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We’re the wild ones

by Dave Pidgeon on January 13, 2010

A follow up to Tuesday’s look at whether America has true wilderness, or if wilderness is just a frame of mind.

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From Seattle to Asheville

by davepidgeon on November 13, 2009

A new hiking blog surfaces in Seattle, and a North Carolina-based author defends Great Smoky Mountain National Park from … National Geographic???

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Jarvis takes the helm

by davepidgeon on October 5, 2009

What’s up, Pointers? Just a quick stop to let you all know that the Senate finally on Sept. 25 confirmed Jon Jarvis as director of the National Park Service. Now, the NPS and the U.S. Interior Department can finally get on with the business of caring for and overseeing the nation’s park land. Jarvis’ confirmation quickly [...]

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Farley delivers beautiful places

by davepidgeon on September 16, 2009

If you love national parks and haven’t signed up to watch Tony Farley’s fantastic Beautiful Places in HD podcast on iTunes, c’mon, hop to it. Farley’s camera creates digital images as close to human-eye perfection as I’ve ever seen, and each three- to five-minute podcast has such a serene ambiance, you’d gratefully fall asleep if [...]

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A Jarvis profile

by davepidgeon on July 20, 2009

He’s summitted Mount Rainier twice, worked to make western national parks carbon neutral by 2016 and nearly jeopardized his career by tangling with the Bush administration. He’s Jon Jarvis, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the National Park Service. After reading the profile published Sunday in the Kansas City Star, I reflected on how refreshing it [...]

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