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“We the People” need new managers who won’t shut down the Shenandoah National Park costing many Virginians their jobs, quarantining family outings and chasing visitors away from Virginia.
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As Congress approaches another deadline on the federal budget, a new Environment Virginia analysis, entitled Death by a Thousand Cuts, exposes the challenges facing Virginia’s most-visited park, Shenandoah National Park, as a result of mounting funding cuts to the National Park Service.
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The Harry F. Byrd Sr. Visitor Center at Big Meadows (mile 51 on Skyline Drive) in Shenandoah National Park will be open on winter weekends, weather permitting. Beginning Jan. 11, the visitor center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays when the Skyline Drive is open.
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Park Superintendent Jim Northup announced today that portions of the Skyline Drive, the famed mountain road through Shenandoah National Park, will be closed at night during hunting season. He noted that this is the 33rd year that this closure has been undertaken and stressed its importance in reducing illegal hunting activity within the park.
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Shenandoah National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway both re-opened to visitors Thursday with the end to the federal government shutdown.
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Shenandoah National Park Fire Managers plan to burn 35 acres of Big Meadows sometime between Tuesday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 15, weather permitting.
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Shenandoah National Park, along with the Barlow family of Stanley, will be co-hosting the 80th Annual Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni Reunion on Saturday.
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In celebration of National Public Lands Day, Shenandoah National Park will host a number of volunteer activities. National Public Lands Day is an annual event intended to encourage people to visit and support places like Shenandoah National Park through volunteer efforts.
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On Aug. 19, Shenandoah National Park Natural Resources staff confirmed the presence of a single emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle in the park. The adult beetle was caught in an EAB surveillance trap in the Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds, in the park’s northern section.
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Shenandoah National Park Rangers are searching for Tyler Keefer, a 21 year-old Front Royal, Va., area man. Keefer was reported missing to Park Rangers on Monday, July 9, 2013, around 12:00 p.m. The last known location point for Keefer is believed to be the Dickey Ridge Trailhead on July, 6, 2013. Keefer’s bicycle was found at the trailhead, and he may have been hiking in the area that afternoon.
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