Grand Canyon National Park concessioner Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. (Xanterra) was recently awarded the National Park Service (NPS) Director’s Environmental Achievement Award in the Building Our Future category. The Building Our Future award recognizes outstanding achievements in promoting sustainability through design, operations and innovation. It…
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Onslow County and Jacksonville Thursday morning that will dramatically increase water access on the New River by building a new boat ramp. Under the agreement, the Wildlife Commission will build a new boating access…
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is requesting public comment on the proposed anchoring and mooring ordinance for the city of Sarasota. Sarasota, along with Stuart/Martin County, Monroe County (Marathon and Key West), St. Augustine and St. Petersburg, was chosen as a site…
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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks’ Outdoor Campus-West in Rapid City has released its program schedule for the coming summer. “We’ve expanded some of our programming and have a lot to offer for everyone in the family,” said Chad Tussing, director of The Outdoor Campus-West. Program…
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National Safe Boating Week, held May 19-25, 2012, is a great time to reflect on the fact that the United States has seen a steady decline in boating fatalities since President Eisenhower proclaimed the week in 1958. It’s also an opportunity to help boaters learn…
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Geocaching is a unique and fun outdoor activity. Geocachers use GPS systems or mobile apps to find containers, called caches or geocaches, all over the planet. Most geocaches are small containers which contain a log of everyone who has found that particular cache before. Traditionally…
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The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Dominion Marine Media announced today that the Michigan Boating Industries Association has become the second state marine trade association to sign on to host a Norman-‐Spencer Marine Retail University event. The event, scheduled for December 5-‐6, 2012,…
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Results are in for this year’s Newport Boat Show — held April 19-22 at Lido Marina Village — and they indicate a major increase in the number of show-goers at the gate AND buyers on the docks. “The attendance at this year’s show was the…
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On April 28th, North Face Global athlete and National Geographic photographer Cory Richards had to be evacuated from Mount Everest because of a respiratory issue that doctors have been unable to diagnose. Richards complained of severely labored breathing which forced him to breathe through an…
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Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Paul Anderson has determined that due to the deterioration of the snowpack, there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska…
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