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Job Journal
April 1, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Park Ranger Part cop, part naturalist, part tour guide, rangers do it all.   |
Outside
February 2003
Bruce Barcott |
Border Shutdown America's park rangers are outnumbered and outgunned. So why won't congress pay more to keep them safe? |
Job Journal
April 18, 2004
Lacy Salter |
Seasonal Summer Prospects California's outdoor occupations offer many a rewarding adventure. Check out these job opportunities and website resources. |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
Top 10: National Parks With such a giant landscape to work with, the United States holds a multitude of national parks for local and international tourists to sample any time of the year. |
Job Journal
July 8, 2007
Julia Hollister |
Careers Outside the Cubicle If you'd like an outdoor workplace, state and local agencies have lots of locales. |
Job Journal
October 24, 2004
Julia Hollister |
Variety of Beats, a Common Goal: Fighting Crime If you're an outdoors type looking to get your feet wet in the field of law enforcement, you might want to check out California's Department of Fish and Game. From protecting wildlife to protecting the public, opportunities abound. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2005
Neely & Neely |
Camping & RVing at Mt. Rainier National Park Whenever you go, you'll fall in love with this incredible place of wonder. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2006
Bonniel Neely |
Quebec, Why Cross the Ocean to France? Most of Quebec is rolling hills, dense forests, and thousands of lakes, both large and small. It's a paradise for water sports, fishing, bird watching, hiking, and ATV's. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Shake the Mistake at the Lake Cedar Fair turns to water park additions to help salvage a struggling property. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Robert Spoelhof |
The Not-So-Retired Life At retirement, geologist Robert Spoelhof finally learns what he wants to be when he grows up. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Naomi Lubick |
National Parks in Crisis America's national parks are facing a financial crisis: The parks have a $600 million shortfall, on top of a maintenance backlog of $4.5 billion to $9.7 billion. In response, the National Park Service and Congress are devising new methods for fundraising, some of which are controversial. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cedar Chips The regional seasonal amusement park operator has a slow quarter, but 2005 looks promising. |
PC Magazine
February 17, 2004
Carol Ellison |
Wildlife Park In Wildlife Park, kids 12 and older can build a park from 20 different open habitats, ranging from sea to tundra. |
Geotimes
February 2005
Megan Sever |
Glacier: Crown of the Continent Established as a national park in 1910, Glacier National Park's geologic and ecologic significance is internationally recognized. |
Outside
May 2010 |
The Best State Parks Follow our guide to America's wild and relatively untrampled state parks, national lakeshores, and recreation areas. |
Job Journal
April 11, 2010
Laura Lee Winger |
Jobs are Opening Up in the Great Outdoors Lots of fields are open right now to those who prefer fresh air over air conditioning. |
Job Journal
September 30, 2007
Julia Hollister |
Winter Wonder Workplaces Road crews, resorts and national parks will soon need lots of help. |
AskMen.com
March 28, 2002
Harry Marks |
Top 10: State Parks In America If you live in the US or plan to visit, a trip to a state park is a must. The breathtaking natural beauty on display rivals any artificial monument or government building. Let the perfection of Mother Nature serve as a catharsis from the daily grind... |
Outside
May 2010
Jonah Ogles |
National Parks: Best Eats From fresh, tropical milkshakes to buffalo steaks the size of your head, we dug up the best chow near America's national parks. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Anatomy of a Water Park Amusement parks are discovering the winning ways of water attractions. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Around Mount Rainier The stratovolcano has not erupted since a few small events were recorded in the early 1800s. But numerous lahars -- mudflows triggered by various events -- continue to reshape the landscape, and the effects are visible throughout the park today. |
Outside
September 2008
Jason Daley |
Kill the Parks. Kill 'Em All. It may be the only way to save the crown jewels of American public land. |
High on Adventure
June 2001 |
Pennsylvania's Outdoors Provide Extreme Experiences Those who are familiar with Pennsylvania know the beauty of its outdoors. Some take to the woods to view nature's glory from a distance, but many take to Pennsylvania's outdoors to compete and conquer... |
Outside
March 2002
James Glave |
Power Rangers Having long held a place in America's heart for its endearing 1950s nerdiness (you gotta love those hats), the National Park Service will select a group of its rangers to look a tad dorkier this April when they start tooling around on Segway Human Transporters... |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Swapping Thrills Cedar Fair buys a neighboring park from Six Flags. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Joshua Tree National Park: A Geologic Oasis After a brown, dry winter, 2007 may not be the best year to spot wildflowers at Joshua Tree National Park. But don't let that stop you from making plans to head out to the park. The park's geology, while changing, is not quite as ephemeral or picky as those springtime flowers. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Six Flags Misses the Bus The regional amusement park operator starts the summer season off slowly. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Summer Springs Eternal May means thrill rides and turnstile clicks to a hungry amusement park industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Legoland Florida, Anyone? Blackstone keeps snapping up Florida, one theme park at a time. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2007
Bonnie & BIll Neely |
RV Camping in Manitoba Driving an RV across Manitoba can expose you to pretty countryside, farm lands, and the beautiful sky reflected in the many lakes. |
Outside
June 2004
Annette McGivney |
National Park Secret Trips Locals' no-tell favorites, from Acadia to Yellowstone to wildest Alaska--along with a roundup of dream towns nearby, the places to eat, drink, and dance after a day or three in backcountry heaven. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
Susan Karlin |
A Recipe For Development Science parks have enabled some countries to become globally competitive in certain technologies. The most successful and competitive programs tie their science focus to the research and university anchors. |
Information Today
April 17, 2014 |
Park Place Technologies Expands Data Center Services Park Place Technologies offers data center hardware maintenance to companies such as IBM, HP, and Dell. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2007
Bonnie & Bill Neely |
Alberta's Wonder Landscape Enjoy the multiple beautiful landscapes, people, mountains, rivers, National and Provencial Parks in Canada. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cedar Fair's Seasonal Makeover The regional park operator gears up to rely less on the telltale third quarter. Investors, take note. |
Outside
September 2004
Ben Ryder Howe |
An Impossible Place To Be Panama's mythic Darien Gap--a 10,000-square-mile swath of jungle on the border of Central and South America--has swallowed explorers for centuries. Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land. |
High on Adventure
February 2009
Vicki Andersen |
Snowmobiling West Yellowstone, Montana This snowmobile-friendly town accesses the nation's most extensive trail network. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What a Wild Ride Cedar Fair's Become The regional amusement park operator is no longer a steady stock. |
Outside
September 2001 |
Fresh Tracks Reading the Hot Spots electronic newsletter is like listening to a world-band police scanner for a few minutes each morning -- voyeuristic but informative, especially for globetrotting adventure-seekers... Park concessionaire stops serving threatened fish... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cedar Fair Throws in the Beach Towel Regional park operator Cedar Fair is tearing down most of its struggling Geauga Lake amusement park, and will transform it into a smaller, stand-alone waterpark for the 2008 season. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
How to Build a Theme Park Investors, the future of the amusement park chains is brighter than you think. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Harry Gets a Theme Park J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry will come to life in Florida in a few years. Eclectic eateries, mystical shops, and three attractions will anchor the new area between Universal's Islands of Adventure's Jurassic Park and Lost Continent themed lands. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cedar Fair Coasts Along Cedar Fair amusement park has raised its quarterly distribution 13 times over the past 10 years. Having hiked its tax-advantaged payout for 17 consecutive years, Cedar Fair's units continue to be a steady income producer. |
Popular Mechanics
July 3, 2009
Seth Porges |
5 Theme Park Rides That Pushed the Limits of Common Sense One of these rides, the Cannonball Loop's radical design seems to betray a lack of an understanding of basic physics. To wit: The ride runs through a perfect circle. Early-roller coaster engineers toyed with this design, with disastrous results. |
Reason
April 2009
Brian Doherty |
Guns in Parks? Thanks to a regulatory change by the outgoing Bush administration, it is legal to carry concealed and loaded weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges, as long as it's permitted in the state. |
Smithsonian
August 2007
Jess Blumberg |
State of Emergency The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action. |
