http://www.nps.gov/chic News releases from Chickasaw National Recreation Area. en-us http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2010-04.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:59 EST The National Park Service is proposing an increase in camping fees at Chickasaw National Recreation Area. If approved, these new fee rates will go into effect in the spring of 2010. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2010-03.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:11 EST Due to demand, the two-part series of guided walks on the history of the park’s springs will be repeated twice during November. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2010-02.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:59:18 EST Chickasaw National Recreation Area was honored with two awards recently at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2010-01.htm Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:03:32 EST The mineral springs found here are focal point of the Platt Historic District, and the primary reason behind the park’s original establishment in 1902. Join park rangers on a two-part series of guided walks this month which explore the natural and cultural history of the park’s “healing” waters and learn more about the past, present, and future of water resources in the region. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-41.htm Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:30:50 EST In an effort to improve the deer herd and provide a quality hunting experience, the park is instituting new park-specific regulations. An additional 515 acres have been opened to archery and shotshell hunting. In addition, for a period of no less than two years, the deer harvest will be antlerless only. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-40.htm Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:51:07 EST From 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 27, 2009, a special preview of the upcoming Ken Burns television documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” will be shown at the Travertine Nature Center in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Following the preview of the documentary, the park will premiere the director’s cut of a short film, Oka’, produced by KERA which will air September 28 on public broadcasting stations in Oklahoma and Texas following the second episode of the documentary. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-39.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:03:21 EST Chickasaw National Recreation Area will be featured on a quarter-dollar produced by the U.S. Mint in 2011. It will be the tenth of 56 quarters issued in the recently announced America the Beautiful Quarters program. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-38.htm Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:02:18 EST The National Park Service has ended the closure of certain swimming areas within the park. Testing of the water of Travertine Creek below the Colds Springs Campground since Wednesday has confirmed the absence of contamination. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-37.htm Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:52:53 EST The National Park Service has closed swimming areas within the park due to unusually high bacterial levels. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-36.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:58:32 EST You are invited to join Chickasaw NRA at its Junior Ranger Field Day event for kids. Come by Flower Park, immediately southwest of the intersection of Highways 7 and 177 in Sulphur on Saturday, August 22nd from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-35.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:26:04 EST The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to begin exploring appropriate alternatives for construction of approximately 4,000 linear feet of concrete-paved accessible multi-use trail along the north shore of Veterans Lake in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-34.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:19:07 EST Park Rangers at Chickasaw National Recreation Area invite children ages 5-8 to come to a“Read with a Ranger” program on two Thursday afternoons during the month of July.  http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-33.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:36 EST Monday, June 29, 2009 at approximately 5:15 p.m. a group swimming in a stream near Veterans Lake Creek in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area reported that an eight-year old child was having difficulty swimming. Gregory Barker, a thirty-two year old male from Shawnee, Oklahoma went in to assist the child and encountered difficulty while saving her life. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-32.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:12:22 EST Monday, June 29, 2009 at approximately 5:15 p.m. a group swimming in a stream near Veterans Lake Creek in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area reported that an eight-year old child was having difficulty swimming. A thirty-two year old male from Shawnee, Oklahoma went in to assist the child and encountered difficulty while saving her life. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-31.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:42:18 EST To commemorate the 233rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Travertine Nature Center will host a special display of historic flags of the United States of America. A special program about the flags at 3:00 pm in the Nature Center auditorium on Friday, July 3, Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5. http://www.nps.gov/chic/parknews/nr2009-30.htm Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:32:27 EST Let Chickasaw National Recreation Area bring Alaska and the Canadian North to you in a special program scheduled for the Travertine Nature Center auditorium at 3 pm on Saturday, June 13.