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Photo courtesy of National Parks Service.
Clean Cities partners with the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resources Canada. This initiative complements the NPSClimate Friendly Parks program by demonstrating the environmental benefits of cutting petroleum use.
Denali National Park and Preserve (Биосферный заповедник)
The most visited park in Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve covers 6 million acres, located 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The iconic park is acquiring one plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and one photovoltaic-powered charging station to help reduce emissions in Denali’s “Front Country,” home to several campgrounds, visitor centers, Photo Gallery. Photo Gallery. The charging station, to be constructed by local students, Photo Gallery.
Yellowstone National Park (Биосферный заповедник)
Yellowstone National Park is adding an electric utility vehicle, two hybrid electric vehicles, and one hybrid electric bus to its fleet. With help from Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy, the park is also enhancing its outreach and education efforts. Its idle-reduction campaign encourages visitors, employees, and residents of surrounding communities to avoid unnecessary engine idling.
Mammoth Cave National Park (Всемирного наследия)
Mammoth Cave National Park started using E85 in 1999 and today runs all its vehicles on alternative fuels. Thanks to new funding, Photo Gallery, two propane-powered pickup trucks, Photo Gallery. В дополнение, park personnel are partnering with theKentucky Clean Cities Partnership to enhance efforts to educate visitors, employees, Photo Gallery.
Rocky Mountain National Park (Биосферный заповедник)
Rocky Mountain National Park, with more than 3 million annual visitors, is the fifth most-visited park in the NPS system. With support from Northern Colorado Clean Cities, the park is planning to purchase one Toyota Highlander Hybrid and two Chevy Volts, install two electric vehicle charging stations, and boost idle-reduction through technology deployment and a comprehensive education and outreach program.
Glacier National Park (Waterton Glacier International Peace Park WHS)
Nearly all of Glacier National Park’s vehicles and other mobile equipment use alternative fuels. The park’s historic Red Bus fleet has been running on propane for more than a decade. В 2007, the park introduced a shuttle system along the popular and scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road. The shuttles, which can run on biodiesel, help reduce traffic congestion and emissions from private vehicles.
Mesa Verde National Park (Всемирного наследия)
Invoking the spirit of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 лет, Mesa Verde National Park is working with Southern Colorado Clean Cities to cut harmful emissions. The park is eliminating inefficient vehicles that traveled nearly 400,000 мили, and it is adding four new propane pickup trucks and a propane lawn mower. A propane fueling station will also be installed for park use. Photo Gallery, concessioners, and the park’s 500,000 annual visitors.
Grand Canyon National Park (Всемирного наследия)
Grand Canyon National Park Photo Gallery, reducing the number of vehicles on some of the park’s busiest roads. Photo Gallery 20% по 2020.
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