Battle Against Mountain Pine Beetles Launched at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
They're inventorying trees at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, with an eye out for trees that are infested with mountain pine beetles.
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Annual Preservation Work Beginning at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Abe, George, Teddy, and Tom are getting spruced up for the upcoming tourist season at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Beginning this week crews will see what, if any, preservation work needs to be done on the presidents' sculpted faces.
- By Kurt Repanshek - April 25th, 2010 9:15am
Listen to the Interview: National Park Service Appoints Gerard Baker Assistant Director of American Indian Relations
For the first time in its history the National Park Service is going to have a full-time assistant director for American Indian Relations. Gerard Baker, a 30-year Park Service veteran who most recently has been superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, will take that role on April 24. A full-blood Mandan-Hidatsa Indian, Mr. Baker relishes the opportunity to improve relations between the Park Service and Native American tribes.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Drafting Plans to Fight Bark Beetles
How do you combat a tiny beetle that is killing acres and acres of lodgepole forest that long has served as a gorgeous backdrop to Mount Rushmore National Memorial? That's the puzzling question an interagency team of entomologists and foresters is trying to answer.
- By Kurt Repanshek - March 1st, 2010 5:15am
Trees Killed By Pine Beetles Prompt Mount Rushmore National Memorial To Cancel July 4th Fireworks
Pine beetles have been in the news a lot in recent months. They've killed thousands of acres of pine forests in Colorado and Wyoming, forced removal of acres of hazardous trees in Rocky Mountain National Park, and now they're being blamed for cancellation of the annual Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Greenpeace Activists Exploited Security Failings at Mount Rushmore National Memorial To Stage Protest
Greenpeace activists were able to scale to the top of the iconic Mount Rushmore in July and unfurl a banner of protest over the U.S. approach to global warming because of a number of glaring security lapses, breakdowns and shortcomings at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, according to a National Park Service investigation.
MORU-Security_Report.pdf
First Greenpeace, Now Motorcyclists Drawing A Bead On Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Well, after all the uproar over Greenpeace's recent visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, does anyone want to hear about thundering convoys of motorcyclists descending on the park?
Greenpeace Activists Face Slew of Charges For Their Stunt At Mount Rushmore National Memorial
A recent publicity stunt by Greenpeace activists at Mount Rushmore National Memorial has produced a slew of charges against the activists that could lock them up for quite a while and prove quite costly.
Updated: Greenpeace Climbers Arrested for Climate Change Protest at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Eleven Greenpeace members were arrested Wednesday for mounting a protest on the granite presidential faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial to urge President Obama to "show real leadership on global warming."
Plans Announced to Digitally Map Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Digital mapping. This relatively new technology is a boon to archaeologists and preservationists. It's already been employed at Mesa Verde National Park, and now plans are in the works to digitally map the focal point of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 4th, 2009 11:49am
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