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Va. landmark Natural Bridge up for sale

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:13 -0400

ROANOKE, Virginia - A Virginia landmark and tourism attraction once owned by Thomas Jefferson is up for sale.

Va. landmark Natural Bridge up for sale

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:55:15 -0400

ROANOKE, Virginia - A Virginia landmark and tourism attraction once owned by Thomas Jefferson is up for sale.

Memorial Day weekend kicks off bat watch

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:06:26 -0400

CARLSBAD, New Mexico - Memorial Day weekend marks the kickoff and 84th anniversary of Carlsbad Caverns' summer bat watching program.

Thune: Wind Cave campground to remain open

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:29:17 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - U.S. Sen. John Thune says the National Park Service has reversed a decision to close a campground at Wind Cave National Park in southwestern South Dakota.

Gas-storage plans in NY's Finger Lakes draw outcry

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:38:23 -0400

ALBANY, New York - The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, frequented by tourists for its vistas, recreation and vineyards, is dotted with caverns left behind a century ago when the area was a major salt-producing region. Now, an energy company is eyeing those caves as ideal spaces for storing natural gas, upsetting opponents who are trying to prevent a resurgence of industry to what they call an environmental gem.

La. House members pass bills regulating salt mines

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:51:10 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Two bills aimed at regulating salt dome operations were approved unanimously by the Louisiana House on Thursday, a day after some Bayou Corne residents were told an evacuation order will remain in place indefinitely due to the instability of a 15-acre sinkhole.

White-nose syndrome found in Boone National Forest

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:31:03 -0400

WINCHESTER, Kentucky - A rapidly spreading fungal disease affecting bats has been discovered in Daniel Boone National Forest.

Glenwood Caverns opens more caves to tourists

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:39:42 -0400

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Glenwood Caverns is expanding its popular Historic Fairy Caves Tour into caverns that have never been open to the public.

Ice Age animal bones found in S. Indiana cave

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:29:44 -0400

CORYDON, Indiana - When a group of expert cavers crawled into a remote section of the Binkley Cave system beneath southern Harrison County in fall 2010, they discovered more than an uncharted cavern.

Ice Age animal bones found in S. Indiana cave

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:26:53 -0400

CORYDON, Indiana - Visitors to a southern Indiana cave this summer could see bones of animals up to 50,000 years old in what experts say is one of the best-preserved collections of Ice Age remains in the state.

Movie to tell story of monk who built Ala. grotto

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:56:35 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A filmmaker is set to tell the story of Joseph Zoettl, the Bavarian monk who built the Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman.

NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:51:08 -0400

NEW YORK - The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful frescoes, silk prayer banners and lavishly painted life-size clay sculptures.

Carlsbad Caverns park plans work on water pipeline

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:34:23 -0400

CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, New Mexico - Park officials say a pipeline that stretches more than a mile to provide Carlsbad Caverns National Park with drinking water needs to be replaced.

NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:46:09 -0400