Mammoth Cave National Park, May 25, 2009
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Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas, March 1, 2008
Lake Devil trail
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Red Squirrel, Yellowstone National Park – September 15, 2007
The American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of two species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus and known as pine squirrels (the other is the Douglas Squirrel T. douglasii). It is a medium sized (200–250 g) diurnal mammal that defends a year-round exclusive territory. The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the seeds of conifer cones. As such, they are widely distributed across North America wherever conifers are common, except on the Pacific coasts where they are replaced by Douglas Squirrels. Recently American Red Squirrel have been expanding their range to include primarily hardwood areas. Wikipedia
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Small arch near Delicate Arch, Arches National Park – September 24, 2007
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This is the only building original to the site, though it was moved about 200 yards.
Mountain Farm Museum near Cherokee, North Carolina,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, May 6, 2009
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The Miniature Ships of August F. Crabtree, The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia, May 10, 2009
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Stanley Hotel Lobby, September 5, 2009, Estes Park, Colorado
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Financial woes of another state budget could result in more park closures. An Associated Press report in Business Week says funding proposed in Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s budget recommendations could prevent a new state park from opening as scheduled and force the closing of other parks.
"We’re going to have to make some tough decisions because we don’t want to thin the soup any more," Johnson said. "It will mean shutting down the parks that don’t have as high visitation so we have the resources to maintain those parks that have higher visitation."
Johnson said the cut would mean the state parks won’t be able to hire maintenance workers, rangers, workers for fee collection stations and other employees needed to run all the parks. Johnson said his office would look at park closures and more limited hours, but he said it was too early to say which parks would be shuttered.
Read the Buisness Week article: Parks chief: La. gov’s budget would force closures.
Rider along the river, Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 2005
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Enos A. Mills – Father of Rocky Mountain National Park,
Bronze statue, Estes Park, 2009
Labor Day Arts and Crafts festival, a traditional Labor Day Weekend event in Bond Park
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