Month: February 2013

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Unless Congress prevents $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts before March 1, iconic national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and the Great Smoky Mountains will take a financial hit, reports The Desert Sun.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- The iconic red jammer buses will continue to be a part of Glacier National Park for years to come, writes KPAX-TV.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- All commercial businesses and institutions will soon be participating in Delaware's comprehensive recycling program. To help the state's businesses and institutions comply with their Jan. 1, 2014 deadline for the Universal Recycling Law, DNREC will hold a series of informational workshops in February throughout the state.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A large, metal cylinder washed ashore Monday at Cape Disappointment State Park, reports the Daily Astorian. Washington state officials are examining it to determine if it came from Japan as a result of being swept out to sea by the 2011 tsunami.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Hundreds of miles of dirt, caliche, crushed granite and paved bike trails wind through Texas State Parks, offering both easy and challenging rides in safe and scenic environments.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A year ago, Glenn and Joan Maurer and two other couples decided to make New Orleans, the host city for Super Bowl 2013, the first stop on their 14-week RV excursion. They booked three sites at the French Quarter RV Resort, which over the next few days will experience its second busiest weekend on record, reports NOLA.com.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A news release appearing in North Texas e-News says Sen. Craig Estes of Wichita Falls and Rep. Lyle Larson of San Antonio have joined thousands of parks advocates across Texas today to call on legislators to take an important step towards prioritizing park funding by ending the diversion of the sporting goods sales tax. Since 2007, more than $400 million intended for state parks has been used to certify the budget or for purposes unrelated to parks.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A plan to increase cellular and Internet connectivity is to be launched on a pilot basis, but The Daily Camera reports Rocky Mountain National Park is not on the short list of candidate parks.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- The Irish Times reports that Stephen and Margaret Murtagh, of Dublin, Ireland, have been told by a judge that their dream campervan is legally their property and cannot be touched by the bank.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- The Bangor Daily News writes that in Jan. 2010, George and Donna Thomas made the decision to retire in December of the following year. They would continue to spend summers at their camp on Maine's Cold Stream Pond. But what about those colder months?