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Peace and Quiet in National Parks

A press release from the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees lists America's five best National Parks for finding peace, quiet and natural sounds.

1. Great Basin National Park, Nevada (www.nps.gov/grba)
2. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan (www.nps.gov/isro)
3. North Cascades National Park, Washington State (www.nps.gov/noca)
4. Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana (www.nps.gov/biho)
5. Muir Woods National Monument, California (www.nps.gov/muwo)

See the press release for details.

Members of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees are retired employees of the National Park Service; they come together to voice their concern about threats to the Service and system to which they devoted their professional careers.

Willem Lange

Willem Lange is one of several interesting and "semi-famous" people my wife and I met on our recent trip to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Mr. Lange was there with a crew from New Hampshire Public Television working on a program about Broad-winged Hawk migration. He is the host of a program on that network entitled Windows to the Wild. To quote from that site, "this beautifully filmed program presents some of New England’s most unique natural environments." Because we live in California, we are not going to be seeing those programs unless we make a trip to New England. Mr. Lange recommended a visit to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, so perhaps during a trip there we will catch an episode or two.