National parks

National parks

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  Hog-nosed skunk causes stir at Grand Canyon

  Desert bighorn sheep, river otters and mountain lions, yes. But a hog-nosed skunk at the Grand Canyon? Hardly. The striped creatures are usually found ... 

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  Fla. 'python challenge' draws about 800 hunters

  An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader. It sounds like the second act of a sci-fi horror flick but, ... 

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  Half Dome cables will remain, hikers still limited

  The hike up the granite monolith Half Dome in Yosemite National Park is one of the most iconic in the nationwide system, but on Friday officials ... 

• Vultures pick at visitors' cars in Fla. Everglades

  Visitors to parts of Everglades National Park are getting tarps and bungee cords to make their vehicles less delectable to vultures. 

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  Ranchers split over US border security plan

  When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and ... 

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  Glacier park looks to influence Blackfeet drilling

  On the edge of the Blackfeet Indian reservation, where the Rocky Mountains rise out of the Great Plains like shark's teeth, oil exploration companies ...