How to get free admission to national parks
Gold Star Families simply need to download and print a free access voucher, which they sign and either present upon arrival or place on their dashboard at unattended sites. By signing it, they self-certify they are eligible next of kin (NOK) of a member of the United States Armed Forces who lost his or her life in a qualifying situation, such as war, an international terrorist attack or a military operation outside of the United States while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Veterans can receive a pass by presenting one of the following forms of identification at a host of designated locations:
The City Sentinel
March 28, 2021
By Patrick B. McGuigan
Patrick B. McGuigan, Southwest Ledger OKLAHOMA CITY– Just after deadline for last week’s story (“Starting to get down in the weeds”), much of the medical.
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Indigenous peoples reclaim the National Bison Range
“We are such a place-based people. To have this land back, to be in control of it, is a fresh, new hope.”
According to High Country News author Anna V. Smith, after 113 years, the 18,800 acres of grassland, woodland, and wildlife that make up the National Bison Range will be returned to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Native American Tribes (CSKT) of Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation.
“It’s a reconciliation,” said Chairwoman Shelly Fyant to High Country News. “We are such a place-based people. To have this land back, to be in control of it, is a fresh, new hope.”
Lanphere Dunes. | Photo courtesy the Humboldt County Visitors Bureau.
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On Tuesday, the final day of the Trump administration, Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt honored the natural beauty and ecological value of Lanphere and Ma-le’l Dunes by designating them national natural landmarks.
The National Natural Landmarks Program, managed by the National Park Service, recognizes sites that have “outstanding biological and geological resources” while encouraging their conservation.
“It’s a way of recognizing truly special places that are of national significance,” said Mike Cipra, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of the Dunes.
The undulating sand mounds, woody swales and verdant wetlands of Lanphere and Ma-le’l Dunes, located on the Samoa Peninsula west of Arcata, are home to a remarkably diverse array of native flora. Coniferous and riparian forests rise above patches of pale green reindeer lichen, blooming sand verbena and Menzies wallflower,