national parks
The riveting Rosies: The World War II home front in Richmond, California
February 7, 2017Every Friday, visitors to the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park have the opportunity to meet with some of the original Rosies.
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John McCain’s “midnight riders” put borderlands at risk
September 15, 2015"If we expose McCain's underhanded tactics, S750 will likely die just like a vampire in the sun."
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Today in environmental history: Naturalist John Muir is born
April 21, 2015Muir is best known for his sojourn in Yosemite Valley from 1868 to 1874; at his urging, Congress established Yosemite National Park in October 1890.
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North Dakota park threatened by oil, gas drilling
June 24, 2014The park, which is home to a great variety of wildlife, 100 miles of hiking and horse trails, and skies where visitors can sometimes witness the Northern Lightsmay soon be marred by oil rigs.
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Today in eco-history: Wilderness explorer John Muir born
April 21, 2014Muir was a wilderness explorer and was the first Euro-American to explore Glacier Bay. In 1882 John Muir co-founded the Sierra Club with Professor Henry Senger, a philologist at UC Berkeley.
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