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Digital park pass program expanded to White Sands

September 13, 2024

Visitors to White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA can now purchase and download their entrance passes completely online. White Sands becomes the latest unit of America’s national park system to implement electronic entry. […]

Fossil human footprints were found at an undisclosed location at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
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Ancient footsteps reveal 23,000 years of human history at White Sands National Park

January 31, 2024

For years, archaeologists said we can trace the beginnings of human settlement in the Americas to at least 12,000 years ago. That’s about when wanderers from Asia first crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North […]

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