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Tumacácori National Historical Park protects the ruins of a Spanish colonial mission to the native O’odham people. It is the O’odham residents of this community who formed and laid the bricks of the church, tilled the fields, and wrangled the mission livestock. Their culture and traditions live on today, focused in the lands of the

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Over a decade ago, National Park Service researchers collected coyote scat from 14 sites in and around the Conejo Valley. They wanted to understand the diet of local coyotes. Researchers are now going back to those same sites to repeat the study and see what has–or has not–changed.

Free Land was the Cry! Digitized Homestead Records from the National Archives Now Available Online for Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, and Ohio For the first time, Land Entry Case Files:  Homestead Final Certificates – Record Group 49:  Records of the Bureau of Land Management from the National Archives for Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, and Ohio have been

Death Valley National Park will be hosting MarsFest 2017 from March 10 through 12. MarsFest explores and celebrates the extremes of Earth and space with a weekend of field trips, an expo, children’s programming, and a lecture series. https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/marsfest-2017.htm Source:: Death Valley National Park to Host MarsFest       

California State Parks’ Office of Grants and Local Services announced that it is accepting applications for the Outdoor Environmental Education Facilities Grant Program. View the official news release here. Source:: California State Parks Announces Application Deadline for the Outdoor Environmental Education Facilities Grant Program       

Effective 8 a.m. this Thursday, February 23, Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (SRA) partially reopens. View the official news release here. Source:: California State Parks Partially Opens Lake Oroville SRA