National Parks Content / National Parks Content for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ en °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Historians Receive National Parks Funding to Collect Women’s Stories /curiosity/news/uc-davis-historians-receive-national-parks-funding-collect-womens-stories-1 <p>Two °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, Davis, historians have received funding from the National Park Service to address the educational gap in U.S. women’s history and role in the nation’s national parks. Professors Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and&nbsp;Lisa&nbsp;Materson will craft 80 biographies of women involved in national parks in the western region of the United States, and, in a longer article, connect those women’s lives to the ongoing struggle for voting rights.</p> September 02, 2020 - 4:30pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/uc-davis-historians-receive-national-parks-funding-collect-womens-stories-1 Turtles, Pesticides and Parks /news/turtles-pesticides-and-parks <p>Western pond turtles in Sequoia National Park and other California remote wildlands have been exposed to an assortment of agricultural pesticides and industrial contaminants, according to a study from the National Park Service and UC&nbsp;Davis.&nbsp;</p> April 20, 2016 - 1:23pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/turtles-pesticides-and-parks