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US Army helps Park Service on Denali

...located in one of the world's most extreme natural environments, it's nice to have a little help moving in.The National Park Service recently enlisted the help of the U.S. Army to shuttle supplies to Park Service base camps located far up 20...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-05/us-army-helps-park-service-denali
State
Rainforest Warriors

...demonstrator at the Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center in Sitka for many years, and has also done work for the National Park Service to restore and replicate historic poles in Sitka and elsewhere. He now owns his own gallery and studio, Raindance Gallery...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-04-25/rainforest-warriors
Art
Wolves in national preserve drop by more than half

...state-sanctioned program to kill the animals near the boundaries of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, a National Park Service official said Friday.Federal biologists discovered a more than 50 percent decline, the highest on record, by...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-14/wolves-national-preserve-drop-more-half
State
White House tours halted

...sightings of first dog Bo?Citing the impact of new spending cuts on staffing, the U.S. Secret Service and the National Park Service announced that public tours of the White House will be canceled beginning Saturday.The cancellations come at...

http://juneauempire.com/jim-kuhnhenn/2013-03-06/white-house-tours-halted
Denali wolf population drops by two-thirds

...compared to half a decade before. The park's population of 54 wolves marks a quarter-century low.The U.S. National Parks Service released its fall count Tuesday. The service has monitored wolf populations since 1986 as one of 18 vital signs...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-29/denali-wolf-population-drops-two-thirds
State
Arts & Culture calendar

...TUESDAY, DEC. 4National Park Service Open House, 4-6 p.m., Hammond Room Centennial Hall. Join Alaska's National Park Service leadership to discuss the approaching 100th anniversary of the NPS, how the service can prepare for a new century...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-11-29/art-events-music
Art
National Park Service issues call to action

As the National Park Service approaches 100 years of service...attended the question and answer.National Park Service Alaska Regional Director Sue Masica...Alliance, said she looks to the National Park Service to protect federal lands from...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-05/national-park-service-issues-call-actio
Local
This week's Fireside Lecture to focus on Attu Island

...Rubber Duckies" with National Weather Service forecaster Joel Curtis Feb. 8: "Harbor Seals on the Move" with National Park Service biologist Jamie WombleFeb. 15: "Power to the People: Avalanche Mitigation and History at Snettisham" with...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-01-17/weeks-fireside-lecture-focus-attu-island
Art
'Harbor Seals on the Move' to be this week's Fireside Lecture

This week's Fireside Lecture will be Harbor Seals on the Move," led by National Park Service biologist Jamie Womble. Her presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and will repeat at 8 p.m. at the Mendenhall Glacier...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-07/harbor-seals-move-be-weeks-fireside-lectu
Art
Climbers' descendants mark Denali centennial

...professional guides from the Alaska Mountaineering School, one of six mountaineering concessionaires permitted by the National Park Service to operate on Denali. They'll follow the same route to the summit that their predecessors did, traveling up...

http://juneauempire.com/node/26309
State

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