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Eco tours in Yellowstone and Australia help raise environmental awareness

America’s Schools Program and Sustainable Travel International have partnered to offer eco-friendly trips to raise awareness within the travel industry for local economic development and the natural and socio-cultural environments.

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Xanterra to debut a Green Educational store 'For Future Generations'

Xanterra Parks & Resorts – one of the best known travel operators throughout Yellowstone National Park – is planning to convert its gift shop in the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel into an interpretive facility dedicated to informing park visitors about climate change and offering environmentally friendly products.

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Youth adventure travel leader promotes domestic volunteer programs for teens

Volunteer travel has become a growing trend in the industry, and Wilderness Ventures’ programs offer young people the opportunity to lend a hand domestically while enjoying their peers and the great outdoors through service trips that are designed to enable young people to obtain 40 to 80 hours of community service while simultaneously offering opportunities for fun, outdoor adventures and personal growth.

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Renowned ‘voluntourism’ company celebrates its 10,000th Yellowstone volunteer

Tauck World Discovery celebrates a unique milestone recently when it hosted the 10,000th participant in its award-winning guest-volunteer program in Yellowstone National Park.

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Yellowstone’s “Black Saturday” fires – what we have learned 20 years later

Twenty years ago, more than 150,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park burned in a 24-hour period deemed “Black Saturday. Looking back, the fires did little or no long-term damage to the park’s plants and animals – almost nothing compared to the threats the park faces today.

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Greater Yellowstone Director Receives Keystone Award

The Nature Conservancy’s Greater Yellowstone Program Director, Paul Hansen, was recently selected to receive the prestigious Keystone Center 2008 Leadership in the Environment Award due to his exemplary leadership, consensus-building and positive impact in the environmental community. Joining leaders in education, industry and government, Paul will be honored at a Washington, D.C. event this June. [More...]

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