Glacier National Park:
Despite sequester, Glacier Park forges ahead with long-term improvements
Even as sequestration has forced Glacier National Park to change how it does business, it attends to important business on several fronts.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz2UEmKNNyw**********
Grand Canyon National Park:
Grand Canyon National Park Dedicates the Newly Renovated Bright Angel Trailhead
On Saturday, May 18th, over 500 people gathered to celebrate the trailhead renovation of one of Grand Canyon National Park’s oldest and most visited trails. The dedication ceremony, celebrated jointly by Grand
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/2268...=home_news_lead*********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park:
Smokies wildlife workers see an increase in bear cubs this year
Visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park could see more bears this year than last year.
http://www.wate.com/story/22400034/more-bear-cubs-in-the-great-smoky-national-park-than-last-year*********
Misc. National Park News:
4 of 8 California condors died from lead poisoning
Authorities say lead poisoning killed half of the eight California condors that died last winter in Arizona and Utah.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/2..._poisoning.htmlSequestration Hits National Parks Just In Time For Tourist Season
As people all over the world gear up for their vacations in America's national parks this summer, they should get ready for dirty toilets, unkempt trails, shuttered campgrounds and fewer educational activities.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/sequestration-national-parks_n_3326973.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park:
Rocky Mountain National Park's amphibians declining, unable to cope with change
When an animal disappears from Rocky Mountain National Park, it leaves behind a diminished ecosystem, the consequences of which may not be fully understood.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/201305...ble-cope-change**********
Yellowstone National Park:
Beartooth Highway opening delayed by snow, ice; Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone also still closed
A spring storm bearing snow and ice has delayed the reopening of the Beartooth Highway connecting Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge, Mont.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...cdf7_story.html**********
