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Resource Management Newsletter - The Resource Newsletter concerns: the prairie restoration project, the nicollet marker activities, the hawk moths, the threatened prairie fringed orchid, the control burn on the prairie, and volunteers at the park.  
 

Fee-Free Weekends in you National Parks - There are three fee-free weekends at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees.

Mark your calendars for fee-free weekends this summer:

  • June 20-21, 2009
  • July 18-19, 2009
  • August 15-16, 2009
George Catlin  

Did You Know?
George Catlin was the first European-American to visit the pipestone quarries at Pipestone National Monument in 1836. A geologist dubbed the soft clay stone "Catlinite" after Catlin sent it to him for analysis.
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Last Updated: June 04, 2009 at 11:40 EST