National Park Foundation and Merrell also Launch "Trail Talk" featuring Interviews and Tips From National Park Rangers Around the Country at www.nationalparks.org/trailtalk. WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In honor of National Trails Day, the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America's national parks, has teamed up with Merrell to invite Americans across the country to enjoy 10 can't miss trails in our national parks.

By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Apr. 11--AUSTIN -- For the first time in the nearly two decades that the state has owned the property, the controversy-dogged Christmas Mountains are being opened to the public.