With the tag “Get Outdoors Wherever You Are”, the National Wildlife Federation’s Get Outside page sports the nifty Nature Find tool that allows you to find outdoor events and/or sites within one to 500 miles of any U.S. location.
Using Google Maps and a database of almost 30 site types including parks, aquariums, trails, and preserves, you can easily find a local destination no matter where you are in the country.
And you can filter your search to show only sites that include activities: NWF events, camping, water sports, snow sports, cycling, walking, and nature events …. to name a few.
Check out my crude screen capture video to get a better flavor of this “you-have-no-excuse” Nature Find.
With the recent release of global warming reports …. and the intensifying debate on human inputs and individual hubris …. it’s time once again to visit how the ever-changing climate affects our beautiful National Parks .
Here are ten climate change reports that touch the U.S. National Park system.
A critical component is the goal to eliminate pesticides from parks, especially areas frequented by children, such as beaches, playgrounds, picnic areas, ball fields, campgrounds, and hiking trails. The plan acknowledges areas for which …
A federal spotlight was on Joshua Tree National Park this week during a congressional subcommittee hearing to discuss how climate change is affecting the country’s parks. Eight parks, conservation and wildlife experts testified at the three -hour … A 2006 Outdoor Industry Association study said that outdoor activities like hiking, fishing and wildlife watching annually contribute $730 billion to the U.S. economy. The most passionate testimony, however, focused on what is …
Global climate change is “the single greatest threat to the health of our national parks,” says Michael Cipra, California desert program manager of the National Parks Conservation Association. In the case of the Joshua Tree National …
Many scales of climate change have occurred, from slow tectonic to the fast changes embedded within glacial and inter-glacial times. Why should an ecologist worry about today’s global warming which is just one more scale? … Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks, Kruger Park in Africa and Tambopata Nature Reserve in Peru, are among places Barnosky selects for closer attention. Small mammal species in Yosemite have changed how they live in the park, …
A massive influx of dollars is heading towards the National Park System, part due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, some proposed within the Obama administration’s Fiscal 2010 budget proposal. It certainly is a change from …
Migrating gray whales are a common sight in the near-shore waters of the Pacific Coast, and two of the region’s national parks are whale watching hot spots. Now the timing of the gray whale migrations has shifted perceptibly, fewer whales …
“Much of what we have learned about he effects of past and recent climate variations and change on ecosystems has come from studies conducted within the national parks and national forests. In the future, we need to continue and expand …
Are grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park altering their long winter’s slumber due to a changing climate? Federal wildlife biologists think so, and want to take a closer look into this possibility.
Tidwell said he will continue many of the policies of his predecessor, Gail Kimbell, including a focus on fighting climate change and reaching out to children to make them more aware of and comfortable with national forests. …. YORK — Tourists in New York can expect to see some construction projects at national monuments in the coming months. The National Park Service said Wednesday that more than $37 million in federal economic stimulus money will be spent on repairs. …
The problems (frequent 100-year storms, closed roads, vanishing glaciers) are straining the systems. Some conferences begin to grapple with the immense consequences and trade-offs.
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