national parks
- As Marylanders prepared for summer vacations, the National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police.
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Readers should be criticizing Congress for enacting the sequester, not Fort McHenry officials for cutting hours. -
- Sequestration should not mean a 25 percent reduction in Fort McHenry's summer hours
- Now that the General Assembly has approved a gas tax hike expected to generate $4.4 billion over the next six years, transportation officials see an opportunity to address some of the region's chronic trouble spots.
- More than 100 gloved volunteers, some in boots and others in waist-high waders, streamed along the narrow paths, sandy waters' edges and historic sea walls of a hard-to-spot nook of wetlands at the southern end of Fort McHenry in Locust Point on Saturday — their eyes scanning for trash or the perfect spot to plant a sapling.
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- President Barack Obama on Monday set aside 480 acres on the Eastern Shore for a federal park to honor Harriet Tubman — a victory for advocates who have long sought to memorialize the abolitionist's role in leading dozens of slaves to freedom.
- Federal agencies that own historic buildings — including many in Maryland — are struggling to maintain or find new uses for them, a problem that has been made more acute by recent budget cuts.
- "Freedom to Float" campaign launched by recreation enthusiasts, civic groups, businesses and local governments aims to boost number of sites where people can boat, fish, swim or just look at the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
- Annapolis officials are flirting with a plan to remove trash cans from city parks, a strategy they say will save money and could actually keep public spaces cleaner.
- Parts of Ocean City, Maryland, are flooded 3-4 feet deep with the storm's worst yet to come.
- Two Virginia veterinarians reported missing while hiking in Glacier National Park were found alive Monday, elated family members and park officials said.
- A Woodbine woman was killed in a car accident near the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Tuesday after her car struck a tree and flipped on its side, according to a National Parks Service news release.
- Baltimore officials don't understand what makes Patterson Park special
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- students at Charlesmont Elementary marked the 198th anniversary of the Battle of Fort McHenry Friday by unfurling a replica of the flag that flew over the fort 198 years ago to the day.
- The fighting that killed or wounded 21,000 Americans in the rolling hills of Western Maryland was over in about 12 grisly hours.
- Group visiting in 1962 chosen to participate in Billion Visitor Day
- There are more of them around, and to me this is good news because it is a sign that we're taking better collective care of our wild places. And it makes me think the day is coming when I'll get a good look at a bear in the wild, from a safe distance.
- There are more of them around, and to me this is good news because it is a sign that we're taking better collective care of our wild places. And it makes me think the day is coming when I'll get a good look at a bear in the wild, from a safe distance.
- Local historian Robert Reyes and others in the community are trying to build support to create a 2-mile foot trail that would connect Battle Acre and the North Point State Battlefield with the Bear Creek area of Dundalk. They hope to encourage awareness of the area's importance to the War of 1812.
- President Obama should approve plans for a Harriet Tubman national monument in Maryland.
- Free festival's 'Roadside Attractions' corridor will transform stretch of North Charles Street into all-American scenic byway
- Robin Cherney has the goal to keep kids moving all year long, and to that end, she created the program Rec on the Move, last September.
- The City of Westminster's Department of Recreation and Parks is celebrating National Parks and Recreation Month with a number of events, including these listed below. Some are special events, others are simple suggestions to keep children and families active for the summer.
- An African-American history event at Hampton National Historic Site in Towson was engulfed in controversy after the event was originally entitled "Slave for a day."
- The first fort to occupy what is now Fort McHenry, was the hastily constructed Fort Whetstone that rose during 1776, to repulse any possible British waterborne attack.
- A welcoming wind and warm sunshine greeted the first ships arriving at Baltimore's Inner Harbor just after 8 a.m. for the weeklong commemoration of the War of 1812.
- Fort McHenry expecting large crowds during Sailabration
- Over the weekend, thanks to an annual camping trip I take with my son, Nick, to a location near Camp David, I had a front row seat to a display of democracy in action.
- An annular eclipse, in which the sun appears as a ring of fire, is Sunday but can't be seen in Maryland.
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