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The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns of Death Valley National Park

In remote southwestern Death Valley National Park is a point of interest often overlooked by visitors— the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. The...
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Free National Parks April 21-29

Crater Lake National Park, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, and Oregon Caves National Monument are Oregon locations with free admission as...
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Free entrance to National Parks November 11-13, 2011

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  • November 8, 2011
The National Park Service is offering its last fee-free days of 2011 on Veterans Day weekend, November 11-13. Although there are almost 400...
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Free entrance days for Northwest National Parks

Hey Portlanders,Once again, more than 100 National Parks that normally charge entrance fees are offering fee-free days this year. That includes...
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Adventure walking- explore national parks for free

Eugene is a beautiful city for taking walks along its many trail systems. But sometimes you just have to load the family up and take an adventure...
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Summer Solstice: Free admission at Mt. Rainier National Park June 21

Admission is free* at Mt. Rainier National Park on Tuesday, June 21 -- which also marks the first day of summer. Normally, the entrance fee to the...
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Olympic Park tragedy underscores guns in parks issue

By all accounts, 63-year-old Robert Boardman of Port Angeles was a stand-up guy; a fellow who enjoyed hiking in the Olympics and who probably never...
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Nat'l park manhunt for killers; Seattle asks for more time in gun ban appeal

An intense search in and around Yellowstone National Park for a pair of prison escapees and a woman – suspects in a New Mexico double slaying...
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Unfinished business

We thought (hoped) that the remaining “Beltway Sniper” – Lee Boyd Malvo – would rot away in the pen and never be heard from...
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Yellowstone-area bear attack underscores guns-in-parks effort

The political effort leading to adoption last year of a new statute allowing defensive firearms to be carried in national parks got a major...
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