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Follow some of our tips and make Thanksgiving a green one! Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and planning is certainly underway. When preparing for the holiday, keep in mind a few of our tips to make your Thanksgiving a green one. It won’t take much to be environmentally and locally friendly this holiday season, take a look. Keep it Organic

Stop by the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Friday, November 13, to catch a presentation by Randy Erwin, a western/cowboy singer and yodeler, who is the park’s Artist-in-Residence during November. He’ll be giving a performance and musical presentation at 7:30 p.m. at the Shrine of Ages.

Celebrate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Valley Forge has an exciting lineup of events in store for November. From free Friday night movies to special talks and trolley tours of the park, there’s fun to be had for the whole family! Check out some of the highlights below: Secret Side of the American Revolution Lecture

The stunning panorama of Badlands National Park rests just an hour east of Rapid City, South Dakota.This 244,000-acre landscape is both barren and beautiful. Wind and rain erosion have created an eerie moonscape of deep gorges and jagged sawtooth ridges with rock layers painted in subtle hues of sand, rose, gold and green. 

In recognition of American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month, OhRanger has compiled our 10 favorite parks with American Indian and Alaska Native significance. Many of our parks are rich in history so in order to fully appreciate the public lands that we visit, we must understand their past.

Perhaps no other animal symbolizes the West as dramatically as the American bison, which has roamed the North American Continent from the Great Slave Lake in northern Canada, south into Mexico and from coast to coast for millions of years. Bison are part of the family Bovidae, to which cattle and goats belong. Often referred to as buffalo, this name is in fact a misnomer as they are not in the same family that includes “true” buffaloes—Asian and African buffalo. One of the physical differences between the old world buffalo and the American bison is the large shoulder hump of the bison.

The Canon Photography in the Parks finalists are in and you, too, can be a winner simply by voting for your favorite image. More than 20,000 photographers submitted their most impressive images to compete in this year’s contest.

The 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway will officially get underway November 12, 2009, with students from Cherokee, NC, schools participating as part of the launch. The students have been studying the history and heritage of the Parkway and of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with much of the curriculum borrowing from the recent Ken Burns’s documentary on national parks in the United States.

Kalaloch Lodge, which has some of the most enchanting coastal views and best access to pristine beaches in Washington’s Olympic National Park, announces its “Clam Digger” lodging package, set for three weekends throughout the winter season. The “Clam Digger” package will be available on select weekends only: Nov. 16, 2009; Dec. 4-5, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2009 – Jan. 1, 2010. 

Archaeology is a high-profile activity at Fort Vancouver, but it's not the only example of the science going in the National Park Service."It ranges from atmospheric chemistry to zoology," Gary Machlis said, using an A-to-Z format.And that's just the biophysical realm, he said."Cultural sciences include archaeology and anthropology; social sciences include economics, psychology and geography."

Pssst. Want to know a secret? Southern Utah, that geologic and scenic wonderland, is dazzling in every season — but in autumn the annual invasion of sightseeing visitors from around the world drops to a trickle. As desk manager Ron Stensfors notes from behind the service counter at Zion Lodge, seasoned (so to speak) American travelers, especially savvy locals from Utah and the rest of the West, know fall is a great time to take in Zion National Park.

It is hard to imagine Asheville without the Blue Ridge Parkway.For most visitors and locals, it seems as though the 469-mile road has always wound through the mountains of Western North Carolina, providing stunning views and access to miles of hiking.

More than a century ago, a teenage cowboy stumbled onto one of America's biggest underground wonders.In 1898, Jim Larken White noticed bats boiling from a New Mexico cave entrance and rode his horse over to investigate. Curious about the cave's depth, he built a fire and let it burn until only embers remained, then carefully kicked the glowing chunks into the cave's entrance to watch them drop.A few days later, White decided to go in.

Chinook and Cayuse passes are officially closed for the season. State transportation officials decided to close the passes after reviewing a snowy forecast and assessing the risk of an avalanche, according to a DOT news release. Crews closed Chinook Pass after assessing the stability of the hillside and determining the avalanche risk is too great. Since Friday, Chinook has received more than 3 feet of snow.