Glacier National Park News:
Plowing begins in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park road crews have begun spring plowing, but park officials say the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road won't be open until mid-June.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
smokies seeks comments on proposed rehabilitation of road
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to rehabilitate 14.5 miles of Newfound Gap Road on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. 441) and to reconstruct many of its stone masonry guard walls.
http://seymourherald.com/news/2010/mar/23/smokies-seeks-comments-on-prop/Smokies visits drop 28.4 percent in February
The combination of winter weather and the I-40 rock slide depressed visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by 28.4 percent in February.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100323/NEWS/303239975***********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
The New Zealand government proposed today to allow mining in 7,000 hectares (27 square miles) of high-value conservation land in national parks and other currently protected areas. Horrified conservationists warn such mining would destroy precious, irreplaceable ecosystems and New Zealand's valuable image as a clean, green tourist destination.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2010/2010-03-22-04.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
It must be spring: Colo. gets another snowstorm
Another round of snow is blasting through Colorado for the second time since spring began.
http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=12186961**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Yellowstone bicycle season starts
Bicycle season is getting under way at Yellowstone National Park even though crews haven't finished clearing roads of snow.
http://www.kbzk.com/news/yellowstone-bicycle-season-starts/Cody comments on Yellowstone winter use
Park County residents got a chance to ask questions and make comments Monday at two meetings on creating a new set of rules to guide winter use in Yellowstone National Park.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html***********