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The visitor center for Biscayne National Park in Florida.

6 US National Parks to Visit in 2016

Edit Huffington Post 11 Apr 2016
There are 84 million acres of protected national parkland in the U.S., and this year the National Park Service (they take care of it all) celebrates its Centennial. April 16 to 24, 2016 makes it even more enticing to visit one of the 400 parks with free admission ... Everglades, Florida ... For humans, The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove is a nice place to roost ... Plan to fish, boat, hike and spot wildlife--including the stately Roosevelt Elk ... ....

The President in a wheelchair who created our Olympic National Park

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 29 Mar 2016
Roosevelt was in a wheelchair, but the guy got around ... Roosevelt and the Land of America" (Harper) ... Doug Brinkley takes on tall topics and does not write short books.  He has already written The Wilderness Warrior on Theodore Roosevelt, discussing how TR designated national monuments to protect the Grand Canyon and save from extermination the Roosevelt Elk that bear his name ... The battles fought by Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D....

Return of Roosevelt elk on Vancouver Island a boon for First Nation

Edit CBC 25 Mar 2016
John Henderson, a wildlife officer and vice chairman for the Kwaikutl District Council says he wants the return of the elk to be a lesson to youth about the value of responsible environmental stewardship ... ....

5 Tips to Enhance Your Visit to the Redwoods

Edit Huffington Post 25 Mar 2016
Redwood National & State Parks are located along the Pacific Coast in Northern California ... Roosevelt Elk - While Olympic National Park In Washington is home to the largest unmanaged herd of Roosevelt Elk in the Pacific Northwest they are once again a prominent inhabitant of the Redwood Parks as well. By 1925 the number of elk had dropped to just fifteen within the area located in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park ... Elk Prairie ... ....

World Record-Setting Antlers Measured at BC’s Biggest Event for Outdoor Enthusiasts (Master Promotions Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. Master Promotions Ltd) ISSUED.. March 10, 2016 ... Overall attendance was up slightly over 2015 numbers, with 33,946 visitors over the three-day event ... On the opening day of the show, the booth scored a Roosevelts Elk that not only beat the current world record score, but smashed it. The standing world record for Roosevelts Elk is 404 6/8' and this bull scored 419 6/8', beating the current record by a full 15' ... See you next year!'....

Take a weekend trip to view Roosevelt elk in northern California

Edit The Examiner 19 Jan 2016
Most impressive about this area, aside from the amazing redwoods that reach nearly to the Pacific Ocean is a herd of Roosevelt elk that make their home in the forests and meadows of this temperate northern California location near Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park ... Grazing along Highway 101 in wetlands and meadows between Trinidad and Orick, is a herd of Roosevelt elk, also known as Olympic elk....

31,000 Oregonians call for Crater Lake Wilderness (Environment Oregon Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Nov 2015
(Source. Environment Oregon Inc). Community members deliver comments to Sen. Wyden demanding action ... Wyden, receiving the comments. Despite Crater Lake itself being protect by its National Park designation, the surrounding forests, mountains, and streams face attacks that would dramatically alter the health of the ecosystem, home to Roosevelt elk, black bears and bald eagles and the headwaters of the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers ... (noodl....

Temporary Campground Closure at Hoh Rain Forest will Protect Visitors & Elk; Area to Remain ...

Edit Public Technologies 08 Oct 2015
Several herds of Roosevelt elk reside in the Hoh Valley, with one frequenting the campground and visitor use areas. With the elk's annual mating season or 'rut' in process, ... Protection of the Olympic Peninsula's Roosevelt elk was a key reason for the establishment of Olympic National Park in 1938 and the park was almost named 'Elk National Park.'....

Austin360 music shows, Sept. 18- Sept. 24

Edit Austin American Statesman 17 Sep 2015
Friday. The ABGB. The BlueBonnets Jay Janner Catfish and the Bottlemen will perform Tuesday at Emo’s. BD Riley’s. Davey Arwine, Sean Orr’s Celtic Trio. The Blackheart. Wildfires, Annabelle Chairlegs, the Sour Notes, Bantam Foxes, All in the Golden Afternoon, Suburban Slang. Brass House ... The Broken Spoke ... C-Boy’s Heart and Soul ... Emo’s ... Eugene Ray and the Rioteers, Mode Dodeca, Tusk Her, Roosevelt Elk, Kevin O’Neal Fitzsimmons ... The Roosevelt Room....

11 Extinct Animals You Didn't Know Were Iowan (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Sep 2015
Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis Canadensis) ... By comparison, the largest modern elk in North America, called the Roosevelt elk, stands up to five feet at the shoulder and weighs approximately 700 pounds ... Some mixed-bloodline elk may have eastern elk lineage in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park because President Theodore Roosevelt sent the park 20 elk as a gift in 1905, 18 of which survived the journey there....

Aug. 4 - WCS Queens Zoo Debuts Roosevelt Elk Calf (Wildlife Conservation Society)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Aug 2015
Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo Debuts Roosevelt Elk Calf. Roosevelt elk are the largest subspecies of elk and one of the largest North American mammals ... A Roosevelt elk calf (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) born at WCS's (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo has joined the rest of the herd in the zoo's woodland habitat ... Roosevelt elk weigh approximately 25 pounds at birth....

Queens Zoo debuts Roosevelt elk calf a month after its birth

Edit New York Daily News 04 Aug 2015
The herd of Roosevelt elk living at the Queens Zoo just got a little cuter ... ....

Why We All Need to Learn the Word 'Anthropogenic'

Edit Huffington Post 30 Jul 2015
Still, while walking its trails, you can sometimes hear the bugle or get a glimpse of Roosevelt elk amid moss-draped, fog-shrouded bigleaf maples. (The largest herd of wild elk in North ... Those elk, by the way, were named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt who, in 1909, protected 615,000 acres of the peninsula, as Mount Olympus National Monument....
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