Sentences with phrase «at the national park service»

A coalition of history buffs led by National Parks Conservation Association and The Pew Charitable Trusts, highlighted the nearly $ 1 billion in deferred maintenance at sites across the state to call attention to the dire maintenance backlog at National Park Service.

Lawmakers, history buffs and conservation advocates enlisted the help of George Washington's bronze image to call attention to the dire maintenance backlog at National Park Service sites in New York.

With the help of specialists at the National Park Service's Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, managers at Acadia are able to correlate that threshold of acceptability with the amount of actual illumination in the park, which they can measure, and manage toward that objective.

Concerned about the clamor, researchers at the National Park Service and Colorado State University in Fort Collins (CSU) recorded noise at 492 sites across the country with varying levels of protection.

«What the museum offers to the Park Service is something that we can not do for ourselves,» said Ann Hitchcock, registrar at the National Park Service, which doesn't have any cryogenic facilities of its own and depends on researchers who store samples offsite at a university or laboratory.

I have consistently experienced the very best in people: with my exceptionally talented staff, our visionary Board of Trustees, our steadfast partners at the National Park Service, Presidio Trust and more, our generous donors, our energetic cadre of volunteers, our scores of community partners, our many public advocates, our elected officials, and our millions of park visitors.

Or you can check in at the National Park Service visitor centers in the Marin Headlands or Muir Woods.

Reservations are required to camp at National Park Service campgrounds on San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands.

With its partners at the National Park Service and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, JBRPC works to expand public access; increase recreational and educational opportunities; foster citizen stewardship and volunteerism; preserve and restore natural areas, including wetland and wildlife habitat; enhance cultural resources; and ensure the long - term sustainability of the parklands, including the development of the Science and Resilience Institute.

In fact, California's forests emitted more carbon than they absorbed between 2001 and 2010, and two - thirds of the loss was attributable to wildfires, according to a 2015 study by researchers at the National Park Service and the University of California, Berkeley.

Not exact matches

The National Park Service is enacting rate hikes at parks that charge an entrance fee, effective June 1.

«They are given a handout with an explanation of who we are, what we do and why,» Staib explains «We are part of the Department of Interior and the National Parks Service, so we work in tandem so everyone is aware of what's happening at City Tavern.»

2016 is a year of celebration for the 410 units of the National Park Service, and you're invited to join in the party at your nearest — or if you're the road trip type, farthest — National Park, Monument or Historic Site.

Although the film has national reach, Lunch Line is a Chicago story through and through: at the post-screening discussion, the co-directors, Michael Graziano and Ernie Park, found themselves reunited with several of the food - service experts, policy wonks, corporate executives and community activists depicted in their film.

The National Park Service, perhaps the only federal program to give Social Security serious competition as the most popular, is at a crossroads.

Through 2009, the National Park Service plans to phase in higher rates for annual park passes and fees paid per vehicle or person at about 130 of the 390 parks, monuments and other areas the agency manaPark Service plans to phase in higher rates for annual park passes and fees paid per vehicle or person at about 130 of the 390 parks, monuments and other areas the agency manapark passes and fees paid per vehicle or person at about 130 of the 390 parks, monuments and other areas the agency manages.

The Army Corps, National Park Service, and city and state agencies have worked collaboratively and at a good pace so far - I expect the progress to continue until the last shovel leaves the ground.»

Tuesday, August 4 QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz and the Queens Center will distribute free backpacks and school supplies to schoolchildren at several National Night Out events this evening starting at 5:15 pm at the 112th Precinct's event in MacDonald Park (Queens Boulevard Service Road and Yellowstone Boulevard).

Lawmakers, history buffs and conservation advocates got actors to dress up as Theodore Roosevelt (l.) and George Washington (r.) to call for funding to address the nearly $ 1 billion in deferred maintenance at National Park's Service (NPS) sites across the state.

At 10:30 a.m., U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson participates in special naturalization ceremony at Ellis Island for 62 citizenship candidates from 39 countries, held in honor of Memorial Day and as one of 100 naturalization ceremonies held in national parks this year in honor of the National Park Service's 100th anniversarAt 10:30 a.m., U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson participates in special naturalization ceremony at Ellis Island for 62 citizenship candidates from 39 countries, held in honor of Memorial Day and as one of 100 naturalization ceremonies held in national parks this year in honor of the National Park Service's 100th anniversarat Ellis Island for 62 citizenship candidates from 39 countries, held in honor of Memorial Day and as one of 100 naturalization ceremonies held in national parks this year in honor of the National Park Service's 100th anninational parks this year in honor of the National Park Service's 100th anniNational Park Service's 100th anniversary.

Also at 11 a.m., the National Park Service holds annual observance of the birthday of former President Ulysses S. Grant at the General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan.

At at 11 a.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Heights Association, National Parks Service, Landmarks Preservation Commission and community members host event to celebrate fifty years of Brooklyn Heights» designation as a National Historic Landmark and as New York City's first Historic District, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., BrooklyAt at 11 a.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Heights Association, National Parks Service, Landmarks Preservation Commission and community members host event to celebrate fifty years of Brooklyn Heights» designation as a National Historic Landmark and as New York City's first Historic District, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyat 11 a.m., Rep. Nydia Velazquez, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Heights Association, National Parks Service, Landmarks Preservation Commission and community members host event to celebrate fifty years of Brooklyn Heights» designation as a National Historic Landmark and as New York City's first Historic District, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn.

At 6 p.m., Rep. Jerry Nadler, U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the National Park Service Jonathan Jarvis hold a public meeting on the Obama administration's proposal to make Stonewall Inn & Christopher Park a national monument, PS 41, 116 West 11th St., MaNational Park Service Jonathan Jarvis hold a public meeting on the Obama administration's proposal to make Stonewall Inn & Christopher Park a national monument, PS 41, 116 West 11th St., Manational monument, PS 41, 116 West 11th St., Manhattan.

Unlike in Cleveland, which recently hosted the Republican National Convention, the parking for the convention site is a 10 - to 15 - minute walk, and shuttle bus service has been unpredictable at best.

The National Park Service is considering a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the U.S. West, to address a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects.

Dutchess County Transit works with the National Park Service's Roosevelt Ride to pick you up at the Poughkeepsie train station and take you to three Roosevelt sites.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in clean up events at 135 state parks, historic sites and public lands, including sites operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation, the National Park Service and municipal parks

At the dawn of the U.S. National Park Service's second century, opportunities exist to engage in science for the benefit of parks and society.

«AAAS brings together some of the brightest scientists in the world,» said U.S. National Park Service Principal Climate Change Scientist, Patrick Gonzalez, 1998 - 2000 Executive Branch Fellow at USAID.

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Four years later — after gaining the full cooperation and necessary permits from the National Park Service and lining up Bell Helicopter to help transport the fossils (at no cost) from the remote wilderness site — the Perot Museum and UT - D team returned to the West Texas site for their top - secret mission to recover the adult sauropod bones.

The study, by researchers at University of Wisconsin - Madison, the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, focused on a nest - protection program that was based on the logical assumption that endangered birds would reproduce and prosper if people are kept away from their nests.

Science for America's National Parks At the dawn of the U.S. National Park Service's second century, opportunities exist to engage in science for the benefit of parks and socParks At the dawn of the U.S. National Park Service's second century, opportunities exist to engage in science for the benefit of parks and socparks and society.

Organizations partnering with AAAS include the National Park Service and Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, which together are seeking high - profile fellows, and to expand the program to the nation's other nationaNational Park Service and Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, which together are seeking high - profile fellows, and to expand the program to the nation's other nationaNational Park, which together are seeking high - profile fellows, and to expand the program to the nation's other nationalnational parks.

For an up - to - the - minute glimpse of Hawaii's ecological predicament, visit www.hear.org, which is run by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, a joint venture of the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the University of Hawaii.

On June 28, the National Weather Service will team up with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park to promote lightning safety awareness at the major league baseball game.

«We don't let the predators live here, they let us live on their land,» says Trina Smith, guest services supervisor at B Bar Ranch, a «predator - friendly» Montana cattle operation that borders Yellowstone National Park.

Shaw expressed his intent to provide a gift of $ 1 million as initial funding for collaborative programs between the National Park Service, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, AAAS, and other institutions.

At the dawn of the second century for the US National Park Service (NPS) and Acadia National Park (ANP), the opportunity exists to more powerfully engage science for the benefit of parks and society.

Citizen scientists and natural spaces play key roles in preserving biodiversity, according to famed biologist E.O. Wilson and a panel of other experts at a 19 May event jointly hosted by the National Park Service and AAAS in celebration of America's nationaNational Park Service and AAAS in celebration of America's nationalnational parks.

«Thirty years ago, the National Park Service was at the forefront of research on the cultural history — American, French, Spanish, and Native American — of our country,» Plog wrote to Science in an e-mail message.

The new study, led by Martinsen, was a collaboration with scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Park Service, the University of Georgia, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee — and UVM biologist and malaria expert Joseph Schall.

Before studying biology, I served my civil service at Schutzstation Wattenmeer, an environmental organization working in the area of the Wadden Sea National Park in Schleswig - Holstein in Northern Germany.

The research was led by University of Southampton biologist Dr Felix Eigenbrod working in collaboration with Dr Patrick Gonzalez, Climate Change Scientist at the U.S. National Park Service, and two other Southampton scientists — Dr Jadu Dash and Dr Ilse Steyl.

However, noise pollution poses novel threats to these protected areas, according to a first - of - its - kind study from scientists at Colorado State University and the U.S. National Park Service.

Kevin Wilson, an aquatic ecologist with the National Park Service, right, and Brandon Senger, supervisory fisheries biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, center, prepare their scuba diving gear while Ambre Chaudoin, a biological science technician of fisheries at Death Valley National Park, helps Senger in preparation for a biannual count of the Devils Hole pupfish at Devils Hole in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Sponsors to date include the Autodesk, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, Turner Endangered Species Fund, USDA APHIS, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Zygote Ventures, and an anonymous large Charitable Trust.

Early this morning, Lonesome George, the sole remaining Pinta Island tortoise and Galapagos conservation icon, was found dead in his corral at the Tortoise Breeding and Rearing Center in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, by members of the Galapagos National Park Service.

Investigator's Annual Report, Department of the Interior, National Park Service: «Tree - Ring Dating at Mesa Verde National Park».

The Web site: http://www.nps.gov/wrbr You can find that answer at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, a National Park Service Web page.