Custer State Park To Hold Annual Bison Auction
Yankton Press & Dakotan
CUSTER — The 2009 Custer State Park Fall Classic Bison Auction will be held on Saturday, Nov. 21 at the park corrals. This year’s offering includes six mature cows, 10 two-year old heifers, 20 yearling heifers, 65 heifer calves, 85 bull cal...
Microchips to help foil thefts of saguaros
San Francisco Gate
And they help identify Arizona's landscape in everything from Roadrunner cartoons to the back of the state quarter. A 2000 census of the two districts making up the Saguaro National Park outside Tucson estimated that there were 1.3 million ...
Rice sweeps doubleheader from Texas State
Collegebaseball.rivals.com
The tandem of Jimmy Comerota and Chad Mozingo combined for nine hits, five runs and five RBI to pace the Rice baseball team to a double-header sweep of Texas State in its first fall exhibition games Saturday afternoon at Reckling Park. The ...
Hues you can use
Courier News
Those interested in the history of the American Indians who settled along the Illinois River can soak up some details at Starved Rock State Park if they go there for the color show. The sprawling, craggy park west of Ottawa -- which this fa...
State park fees take a hike
KOLD News 13 Tuscon
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona State Parks Board has approved higher fees for the 30 state parks, beginning next March. The board agreed earlier this month to keep a premium annual pass, which allows full access on weekends at river parks. Howe...
Plan: NH state parks system needs direct funding
AP via Yahoo! News
New Hampshire could improve its state park system by reorganizing management and by inviting communities or volunteer groups to help maintain the land, but direct state funding is needed for true revitalization, according to a draft plan re...
Swimmer from Irondale, divers from Spring Lake Park and Fridley to compete at state meet
Mounds View Sun-Focus
Athletes from three area schools are competing in the State Girls' Swimming & Diving Meet to be held Nov. 19-21 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Calendar /Events in the great outdoors
Buffalo News
Scope Watch, 1-4 p. m.; and Owl Prowl, 7-9 p. m., Saturday; “Walk at Knox Farm State Park,” 9 a. m., Saturday; “Observatory Public Viewing Night,” dusk-?, Saturday; “Bluebird Society Presentation on the Eastern Bluebird,” 2-3 p. m., next .....
Hoosier Park spent $534K to lobby state
The Indianapolis Star
Hoosier Park and its parent company, Centaur LLC, spent $534,434 to lobby members of the Indiana General Assembly, the largest lobbying total for a business in Indiana, according to a newspaper report.
Bear Mountain State Park awarded funds for trails
The Photo News
Bear Mountain The on-going rehabilitation of the Appalachian Trail as it winds through Bear Mountain State Park will be funded with support from two awards from the N.Y.S. Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation:
Plan: NH state parks system needs direct funding
WCAX-TV Vermont
New Hampshire could improve its state park system by reorganizing management and by inviting communities or volunteer groups to help maintain the land, but direct state funding is needed for true revitalization, according to...
Winged sub almost ready to go very deep
San Francisco Gate
Pfeiffer camp closure: The campground at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, one of the best fall campgrounds in the state, closed this week in an emergency move because heavy rains could cause the camp to be inundated by flooding and mud flows. T...
Strand by me: Beach rates among nation's best
San Diego Union-Tribune
Silver Strand camping: Camper and RV parking is available at Silver Strand Beach State Park. Rates start at $8 a night for smaller vehicles and rise to $30 a night for RVs over 21 feet. Discounts are available for seniors and the disabled. ...
Champlin Park's Duncan dominates at sections; Junior cruises back to state swim meet with record times in 7AA
Champlin - Dayton Press
Champlin Park junior Abby Duncan sent a message to the other girls competing in either the 200-yard IM or 100 breaststroke in this weeks Class AA girls state swimming and diving meet - good luck.
Blighted San Francisco district touts its history
Boston Globe
This month the neighborhood's bid for historic district status will be submitted to the National Park Service, following state approval of the designation in July. The Tenderloin will join some 80,000 listings already on the National Regist...
Police | Sour drug deal leads to shotgun fire for 2
Myrtle Beach Online
Myrtle Beach State Park, 238-0874; Springmaid Beach, 315-7156; or Garden City Beach, 651-9700. MYRTLE BEACH Free legal clinics offered at library The S.C. Bar Association is offering free legal clinics in the meeting room of the Chapin Memo...
Five people are arrested on drug charges at state park
The Star-Ledger
HACKLEBARNEY STATE PARK -- Five individuals were arrested on charges of driving under the influence and possession of narcotics, authorities said. New Jersey State Park Police arrested the unidentified suspects this afternoon, said Elaine M...