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 White House reverses experts on Yellowstone policyThe National Park Service wanted to close a section of Yellowstone Park in the wintertime because of the risk of avalanche. No way, protested businesses in Cody, Wyo., that wanted to promote more tourism.
Park Service cleared in probe of oyster farm fight
A federal investigation found no evidence that National Park Service officials tried to prematurely close an oyster company engaged in a dispute with the agency over its ecological impact.
Hanford reactor closer to historic landmark status
The National Park Service's advisory board has recommended designating the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, which produced plutonium for one of two bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, as a National Historic Landmark.
Park Service agrees to keep Yellowstone pass open
The National Park Service has formally approved an agreement it reached with Wyoming and other parties to use explosives to keep a mountain pass open to guided snowmobile access on the eastern side of Yellowstone National Park.
Scientists study effect of Rainier glacier melt
A slurry of rocks and mud sounded like a freight train when it ripped through a popular Mount Rainier hiking destination in 2001 and scared some television viewers who believed their homes were in the path.
Researchers to develop parkway tourism plan
A team of Virginia Tech researchers will develop a tourism strategy for the Rocky Knob area of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Alabama firefighters rerouted to Oregon
A group of Alabama firefighters originally headed to California to battle wildfires has been rerouted to Oregon.
Cape officials debate wind turbine for high school
A Cape Cod school committee wants to build a wind turbine to power its high school in Eastham and make money.  Cosco Busan's impact still not entirely clearNine months after an oil slick spread across the Bay from the Cosco Busan, the ship’s tarnished name has been scrubbed off its hull, but exhaustive cleanup efforts have failed to remove all of the spilled toxic fuel from area shorelines.
Agency seeks more Vegas water
A hearing will be held in late 2009 on a bid by the main water supplier for Las Vegas, already allowed to pump more than 19 billion gallons of water a year from rural Nevada, for another 16 billion gallons from a valley on the state's border with Utah.
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