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National Park
News:
Lassen NP's 95th Year
Lassen Volcanic was established as a national park 09 Aug 1916 because of its significance as an active volcanic landscape. Lassen Peak began erupting in 1914, had the most significant activity in 1915, and had minor activity until 1921. All four types of volcanoes in the world are found in Lassen's 106,000 acres.
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Hawaii NP Celebrates 95th Year
Happy 95th Birthday Hawaii National Park. Hawaii National Park became a park on August 1st 1916. On September 13, 1960 Haleakala National Park was split off from Hawaii National Park creating it's own unique park in the islands of Hawaii.
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Park Destination of the Week
Joshua Tree National Park
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A slender trunk forks into several limbs, which themselves branch into smaller boughs, each terminating in a knob of spines. The Joshua tree resembles medieval weaponry, but fortunately, it inspires not dread, but curiosity, admiration, or even a smile. The Joshua trees are one of a number of unusual and vibrant plants and animals that make a fantastic mini-world of Joshua Tree National Park, this week's destination in the National Park Getaway travel article series.
In addition to the park's namesake, visitors take in the fuchsia blooms of beavertail cactus and the flat, spiked lobes of the yellow-green prickly pear. Ocotillo stretches its slender stems skyward, their green lengths terminating in a scarlet plume. Bighorn sheep climb on rocks, and black-tailed jackrabbits bound among the cacti and low trees.
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Washington and the National Parks
Experience at Statue of Liberty
Liberty Island to Remain Open during Statue's Year-Long Renovation
New York, NY -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island will undergo a
$27.25 million renovation that includes long-planned safety and other critical facility renovations beginning in late October.
"Two years ago, when we reopened Lady Liberty's crown to visitors for the first time since the September 11 attacks, I promised that we would continue to upgrade the interior to make it safer and more accessible for all," Salazar said. "With today's announcement, we are taking a major step in bringing a 19th Century icon into the 21st Century."
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