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National Park Bears

Posted on July 30, 2021, 11:55 am, by QT Luong, under Books.
In Oh Ranger!, Horace Albright, the second National Park Service (NPS) director writes: The bears are, without doubt, the greatest single attraction in the parks, at least from the visitor’s point of view. Maybe this is why a story about a woman facing charges over a bear encounter in Yellowstone National Park made it into […]
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Location sharing & Our National Monuments surveys results

Posted on July 23, 2021, 10:24 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Thank you again for the answers and comments on the multiple surveys of this winter. Now that Our National Monuments has been printed (but not yet bound) and the rush is over, I am sharing the results and commenting on the choices made. Location sharing Treasured Lands set a precedent for information sharing, but the […]
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve wrap up

Posted on July 15, 2021, 7:39 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
An eclectic wrap-up on New River Gorge National Park with more details about logistics (including a map with all locations in this series keyed), my timing, final impressions, the result of the image choice poll, and a bonus location. Logistics The closest major city is Charleston WV, 50 miles away, but I flew into Charlotte […]
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Photographing Grandview Point in New River Gorge

Posted on July 8, 2021, 1:36 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Thank you for providing feedback on images of New River Gorge. In this post, I go into more detail on the morning when the top contending photos were made, discussing their circumstances and differences. Grandview Point was my first destination in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. On the first morning there, the fog […]
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