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Lottery opens for the 2016 High Use Season River Permits in Dinosaur National Monument
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Dinosaur, CO & Jensen, UT— The lottery is now open for the noncommercial river permits for the high use season on the Green and Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument. Applicants can access and submit the form by logging onto www.recreation.gov. The open lottery season for noncommercial high use season river permits runs from December…
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National Park Service announces 16 free days for 2016
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National Park Service announces 16 free days for 2016 By Faith Heaton Jolley | Posted Dec 3rd, 2015 @ 11:39am THE GREAT OUTDOORS — To celebrate its centennial year, the National Park Service will be waiving entrance fees on 16 days in 2016. The National Park Service was founded on Aug. 25, 1916, and since then, 84 million acres comprising of…
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Put This On Your Calendar
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The Good Dinosaur
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Bet You Didn’t Know!
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On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday…
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Veteran’s Day Holiday
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Wednesday, November 11th, is observed as a federal holiday in 2015. That means double pay if you are scheduled to work! Bonus!! And it means a paid day off if you’re not scheduled. Then we’re on the countdown to Thanksgiving…
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Gaining An Hour This Sunday! Ughh!?!
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This autumn, daylight saving time has us “falling back” — or gaining an hour of sleep — during the wee hours of Sunday, November 1. While that may sound like the perfect way to recover from a weekend of Halloween fetes (or candy comas), it can be surprisingly jarring on the body. “The time change…
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Time to Count Inventory Again!
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Friday, October 30th, is our day to count the inventory. At the Quarry Visitor Center, things can be counted in the store room and the postcard cabinet early in the day–then after lunch, we can start counting in the store. It doesn’t take very long with everybody dividing up the room We will bring pizza…
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Happy Labor Day!
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Monday, September 7th, is a federal holiday , Labor Day. That means double pay if you are scheduled to work! Bonus!! And it means a paid day off if you’re not scheduled. Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honors the American labor movement…