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Barker Dam, built in 1900 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has seen an explosion of graffiti since around October.
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No more bicycle rentals, a capped number of visitors, and more campsites are among the recommended changes for Yosemite National Park's most popular destination.
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The mountains that encase the San Fernando Valley meet requirements for including them in the national park system.
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Can a slight name change draw more visitors to a park?
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Visitor access to the popular Keys View Road was restored this morning when the road reopened.
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A wildfire in Joshua Tree National Park has prompted the closure of a main park road as firefighting crews work to contain the 270-acre blaze.
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The second-most visited National Park Service unit in the country is having a problem with some of its visitors.
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After hurricane-force winds knocked tens of thousands of trees to the ground last November, Devils Postpile is back in business this summer season.
Openings & Closings:
The late-season opening is due to a massive windstorm that struck the state last November.
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Hikers, cyclists, and other lovers of the great outdoors can begin taking advantage of a newly headquartered visitor and recreation center in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Each year cyclists get to pretty much own an intensely beautiful stretch of Yosemite National Park for a special period of time.
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What "Star Wars" creator George Lucas saw as a stand-in for an alien planet is what today's scientists see as an analog location for studying Mars.
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A particularly intense dust storm descended upon Death Valley National Park Monday afternoon.
Shorts:
If you still haven't been to Yosemite National Park, might this be your tipping point?
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The U.S. Department of Interior has announced a number of days in 2012 when entrance fees to national parks and other public lands will be waived
Openings & Closings:
After emergency work to repair washouts that hit during September's violent storms, Joshua Tree National Park reopened about a third of Pinto Basin Road Friday. Campsites also reopened.
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There are now two more parcels to acquire.
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The so-called Motor Fire, named after a RV that caught fire last week, caused the closure of Highway 140, which opened at 6:00 a.m.
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Officials at Yosemite National Park this afternoon emphasized that it remains open while a wildfire burns outside its borders to the west in Mariposa County.
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It's nearly a century since the wonderland of the Devil's Garden, a fantastic jumble of cacti and ocotillo just east of San Gorgonio Pass, was utterly obliterated by collectors looking to populate fashionable Los Angeles desert gardens.
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