• Caldwell First Nation, Parks Canada sign 'historic' agreement to co-manage Ojibway National Urban Park

    A landmark agreement will see Caldwell First Nation help manage the much-anticipated Ojibway National Urban Park in Windsor. Caldwell leaders on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Parks Canada marking their shared commitment to overseeing conservation efforts and the operation of Ojibway National Urban Park, a protected natural area in the city’s west end. […]

  • Camper van catches fire while parked at Zion National Park visitor center

    ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah, March 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — No one was injured when an empty camper van caught fire Monday afternoon at Zion National Park. Crews responded to the Zion Canyon Visitor Center, where witnesses reported smoke and flames coming from a camper van in the parking lot, Hurricane Valley Fire and Rescue […] The post Camper van catches fire while parked at Zion National Park visitor center first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • Large language models can help home robots recover from errors without human help

    There are countless reasons why home robots have found little success post-Roomba. Pricing, practicality, form factor and mapping have all contributed to failure after failure. Even when some or all of those are addressed, there remains the question of what happens when a system makes an inevitable mistake. This has been a point of friction […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • The National Park Service will only take plastic at its parks. Three visitors are suing to use cash

    The National Park Service has been sued over its policy of accepting only payment of credit cards or debit cards for entry fees and refusing to take cash, a policy the agency that manages national parks, national monuments and other sites adopted last year. Three park visitors, Esther van der Werf of Ojai, Toby Stover of High Falls, N.Y. and Elizabeth Dasburg of Darien, Ga., filed the lawsuit March 6 in the U.S. District Court of D.C., saying that they were prevented from using cash at national...

  • Housing emergency? What emergency?

    Rightly fearing abject humiliation officers took the unusual step of sending the decision back to the committee, and lo and behold sense prevailed this time. Well, not entirely, because Cllr Chas “Bike Stand” Booth still found a way to object because eight flats out of the 256 planned for the Ferry Road site would have sealed windows because of traffic noise and the potential of cooking smells from the next-door hotel. But then he was only taking his cue from the environmental protection...

  • The US’ Most Polluted National Parks Ranked

    The state of air quality within America's treasured national parks has come under scrutiny, highlighting a pressing environmental challenge.

  • 8 national parks that are spectacular in spring

    Editor’s note: The is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information. Deserts ablaze with lupine, yarrow and paintbrush; rivers surging with snowmelt; high meadows lush with columbine and alpine sunflower; elk, moose, bear and deer venturing out of their winter hideaways, new babies in tow. These are just a few of the many reasons …

  • Grant to help fund Friends of Hagerman activities

    By Future Brown Herald Democrat Last week, the Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Sherman received some funding that will help them continue educate… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

  • UnitedHealth Group recovering from significant cyberattack: CEO

    The UnitedHealth Group said it is making progress in its recovery from one of the worst cyberattacks on a health care system in United States history.

  • These national parks are throwing stargazing parties in 2024

    Several of the National Parks host 'star parties' throughout the year with opportunities to stargaze that are educational and fun.

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    Nogales leaders seek help with border funding

    Now that border bill has failed again in Congress, leaders in Nogales are asking an Arizona Congressman and Arizona’s Attorney General for help getting funding for border issues.

  • You can see the total solar eclipse from these national parks

    Looking for a spot to watch the eclipse in April? These 10 parks are in the path of totality and have special events planned for the occasion.