Managers at Mount Rainier National Park last week reiterated what impacts sequestration will have on park operations this summer.
The U.S. Department of the Interior has started the 2013 “Share the Experience” photo contest. The contest will showcase the country’s public lands, including national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and recreation areas. It is the largest national park and public land photo contest for amateur photographers.
The staffs at Mount Rainier National Park and its concessionaire, Mount Rainier Guest Services, have implemented a number of programs and taken multiple steps to reduce the park’s environmental impact.
Since 2008, the National Park Service has decreased emissions from on-site fossil fuel combustion and electricity consumption from the grid by 13 percent.
Paradise Inn will open for the season May 22.
Hike Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail and you’ll see all manner of loads strapped to hikers’ backs.
Breaking in a new pair of hiking boots used to take some serious time and effort.
MeadoWatch, a citizen science program run by the University of Washington biology department, is recruiting volunteers to help monitor wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park. The group is looking for about 50 people who enjoy hiking and viewing alpine wildflowers.
The engraved name of Margaret Anderson, the Mount Rainier National Park ranger killed Jan. 1, 2012, was unveiled this morning at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
You know what it looks like when circus clowns cram into a tiny car? That’s what came to mind as I loaded my backpack for a week on the Wonderland Trail, pushing it to the point of unnatural strain and bulging.
A Puyallup man was honored as a Volunteer Hero by the state Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark April 13 during the eighth annual Great Gravel Pack-In, an annual volunteer trail improvement event at the Capitol State Forest.
Often, when you talk to others about your work, it becomes a lesson in self-awareness.
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