Cuyahoga National Park News:
Chimani Launches Cuyahoga Valley National Park app for iPhone and Android
Smart phone app puts updated ranger events, hiking trails, audio tour, Scenic Railway train schedule and all the essential info for enjoying the park at your fingertips. Take advantage of a special introductory price through December 31, 2010.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/cuyahoga_valley/iphone_android/prweb8020045.htm**********
Glacier National Park News:
2010 the busiest year for park visitors
Glacier National Park’s Centennial year has turned out to be the busiest ever for park visitation.
Even though November’s visitor count was down 14 percent compared to November 2009, the 13,000 people who entered the park last month were enough to push the year’s total visitation past the 1983 record year.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_2ab14486-0734-11e0-a859-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Coalition still committed to Alpine park cattle grazing
Fairfax Newspapers yesterday reported that there was a split in the Coalition over reintroducing cattle to the Barmah and Gunbower forests in northern Victoria.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/14/3092602.htm**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Snow conditions could force bison from Yellowstone National Park
Bison hunters in Montana may see their first successful season in many years, but will there also be another government-sponsored bison slaughter?
http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/re...paign=hottopicsInterior Officials, Wyoming Officials Agree On $107 Million Deal For Roughly 1,400 Acres Inside Grand Teton National Park
What's the value of land in the Rocky Mountains? Better than $75,000 an acre if that land happens to lie beneath the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...nd-teton-na7348**********
Yosemite expands permit system for Half Dome hike
One of the world's most iconic hikes now requires a permit seven days a week.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/13/1972018/yosemite-expands-permit-system.html#ixzz187sG9EjMAlong route to Yosemite, locals square off over proposals for permanent fix for huge rockslide
Those who live in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park cherish the ever-changing landscape shaped by rushing water, ice and avalanches.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/sns-ap-us-travel-brief-yosemite-rockslide,0,1844734.story
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