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The National Park Service says the logo of the Glacier Range Riders in Montana is too close to the park service’s own logo. (Credit: National Park Service, Glacier Range Riders)
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The Sonoran Desert toad is one of the largest toads found in North America, measuring nearly 7 inches, the National Park Service said on its Facebook page. The agency is advising people not to lick this toad. (Image: National Park Service/Facebook)
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National Park Service mascot Sunny Saguaro. (National Park Service photo)
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A National Park Service ranger inspects a Civil War era monument to Stonewall Jackson, which was vandalized over night with white and gold paint. (National Park Service)
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In this April 4, 2017, photo released by the National Park Service shows P-55, a young male Mountain lion that roams the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains in Calif. He was caught and outfitted with a GPS tracking device in April 2017, a few days before P-56 in the same spot. DNA analysis is underway, but they are suspected of being siblings. Biologists documented a rare case of P-55, a cougar from a mountain range hemmed in by metropolitan Los Angeles sprawl, that successfully crossing heavily traveled U.S. 101 and taking up residence in another range, the National Park Service said Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. It's only the fourth documented successful crossing of the 101 by a Santa Monica Mountains lion in 15 years of study. (National Park Service via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Park Service shows water spraying from a break in an exposed section of the Grand Canyon trans-canyon waterline. Park officials plan to replace at least part of the decades-old and problem-plagued pipeline that plunges down into the canyon and back up the other side to supply water to South Rim hotels, campgrounds and other facilities at the northern Arizona park. (National Park Service via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Park Service shows water spraying from a break in an exposed section of the Grand Canyon trans-canyon waterline as a worker attempts repairs. Park officials plan to replace at least part of the decades-old and problem-plagued pipeline that plunges down into the canyon and back up the other side to supply water to South Rim hotels, campgrounds and other facilities at the northern Arizona park. (National Park Service via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the National Park Service shows water spraying from a break in an exposed section of the Grand Canyon trans-canyon waterline, originally covered under a path, after a flash flood event. Park officials plan to replace at least part of the decades-old and problem-plagued pipeline that plunges down into the canyon and back up the other side to supply water to South Rim hotels, campgrounds and other facilities at the northern Arizona park. (National Park Service via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Mikah Meyer, 31, left, who is trying to become the youngest person to visit all 417 national parks, learns about the history of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site from Bob Cromwell of the National Park Service in Vancouver, Wash. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is trying to become youngest person to visit all 417 national parks, learns about the history of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site from Bob Cromwell of the National Park Service in Vancouver, Wash. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Mikah Meyer, left, 31, who is trying to become youngest person to visit all 417 national parks, learns about the history of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site from Bob Cromwell of the National Park Service while visiting the fur store in Vancouver, Wash. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Mikah Meyer, center, 31, who is trying to become youngest person to visit all 417 national parks, learns about the history of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site from Bob Cromwell of the National Park Service in Vancouver, Wash. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian via AP)
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This Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo provided by the National Park Service shows the clearing of the El Portal Road in Yosemite National Park, Calif. The rockslide, which came crashing down Monday at Yosemite National Park is creating a commuting headache for hundreds of park employees and thousands of tourists who are forced to drive around the roadblock. (Greg Stock/National Park Service via AP)
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This Wednesday, June 14, 2017, photo provided by the National Park Service shows the clearing of the El Portal Road in Yosemite National Park, Calif. The rockslide, which came crashing down Monday at Yosemite National Park is creating a commuting headache for hundreds of park employees and thousands of tourists who are forced to drive around the roadblock. (Greg Stock/National Park Service via AP)
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This photo provided by the National Park Service ranger Rachel Post shows a smoke plume from a wildfire in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, north of Jemez Springs, N.M., Thursday, June 15, 2017. The wildfire burning in northern New Mexico prompted the evacuation Thursday of residents and led the governor to activate the state emergency operations center. (Rachel Post/NPS via AP)
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This Sept. 3, 2015, photo provided by the Yellowstone National Park Service, shows the West Thumb area of Yellowstone Lake in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. A 23-year-old kayak guide, Timothy Hayden Ryan Conant of Salt Lake City, died while trying to rescue a client who capsized in the West Thumb area of Yellowstone Lake Wednesday, June 14, 2017. (Jim Peaco/Yellowstone National Park Service via AP)
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This June 25, 2015, photo provided by the Yellowstone National Park Service, shows Black Pool at the West Thumb area of Yellowstone Lake in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. A 23-year-old kayak guide, Timothy Hayden Ryan Conant of Salt Lake City, died while trying to rescue a client who capsized in the West Thumb Basin area of Yellowstone Lake Wednesday, June 14, 2017. (Diane Renkin/Yellowstone National Park Service via AP)
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This Monday, June 12, 2017, photo provided by the National Park Service shows a rockslide that blocked one of the main roads into Yosemite National Park in California. About 4,000 tons (3,600 metric tons) of rock detached from a cliff on Monday, blocking El Portal Road, Park spokesman Scott Gediman. (NPS Photo via AP)
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This Monday, June 12, 2017, photo provided by the National Park Service shows a rockslide that blocked one of the main roads into Yosemite National Park in California. About 4,000 tons (3,600 metric tons) of rock detached from a cliff on Monday, blocking El Portal Road, Park spokesman Scott Gediman. (NPS Photo via AP)
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This Monday, June 12, 2017, photo provided by the National Park Service shows a rockslide that blocked one of the main roads into Yosemite National Park in California. About 4,000 tons (3,600 metric tons) of rock detached from a cliff on Monday, blocking El Portal Road, Park spokesman Scott Gediman. (NPS Photo via AP)
