Acadia
Park’s night skies profiled
ACADIA NAT’L PARK — The November issue of “National Geographic Magazine” recognizes the park’s night skies as some of the best anywhere. “Starry nights have become rare and exotic skyscapes for many Americans,” according to a story titled “Vanishing Night.” Acadia National Park’s “excellent conditions for stargazing” made the list of four “spots offering” the nation’s “darkest nights” for “star chasing.”
http://mdislander.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7803&Itemid=36New Acadia video goes high def
The latest film from Dobbs Productions of Bar Harbor is slated to be unveiled at a free public premier set for the Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor on the evening of Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
http://mdislander.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7794&Itemid=39Rare Bird Alert
Particularly noteworthy species highlighted this week include: BARNACLE GOOSE, SNOWY OWL, LONG-EARED OWL, CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=8826Death Valley
Death Valley: Furnace Creek Inn's golfers' package
Fall is a great time to visit Death Valley National Park, as temperatures are now bearable (below the 100-degree mark anyway) yet the park sees few crowds at this time of year. And if you’re a golfer, there’s extra incentive to visit, with Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort’s accommodations-and-golf package. This is your chance to tee off at 214 feet below sea level, on the world’s lowest course.
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/death-valley-furnace-3057/Denali
Denali Park Road closed for winter
FAIRBANKS -- The Denali Park Road is closed for the winter.
The winter trailhead has been established at Mile 3 at the gate to Denali National Park and Preserve headquarters. There is snow and ice on the road beyond park headquarters, but snow cover is still marginal for skiing, skijoring, dog mushing or snowshoeing.
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/17/denali-park-road-closed-winter/King found guilty
A year after being accused of illegally taking a moose inside Denali National Park, Iditarod musher Jeff King, has been found guilty.
http://ktna.org/topics.php?aid=824Cookbook offers insight into Camp Denali’s history and kitchen
Deep inside Denali National Park is an institution. I’ve not had the privilege of visiting Camp Denali but it is definitely on the list of 1,000 places to see before I journey onward. Twice I drove the road lottery as far as you can go, so I have been in the neighborhood and seen the incredible countryside where it is situated.
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/15/cookbook-offers-insight-camp-denalis-history-and-k/Climber tackles a cruel mountain
Jeff Karpel (Photo below) plopped in the snow next to his crying friend and peered over his shoulder.
The south peak of Mount McKinley was so close, it looked as if he could touch it.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifesty...AA?OpenDocumentEverglades
Rising water in Florida's Everglades threatens wildlife
The Everglades are drowning. Canals along Alligator Alley have spilled over banks into roadside swales. Deer have been driven from flooded-out tree islands to strips of dry ground - mostly canal levees, but a few have even been spotted on the porches of empty hunting cabins.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/20/endangeredhabitats-wildlife-florida-evergladesBirds and birders converge on Everglades
Birds and birders alike are now flocking to Everglades National Park. At any time of year the park ranks among North America’s premier birding locations, but activity peaks in late fall and winter when migrants from the north swell the avian population.
http://www.examiner.com/x-1435-Miami-Tra...e-on-EvergladesOne man's fight to save the Everglades. FWC Commissioner Ron Bergeron says it's time to act on restoration
If Everglades restoration doesn't start soon, Ron Bergeron is afraid that there may not be an Everglades left to save.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/sfl-flspwaters10-17sboct17,0,6796545.column
Glacier
Glacier National Park sees fewer visitors
Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park bith experienced a slump in visitor numbers this past season.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9255726Body found in Glacier National Park along Kintla Lake; man disappeared in early October
WEST GLACIER - Searchers in Glacier National Park found the body of an adult male along Kintla Lake in the park’s remote North Fork area late Wednesday afternoon while looking for an overdue hiker. The man’s cause of death was not known.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/10/29/bnews/br56.txtGlacier Park to remain cell phone dead zone
Yellowstone National Park recently announced plans to bring cellular service to the area, but Glacier says that they have no plans to follow suit.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9184859Bringing the world back to Banff
The Banff Centre brings back the world's outdoors illuminati with its annual film and book festivals
In its 32nd year, the Banff Mountain Festivals continues to reign as the event where the world's best outdoor filmmakers, authors and adventurers come together.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=d25c5968-ca9b-4e32-931f-5283e29310a1Grand Canyon
Grand Junction man survives Grand Canyon fall
From a remote area of the Grand Canyon, Ann Leonard watched as her father, who was strapped to a gurney dangling 100 feet below a National Park Service helicopter, was flown to where a Care Flight helicopter was waiting to fly her dad, Nic Korte, to the Flagstaff Medical Center.
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20081...20Canyon%20fallChicago man's body found in Grand Canyon
58-year-old's body recovered from below South Rim of the national park
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-chicagoan-grand--canyon-24-oct24,0,1254602.story
Plague emerges in Grand Canyon, kills biologist
One day last October, Eric York lugged the carcass of an adult mountain lion from his truck and laid it carefully on a tarp on the floor of his garage.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-21-plague-grand-canyon_N.htmGrand Teton
Grand Teton roads to close for winter
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Grand Teton National Park plans to close two roads for the winter season at the end of October.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9245321&nav=menu554_2_2Elk herd migrating late from park to refuge
An abundance of natural food in Grand Teton National Park has kept many elk in the park and off precious winter forage on the south end of the National Elk Refuge, according to government scientists.
http://www.jhguide.com/article.php?art_id=3847NOLS honors ranger for park stewardship
The National Outdoor Leadership School will bestow its 2008 Stewardship Award on Grand Teton National Park climbing ranger Renny Jackson on Saturday.
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=3731Forest picks land sale options
Bridger-Teton National Forest has chosen two options to sell about 10.4 acres in Jackson and is asking the public for comments on the proposal.
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=3727Yellowstone National Park - Hot and Steamy (A Four Part Blog Story)
What's hot as lava, cold as snow, and larger than the state of Rhode Island? Yellowstone National Park! Spanning parts of Wyoming and Montana, Yellowstone contains more than half the world's geysers and thermal activity, a landscape that varies between high peaks and its own Grand Canyon, and weather that can span all four seasons in one day.
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/6851/Yellowstone-National-Park-Hot-and-Steamy-Part-1Great Smoky National Park
Park facilities closing down for winter
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — The approaching winter season has the Great Smoky Mountains National Park closing some facilities and roads.
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3855156/Early Snowfall Causes Temporary Road Closure Through Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cherokee, NC (AHN) - The North Carolina mountains got snow overnight and it was still falling at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park causing officials to close US-441.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012820321As park approaches 75th anniversary, observers reflect on Smokies' role in ET
CLINGMANS DOME - Stand atop the observation tower on the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains and look out upon the red-and-gold autumnal splendor undulating over lesser mountains in all directions.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/oct/26/mountains-majesty/Hunting Takes On A Diffferent Meaning For Bristol Man
BRISTOL, Va. – Eric Rutherford is a different breed of hunter.
http://www.tricities.com/tri/sports/high...stol_man/15673/Misc. Parks News:
EPA Sued for Allowing Haze to Obscure National Parks
WASHINGTON, DC, October 22, 2008 (ENS) - Two conservation groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force the federal agency to clean up emissions that cloud the air over national parks and wilderness areas.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2008/2008-10-22-091.aspMount Rainier
New visitors centre opening at Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — The new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center has opened in Mount Rainier National Park at Paradise.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iGqZViAFT_13BJmhbg5Accj6ya-AClimate change may usher in different scene on Mount Rainier
Nothing lures visitors to Paradise like the transitory displays of wildflowers that populate Mount Rainier's high mountain meadows.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/348098.htmlNorth Cascades high country is alight with the spectacular colors of fall
The colors of autumn blaze most intensely in the leafy forests of northeastern America, it is often said, and certainly that region is worthy of pilgrimages for avid shutter-snappers and other lovers of fall's vivid hues.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/383212_fallhikes16.htmlOlympic NP:
Bringing back the wolves of Olympic National Park
A new study reveals the changes wrought on Olympic National Park's ecosystem when the wolves disappeared, presenting a compelling argument for reintroducing them.
http://crosscut.com/2008/10/20/animals-wildlife/18574/Road to Staircase closed
The road to Olympic National Park’s Staircase area is now closed for the winter.
http://www.theolympian.com/205/story/644534.htmlShellfish harvest canceled on Olympic coastline
The coastline of Olympic National Park is closed to all shellfish gathering because tests have found Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxins in shellfish meat.
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/644538.htmlSalmon egg nests destroyed on Elwha RiverPORT ANGELES
The Elwha River dam removal project's primary purpose, to restore salmon habitat on the North Olympic Peninsula's largest watershed suffered some collateral damage earlier this month.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081031/NEWS/310319993Shenandoah NP:
Skyline Drive named National Historic Landmark
kyline Drive, a 105-mile Virginian roadway that winds through Shenandoah National Park along the Blue Ridge Mountains, has been named a National Historic Landmark.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/10/27/daily6.htmlNational Park Announces Seasonal Closings
Shorter days and cooler nights remind us that the autumn travel season will come to an end, and signal the closing of facilities at Shenandoah National Park.
http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/32987504.html#Missing Staunton Man Is Found Dead
The search for a Virginia man who was looking for ginseng in Shenandoah National Park has ended with the discovery of his body.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101400798.htmlYellowstone
State can't find source of Boy Scout's plague
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Department of Health says it can't pinpoint the source of bubonic plague that infected a Boy Scout from Connecticut who visited Yellowstone National Park and other sites this summer.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9161182Global Warming Is Killing Frogs And Salamanders In Yellowstone Park, Researchers Say
Frogs and salamanders, those amphibious bellwethers of environmental danger, are being killed in Yellowstone National Park. The predator, Stanford researchers say, is global warming.
Bush Adminstration Proposes 2nd Interagency Group for Bison
WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2008 (ENS) - In the waning days of the Bush administration, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Tuesday announced a plan to conserve bison, also called buffalo, with a second interagency group.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2008/2008-10-29-091.aspVets back Yellowstone-area livestock disease plan
Montana's state veterinarian says a national animal health group is backing the creation of a special livestock disease management zone around Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/29/ap5623074.htmlWalden Pond, Yellowstone species dying out
Just in time to tug at your patriotic heartstrings, newly published research shows that the American icons Walden Pond and Yellowstone National Park are losing treasured plant and animal life to climate change and fungus.
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-scie...-dyi-2008-10-28Plan allows bison to migrate outside of Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wants to proceed with its portion of an agreement that would allow 25 bison a year to migrate from Yellowstone National Park north through a ranch in the Paradise Valley to graze on public land.
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_10746145Yosemite National Park
U.S. honors Yosemite search and rescue ranger
Danger is a constant in Yosemite National Park, where the towering cliffs, thundering waterfalls and rugged wilderness combine with an unusual knack among humans to stumble into horrifying predicaments.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/10/30/MN3Q13ME7B.DTL2nd rock slide reported in Yosemite National Park
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A second rock slide in as many days is being reported in Yosemite National Park in California.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDuAOq5saYAoVtB-dj_7Ov51Pi7gD93MDMT00Climate warms, creatures head for the hills
From California to Costa Rica, rising temperatures could be driving species to higher elevations
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/37485/title/Climate_warms,_creatures_head_for_the_hills
Beautiful 17-Gigapixel, 96.5 Gigabyte Image of Yosemite
An artist has released a 17-gigapixel image of Yosemite National Park that he says is the largest stitched-together panorama available.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/beautiful-17-gi.htmlYosemite: Feasts and festive fun for Christmas week at Evergreen Lodge
Dreaming of a white Christmas but hesitant about airfare to Aspen? Then go ye to Yosemite National Park. The park interior is full of enjoyable options including heated tent cabins and less rustic lodge rooms, but more comfort for your dollar — as well as, perhaps, serenity — may be had outside park boundaries. You could try the Evergreen Lodge, one mile outside the park’s western border and Hetch Hetchy entrance, which is offering holiday-special packages full of festive events to appeal to families.
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/yosemite-christmas-f-3053/
