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The Land Player

This week’s Featured Video for the “Your Parks Video Challenge,” is submitted from TheLandPlayer who made this acoustic riff about the Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

TheLandPlayer had set out to the Grand Tetons with his wife to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary, when a simple sinus infection turned into pneumonia.  He says, “In the song presented here, I am reflecting on my surroundings and the recent events of my life - the anniversary, being sick, seeking beautiful places when your bank account says not to.  This is the only take, all the words are improvised, and I like to think that maybe for a second or two I was the voice of the scene around me.”

Continue to read the lyrics to this spontaneous and heartfelt song:

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It’s not every day that you will help protect our national parks and preserve our environment by simply clicking your mouse. But today you can! Target has created a great opportunity for all American’s to help raise cash support for our national parks - and all it takes is casting an online vote.

The National Park Foundation was selected by Target to benefit from Bullseye Gives, a two-week long giving campaign on its Facebook page. From May 10th to May 25th, Facebook users have the power to decide how Target will distribute $3 million among ten nonprofit organizations - including NPF. The percentage of votes the Foundation receives will represent its portion of the $3 million.

So take a few seconds and lend your support for our national parks. Visit Target’s facebook page, click the “Vote” tab and cast your ballot for the National Park Foundation.  Vote today and every day through May 25th.

Today the National Park Foundation announced the winners of the 2008 Share The Experience Photo Contest. The contest encourages amateur photographers to enter their favorite photographs from national parks, forests, recreation areas, and wildlife refuges in the hopes of winning great prizes. This year’s Grand Prize winning photo by Mark Campbell of Enid, Oklahoma will grace the cover of the 2010 America the Beautiful – National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass. He will also receive a trip to a national park of his choice and an Olympus E-3 digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera kit. Congratulations, Mark!

The 2009 Photo Contest will open on May 4, 2009. Get your cameras ready!