August 6th, 2012
Acadia National Park News:
Heat Stricken Dog Carried from Acadia
Park rangers and others spent several hours in the heat and sweltering humidity on Saturday carrying a dog suffering heat stroke off Dorr Mountain. Temperatures were in the mid 80s.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=76191:heat-stricken-dog-carried-from-acadia&Itemid=938
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Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Park begins scaling back search for missing hiker
No new clues were found Saturday in the search for missing hiker Jakson Kreiser, and Glacier National Park officials said Sunday that the search will begin scaling back.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-reg...1a4bcf887a.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smoky Mountains trails still closed after storm
More than a half-dozen Smoky Mountains hiking trails remain closed after a windstorm lashed the national park a month ago, killing two people and injuring others.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/06/4696955/smoky-mountains-trails-still-closed.html#storylink=cpy**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky above Joshua Tree National Park
Visitors to California’s 792,726 acre Joshua Tree National Park can swap desert tortoises and rattlesnakes for galactic space balls this coming weekend when meteors associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle will blaze a trail across the night sky.
http://www.examiner.com/article/perseid-...e-national-park**********
Misc. National Park News:
Strategic land exchanges benefit rural economies, Utah schoolchildren and the environment (Editorial)
This summer, amid lots of other discussion about Western land use policy, Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands (SITLA) is quietly marking the 14th anniversary of the National Parks/Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Land Exchange, which was the biggest U.S. land transaction since the Louisiana Purchase. Utah just hit the $300 million mark in revenues the exchange has created for the Permanent School Fund and other state and local coffers.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/76559...ent.html?pg=allIs the Endangered Species Act a success or failure?
While that very question has been a subject of debate already for decades, most environmental advocates are thankful such legislation is in place and proud of their government for upholding such high standards when it comes to preserving rare species of plants and animals.
http://www.thevindicator.com/opinion/article_d148f766-dfbf-11e1-9ae5-0019bb2963f4.html**********
Waterton Lakes National Park News:
Parks staff work to prevent invasive mussels
Parks officials are stepping up efforts to prevent a non-native mussel from causing havoc in Alberta’s lakes and rivers as the invasive species spreads across North America.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Parks+staff...l#ixzz22nZjmfDp**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton rangers use helicopter to rescue injured hiker from Waterfalls Canyon
Grand Teton National Park rangers used a helicopter to rescue a woman Saturday from Waterfalls Canyon after she fell approximately 20 feet while ascending the canyon just above Columbine Cascades.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/08/g...erfalls-canyon/**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Dam could be removed to restore Yosemite's lost Hetch Hetchy valley
Voters will decide whether they want a plan for draining the 117-billion-gallon Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park, exposing for the first time in 80 years a glacially carved, granite-ringed valley of towering waterfalls.
http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2018828150_webyosemite05.html**********
