Washington DC - March 8 - The National Park Service announced that favorable pricing on its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act large construction projects has resulted in savings of over 20 percent totaling approximately $129 million. The Service will use these dollars to fund an additional 30 high priority projects across the country.

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Washington DC - February 24 - Ten million more tourists visited the nation’s national parks last year than in 2008, a 3.9 percent increase that marked the fifth busiest year ever for the National Park System.

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Washington DC - February 22 - A change in federal law effective Monday, February 22, allows firearms in many national parks. People who can legally possess firearms under federal and state law can now possess those firearms in the national parks in that state.

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Washington DC - February 18 - From major highway projects to green retrofits of military facilities and manufacturing of advanced batteries, more than 55,000 projects across the country have now been funded through the Recovery Act.

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Washington DC - January 5 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a statement in response to the determination by the National Park Service that Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, ensuring that significant historic values are considered in the review of the permit for the proposed Cape Wind energy project.

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Washington DC - December 18 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA Forest Service is beginning an open, collaborative process to create and implement a modern planning rule to address current and future needs of the National Forest System.

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Washington DC - December 14 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the National Park Service is awarding $46.5 million in historic preservation grants to 59 states and U.S. territories.

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Washington DC - December 11 - The Department of the Interior will undertake an important experimental initiative to improve the management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River as it flows through Grand Canyon National Park, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced during the Colorado River Water Users Association conference.

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Washington DC - December 9 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that U.S. Forest Service will commit an additional $40 million to address public safety concerns and forest health needs arising from the millions of acres of dead and dying trees from bark beetle infestations in the West.

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Washington DC - December 1 - International wilderness conservation received a major boost at the World Wilderness Congress in Merida, Mexico. Representatives from Mexico, Canada, and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) creating a framework for future cooperation and coordination between the three nations for wilderness conservation.

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Washington DC - November 11 - Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), joined by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) as an original co-sponsor, introduced legislation to fully fund the program which protects lands with significant natural, recreational and scenic attributes.

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Washington DC - October 2 -  Climate change from human activity is the leading threat to wildlife, plants, water and ice in 25 of America’s national parks, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.

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Washington DC - October 1 - Working gas in storage was 3,589 Bcf as of Friday, September 25, 2009, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 64 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 491 Bcf higher than last year at this time.

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Washington DC - September 30 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted his vision for a new direction in forest management and the new emphasis on collaboration, restoration, and conservation in the U.S. Forest Service’s efforts to improve forest health.

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Washington DC - September 29 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a collaborative conservation partnership between Vail Resorts, the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the USDA Forest Service, which will be one of the most comprehensive forest health and watershed public-private partnership post-fire restoration projects in the country.

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