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Making Our National Parks Great Again
All he’s interested in is “Drill, baby, drill!”
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Stamps in My National Parks Passport
Prepare to be transported to magical places in your mind.
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
True confession: I’m a National Park Geek. I even have a National Parks Passport, and nothing makes me happier than adding a stamp to it. There, I said it. So when I discovered that there was a National Historical Park right in the heart of downtown Seattle, I was transported to a level of ecstasy…
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Compassion
Compassion, defined as the “sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings and misfortunes of others,” is something you either have or you don’t. At this moment in history, perhaps more than any other, it is obvious that no fence-sitting on this issue is acceptable. Pick a side. Own it. One shouldn’t have to have experienced…
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The Tragic Tale of Twenty-Two Bears
It pains me to write this so hard on the heels of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, but the only way I can get this horrible story out of my head, it seems, is by putting it into yours. Our National Parks have a very checkered past. Our efforts to “tame” nature…
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Thermal Features in Yellowstone
The reason Yellowstone was made into the first national park on the planet is its unique thermal features. There were many times during my recent visit when I felt as if I were on another planet entirely. Nature there just doesn’t behave the way it does anyplace else I’ve ever been. It’s really quite fascinating.…
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The Wildlife of Yellowstone
According to the National Park Service webpage for Yellowstone, that park has the largest concentration of mammals in the lower 48 states. After having just spent 5 days there, this fact does not surprise me at all. If you can manage to go through this glorious place and not see a half dozen creatures, you’re…
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Secret Revealed: Everyone in the US Owns Land!
Real Estate is without a doubt the best investment one can make. People fight wars over land. The song “This Land is Your Land” makes all of us proud. And it should. Just by virtue of being a US citizen, each and every one of us owns 84 million acres of land. Yup. That’s million…