The Wawona Tunnel Tree a 2,300-year-old wonder of Yosemite National Park
In 1881, two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 ($1,664 in 2016) for the job of cutting a tunnel through the tree to enlarge…
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Our National Parks – Some Say Now Is The Time To Franchise
It just doesn’t feel right to have the words “national parks” and “franchise” in the same sentence. The word pairing brings images of the Golden Arch over…
Limiting Visitors To National Parks – Huge increase in visitor numbers lead to questions of sustainability
It’s great that more people that ever are visiting our National Parks, it shows that there’re more people appreciating nature, getting fit and taking time…