the much more recent Wilderness Act, enacted in 1964 ...
Contact info for California's national parks, monuments and ...
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Sun, Feb 1
Contact info for California's national parks, monuments and ... CA - Feb 1, 2009 Death Valley National Park, California 190, Visitors Center, PO Box 579, Death Valley, CA 92328; (760) 786-3200, fax (760) 786-3283, www.nps.gov/deva. ...
Joshua Tree charity donates 10000th acre to Park Service
Original at Hi-Desert Star
• Sat, Jan 31
CA - Jan 31, 2009 The land trust has given land to Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve and Death Valley National Park through 183 transactions at a cost ...
On Foot: Warm Spring Camp was one woman's domain
Original at Enterprise-Record
• Mon, Jan 26
On Foot: Warm Spring Camp was one woman's domain CA - Jan 26, 2009 DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — I would love to have known Louise Grantham, a businesswoman who 80 years ago ran a talc mining operation in a remote canyon on ...
Easy living in forbidding Death Valley
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Fri, Jan 23
USA - Jan 23, 2009 The Old Ranger and the 20-mule teams that hauled borax out of the desert are history, but Death Valley National Park reigns as a place of superlatives. ...
Editorial: A chance to rebuild our national parks
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Tue, Jan 6
California has many of those projects: $10.1 million for the Valley Loop Road at Yosemite National Park; $8.5 million to replace water tanks and provide fire suppression at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; $11.2 million for the main road through Death Valley National Park. The list...
TRIP OF THE WEEK: Ash Meadows great place to get in touch with nature - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sun, Dec 28
TRIP OF THE WEEK: Ash Meadows great place to get in touch with nature Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Popular stops include Crystal Spring, Crystal Reservoir, Point of Rocks, King Spring and Devil's Hole, a detached portion of Death Valley National Park. ...
On Foot: Walking among the mysterious moving rocks
Original at Enterprise-Record
• Sun, Dec 28
CA - Dec 28, 2008 DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — The one thing I wanted to see most was always too far out of reach. I'd read about the mysterious moving rocks of The Racetrack ...
California says Yucca poses threat to people, resources - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Wed, Dec 24
California says Yucca poses threat to people, resources Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - These springs are the only source of water for the park workers and the approximately 1.25 million annual visitors to Death Valley National Park," ...
Death Valley – The Beauty Behind The Mythical Name ...
Original at Emailwire
• Mon, Dec 22
- Dec 22, 2008 The Death Valley National Park was established as a national monument in 1933 and has long been prized for its unique wildlife and desert beauty. ...
Y2Kyoto: Death Valley Solar Photovoltaic Facility Dedication Event
Original at small dead animals
• Thu, Dec 18
By Kate Because of the winter storm and several road closings in the area, the December 16, 2008 dedication of the solar photovoltaic system in Death Valley National Park has been cancelled." (Also postponed: What happens in Vegas and surfing in Malibu.)...
Former Sequoia-Kings Canyon Park chief honored
Original at Central Valley Business Times
• Fri, Dec 12
CA - Dec 12, 2008 resources owned by the American people including Yosemite National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Death Valley National Park, ...
Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park
Original at About.com Camping
• Thu, Dec 11
Photo of Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park. This gallery features photos taken by campers of campground scenes, their campsite or cooking area, their RV or tent, or anything about their camping trip. All campers are welcome to submit their camping photos.
Death Valley: Winter’s Warm and Affordable Wonderland
Original at GlamScene
• Tue, Nov 25
NY - Nov 25, 2008 and a suntan over a wind burn–not to mention savings over spending–consider California’s Death Valley National Park where hiking, swimming, golfing, ...
California’s Abandoned Mines Pose Premises Liability Risk
Original at California Car Accident and Injury Lawyer
• Mon, Nov 10
By rreeves There’s more than desert fauna and sand dunes at Death Valley National Park, and judging from a recent Los Angeles Times report, the chance of a premises liability lawsuit against federal authorities is not such a remote possibility. The park is home to thousands of abandoned mines, many...
"Death Valley Struggles To Make Abandoned Mines Safe"
Original at SEJ Environmental Journalism Today
• Thu, Nov 6
Reporting from Death Valley National Park -- Here in ghostly Skidoo, the holes and tunnels are everywhere, nearly a thousand of them puncturing mountains and cratering the desert. Cold winds blow through darkened shafts. ...
Death Valley National Park (2008-11-01)
Original at City Journalist Directory
• Fri, Oct 31
Death Valley National Park spans a total of 3367627 acres across Saline Valley, Panamint Valley and Death Valley in California and parts of Nevada. Proclaimed in 1933 (though not officially designated as a national park until 1994), ...
The Flora, Fauna and Ghosts of Death Valley National Park
Original at Enjoy Last Minute Travel Tips
• Wed, Oct 29
• 2 related articles
Death Valley is not your typical American National Park. It’sa region of extremes… extreme temperatures… extreme geology… extreme history… extreme scenery. Death Valley National Park could be considered a rebel amongst Americas National ...
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Death Valley & Lone Pine
Original at Travel Blog | Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos
• Thu, Oct 23
Eventually we were on our way back to California through the very hot and baron Nevada Desert. We kept our eyes open for Area 51 but were unsuccessful in finding it. We arrived at Death Valley National Park around 2.30pm, ...
Death Valley National Park to Re-activate Towne Pass Materials ...
Original at DesertUSA
• Fri, Oct 3
By NewsBlog Notice of Decision - Following a 13-year hiatus, the National Park Service (NPS) will permit the resumption of use of Towne Pass Materials Site #218 (MS #218)
The Abandoned Keane Wonder Mine at Death Valley National Park is ...
Original at National Parks Traveler
• Tue, Sep 23
By Bob Janiskee Citing serious safety hazards, the National Park Service has barred public access to the abandoned Keane Wonder Mine site at Death Valley National Park. The old mine site, which has already claimed one visitor’s life, is loaded with ...