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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  South Dakota tribe faces deadline, $4.9 million price to block development near Wounded Knee massacre site

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Federal cuts have hit the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, slashing the park's annual budget by more than $230,000 dollars.

Monday, March 18, 2013  UPDATED WITH POLL: The sequestration, a series of automatic, across-the-board spending cuts on the federal level, has forced the National Lakeshore to reduce it's annual budget by five-percent.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  Great Smoky Mountains National Park camping areas closed because of bear activity

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Glen Lake Fire Department trained with the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Park Service for water rescue responses.

Monday, January 02, 2012  Visitors evacuated from Rainier; Washington park searched for gunman suspected of killing ranger

Thursday, July 21, 2011  Authorities say 3 people swept over Yosemite National Park waterfall are presumed dead

Thursday, July 07, 2011  Update: Park officials say they will not seek the grizzly that mauled and killed man at Yellowstone National Park, first fatal mauling since 1986.

Monday, June 27, 2011  A clan of grizzlies has been keeping rangers busy in Grand Teton National Park as the bears attract tourists

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  Despite unprecedented size, cuts in the shutdown-dodging budget pact may barely be noticed

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Looming federal government shutdown could close some US parks during prime tourism season

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  Plan a Free Trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes and More

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Federal budget cuts could impact the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009  Senate votes to restore Bush policy allowing loaded guns in national parks, wildlife refuges