Ellis Island museum evacuated for 90 minutes after harmless white powder is found A white powder that was found at Ellis Island and ...
Senate clears bill to avoid government shutdown, votes to fund government ops through Dec. 18 The Senate has cleared a stopgap spending measure ...
US government brings food, scientists, drugs and vehicles to American Samoa On a search-and-rescue mission in a tsunami-stricken American Samoa village, Capt. Nate Duff and his Hawaii Air National Guard troops waded through knee-deep swampland and under trucks hanging from trees in ...
Settlement blocks Yosemite from continuing development, opens Merced River plans to public Ending a lengthy legal battle with environmentalists, the federal government agreed Wednesday to halt all commercial development in Yosemite National Park's most popular stretch and to consider limiting access to ...
Oceanographer Dr. David Walsh studies earthquake charts at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on Oahu. A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, ...
Panel says US should expand national parks, spend more to preserve them for future generations Spending on national parks should be increased by at least $700 million over the next seven years, an independent panel urged Congress on Thursday . The additional ...
The value of ÔGreen TeamsÕ is being shown at nearby Zion National Park Anyone seeking prime examples of sustainable land management can always tour our national parks, whose water, beauty and diversity of plant and animal life are protected by federal law. ...
Lightning-caused fire in Yellowstone not threatening anything and allowed to burn A lightning-caused fire in Yellowstone National Park had grown to about 110 acres. Fire officials say that the Butte fire has been burning since Sunday near the summit of Druid Peak, ...
Tourists at Sequoia National Park rerouted as rangers helicopter in to destroy pot garden A section of this Sierra Nevada national park was closed to visitors Thursday while rangers helicoptered in to destroy a sizable marijuana growing operation just a half-mile away ...
This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a plume of dust at Yosemite National park after a rock slide Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Geologists are monitoring the cliffs behind Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel after tumbling boulders from the Royal Arches formation ...
With the Capitol in Washington in the background, a U.S. Park Service employee lowers flags to half-staff at the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in honor of the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
Obama administration shows interest in fossil-rich area in northern valley A massive swath of Las Vegas Valley teeming with ice age fossils could become a national monument operated by the National Park Service as soon as next year. The designation could come ...
