Lots of news published this weekend. Grand Canyon has a very sad on-going story going on about three youth who were lost.

James

Acadia National Park News:
Home and Garden: Best Landscaping Pioneer
The dry remains of Ellen Louise Payson’s once fertile career as a landscape architect reside for posterity in file drawers on the balcony of the Fogler Library Special Collections room on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono.
http://www.downeast.com/node/5856
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Cuyahoga National Park News:
Tiny beaks missing from park's eagle nest
The bald eagle nest in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park has failed.
http://www.ohio.com/news/44235547.html
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Denali National Park News:
Clear skies allow surge up McKinley
An extended stretch of clear weather has allowed 49 climbers to head up Mount McKinley as the spring mountaineering season at Denali National Park gets under way.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/780765.html
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Everglades National Park News:
A seasonal park ranger ends his tour of duty at Everglades National Park
A SEASONAL PARK RANGER ENJOYS HIS TIME AT EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK -- WHILE GETTING READY FOR HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT IN CAPE COD
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1028736.html

Former Cold War Era Missile Base Becomes National Park Attraction
National park rangers are working to recover a missile base that played a central role in the nuclear tensions between the United States and Soviet Union during the 1960s.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-02-voa24.cfm

(BPRW) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes draft plan for restoring flows to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has published a draft report for restoring flows via Taylor Slough to the southern Everglades and Florida Bay. The C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project is a component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
http://www.blackprwire.com/press-release...and_florida_bay
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Glacier National Park News:
Good things in works for 2010 celebration (Scroll low, the format of the page is a bit off)
Glacier National Park is quickly approaching its 100th anniversary. The park has empowered a team of volunteers to help plan and implement a community-based Centennial Program to take place throughout the latter half of 2009 and run through the celebration year of 2010.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/02/glacier-park-announces-pre-centennial-events/

Recent storm slows Glacier Park plowing
Freak snowstorms and surprise avalanches have slowed crews plowing Glacier National Park’s famed mountain roadway - which is to say, things are going about as planned.
http://www.nwpphotoforum.com/ubbthreads/newpost.php?Cat=0&Board=National%20Park&page=0

Missoula event welcomes bears out of hibernation
In Native tradition, Chuck Jonkel and friends gathered in a celebration of spring along Rattlesnake Creek on Friday to welcome grizzly and black bears from their deep winter sleep.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/01/bnews/br51.txt

Glacier Park road will get stimulus
U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester say $27.6 million in federal stimulus money will go toward rebuilding a key stretch of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/02/news/state/53-glacierpark.txt
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Three Swept Away by Grand Canyon Waters
Yesterday afternoon, Grand Canyon National Park Rangers recovered the body of a young man missing since Thursday morning, when he and two others disappeared after jumping into the Colorado River. The young man has been identified as 16 year-old, Mark Merrill.
http://www.naztoday.com/uncategorized/2009/04/three-swept-away-by-grand-canyon-waters/

Boy drowned in Grand Canyon identified
Grand Canyon National Park officials have identified the body found during a search for three young people who were swept away by the Colorado River on Thursday.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10291315&nav=menu554_2_3

Search Continues Today for Two Young Men Still Missing in Grand Canyon
Yesterday afternoon, Grand Canyon National Park Rangers recovered the body of a young man missing since Thursday morning, when he and two others disappeared after jumping into the Colorado River. The young man has been identified as 16 year-old, Mark Merrill.
http://www.naztoday.com/news/local-news/...n-grand-canyon/
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Beginner with a backpack
Novice hiker heads into the Smokies for a multiday trip
Those of us who grew up in the flat subdivisions of central Ohio don't naturally think that a place's name might be literal.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/tra...1K.html?sid=101

Rain aids in Smokies fire fights
A fire near Laurel Falls in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is completely contained, and all hiking trails in the park are currently open, the National Park Service reported today.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/02/rain-aids-smokies-fire-fights/

Laurel Falls Hiking Trail Fire Damage Report
Wild fires in the Great Smoky Mountains national park are inevitable and in fact in some cases even encouraged under controlled circumstances. This is not the case with this week's Laurel Falls Wildfire which threatened one of the parks most valuable natural resources as well as homes and businesses close by.
http://yoursmokies.blogspot.com/2009/05/laurel-falls-hiking-trail-fire-damage.html
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Kouchibouguac National Park News:
New Brunswick national park is full of wildlife, trails, beaches
We are knee deep in bathtub-warm salt water, swinging nets along the ocean bottom like shortstops scooping up ground balls, halfway up the coast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, where those not in the know would think a dip in the water would be suitable only for polar bears.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090503/STYLE/305039983/-1/style
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Misc. National Park News:
No natives allowed
Over the last century, the conservation movement has created some beautiful parks - and millions of refugees.
LAFAYETTE BUNNELL, AMERICAN explorer and wilderness romantic, first rode into the bucolic stillness of Yosemite on March 21, 1851. He was on a voyage of discovery. Once in the valley he thought he had arrived, if not in heaven, in Eden. "I have seen the power and glory of a supreme being," he wrote in his journal, and "the majesty of his handiwork."
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/05/03/no_natives_allowed/

A glimpse inside the mind of a photographer
Welcome to the first Wild Faces, Wild Places column. The desire to pursue nature photography was the result of colliding life interests. Born a fresh air junkie, I've spent much of the past 30 years traveling and exploring diverse wilderness with a fly rod in one hand, a camera in the other. I've always been drawn to the outdoors, favoring anything off the beaten path.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090503/ENTERTAINMENT06/905030312

Wal-Mart vs. the Wilderness
In May 1864, two armies clashed in a desperate struggle for the course of our nation's history. The Battle of the Wilderness was a great turning point of the Civil War -- the first clash between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant and the beginning of the end for the beleaguered Confederacy. The fighting was so intense that the tangled underbrush caught fire, burning wounded soldiers alive.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050202004.html

A man and his best bud — an 800-pound bear
Naturalist chronicles his amazing and wild friendship with a grizzly bear (OK, so it is not really about the Parks, but it is cute in its own way)
When wildlife naturalist Casey Anderson and his wife, actress Missi Pyle, got married last August, there was one guest in attendance that overshadowed the bride: Brutus, an 800-pound grizzly bear that Anderson had raised after he rescued the cub from an overpopulated wildlife park.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30522938/
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Huge rock slide at Mt Cook puzzles geologists
The largest landslip in the Aoraki Mt Cook National Park for more than a decade has produced a rock slide of more than a million cubic metres of rock. The 900 metre long slip took the top off the left "fang" of a peak known as Vampire, at the head of the Mueller Glacier.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/233269/Huge-rock-slide-at-Mt-Cook-puzzles-geologists
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Identifying body found in national park may take weeks.
The conclusive identification of a body found in a burned car in Rocky Mountain National Park on Wednesday may take weeks, authorities said Thursday.
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12267512
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Washington State National Parks (Misc. Non Specific):
Good news for hikers: Trails to be repaired
Fix-it time should bring relief to hikers who have been prevented, sometimes for years, from exploring several regions in our area after a series of devastating storms.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090502/LIVING/705029980
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Yellowstone National Park News:
YNP to receive nearly $15 million in new funds
Yellowstone National Park will receive $14,735,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2009/05/01/news/news1.txt

A love affair with Yellowstone's bison
“Did you see any baby bison?” That was the first question people asked us who knew we spent three days in Yellowstone when the park’s West Entrance opened April 17.
http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=6331&current_edition=2009-04-30

Pack dens near Mammoth
The sound of howling wolves and wolf sightings are becoming regular occurrences at Yellowstone National Park's headquarters in Mammoth, Wyo. The wolves have even made nighttime elk kills in backyards of employee housing.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/01/news/wyoming/16-mammoth.txt
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Zion National Park News:
Narrows in Zion National Park reopening
The Narrows area at Zion National Park is reopening.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12271916

Big Bend National Park News:
Fires in Big Bend region contained
The good news is that Brewster County had no fires eating up pastures or wildlands Tuesday.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/articles/2009/05/01/news/news03.txt
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Glacier Park National Park News:
GLACIER: Sun Road receives $27.6M stimulus
Glacier National Park's famed high-mountain highway has always delivered some serious stimulus, what with its jaw-dropping views and gut-dropping precipices.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/02/news/local/znews04.txt
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Lake Clark National Park News:
Alaska volcano shows increased unrest
Mount Redoubt showed increased unrest Sunday as the volcano continued to rumble and grumble and produced a substantial ash and steam plume.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_volcano
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Misc. National Park News:
Heritage Exchange celebrates national parks
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL -- Sherri Rodgers-Conti has seen plenty of documentaries in her day. Which is why, she says, it's noteworthy that the upcoming PBS documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," was one of the best she's seen.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/05/03/news/top/doc49fe3c4c3d3fc179634296.txt

Conservationists find eager sellers in new real estate market
If while hiking through Portland's new woods at Clatsop Butte Park you pause among the cedars with their brightly budding conelets, thank the recession for this moment of Zen.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/conservationists_find_eager_se.html
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Olympic National Park News:
Ecologist promotes sound of nature
Man pushes to make part of Olympic National Park first National Quiet Place
JOYCE -- Proceed with care through One Square Inch of Silence.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090504/news/305049997
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Yellowstone National Park News:
The mystic wolf: Off the endangered list, back in the crosshairs
A game ranger sees a fellow walking down a country road with a dead whooping crane over his shoulder.
"What do think you're doing with that whooping crane?" asks the ranger.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/articl...G1_Twogra188914

Meyers: Wolf sightings renew Colorado debate
My companion saw them first, low, dark shapes moving resolutely along the edge of a road wandering through one of those burned-out patches of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.denverpost.com/charlie/ci_12281537
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Yosemite National Park News:
Near Flooding at Yosemite National Park (Note - Video covers text identically)
Park Rangers have moved campers in the lower and north pines campground to higher ground.
Steady rain over the last two days has almost created flood conditions at Yosemite National Park.
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6793618

Yahoo must have had a slow news day and have to invent news. Mt Redoubt has not changed much in the amount of ash and steam being released for a month. Very little ash is being released but a lot of steam is being released as the drift glacier is being replaced by a lava dome. I find it amazing how reporters now days will flat out lie just to get a story.

Acadia National Park News:
Open Water Fishing Report
Region A - Southwestern Maine
Sebago Lake boat access hours
Open Water Fishing Preview
http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=13078
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Everglades National Park News:
Ken Burns PBS series to highlight South Florida's national parks
Filmmaker Ken Burns has explored South Florida's two national parks -- and spoke with the people who helped create them -- for a PBS series.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/1032419.html
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Glacier National Park News:
New state advertising campaign will 'stop you in your tracks,' but slogan still elusive
Montana's promotion agency, Travel Montana, took a rare tack this year with a new advertising campaign for Montana running in magazines.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article...n+still+elusive
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Search for 2 missing hikers at Grand Canyon
A teenager who drowned in the Colorado River on a church hiking trip last week was described by his pastor as a young man who planned to go into the ministry.
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2009/05/03/20090503canyon0504-CP.html

Congregation mourns hikers swept away in Colorado River (includes a video)
"The flood took their lives, but the moment they open their eyes in Heaven, they saw a stream," said Pastor Mike Sproul, as he tried to comfort Tempe's Tri-City Baptist Church congregation Sunday morning.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/northe...ldDf7XT8bQ.cspx

Off-road Vehicle Plan Threatens Public Lands Near Grand Canyon
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The Kaibab National Forest has finalized a plan for the Tusayan Ranger District that puts the nearby Grand Canyon National Park, as well the forest’s archeological sites and wildlife habitat, at serious risk. The Center for Biological Diversity and a broad coalition of local and national conservation organizations have asked the Forest Service to protect this area, but the district is moving ahead with a plan that largely maintains the status quo and allows off-road vehicles to continue to damage the forest.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/tusayan-05-04-29-2009.html

Search efforts scaled back for Grand Canyon hikers
Grand Canyon National Park rangers have scaled back their search for two people who had attempted to swim across the Colorado River but were swept away.
http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=10298999&nav=menu613_2_6

Travel on the Grand Canyon Railroad
The first train arrived at Grand Canyon on Sept. 17, 1901. The train, pulled by a steam engine, began its journey at Williams, Ariz. It traveled on 65 miles of track that passed through high deserts and pine forests almost to the rim of Grand Canyon. Today you can repeat that trip on the Grand Canyon Train.
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/519010.html?nav=5004
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Indiana closes caves to slow bat disease spread
Caves on state properties will temporarily close as a precaution against the uncontrolled spread of white-nosed syndrome (WNS), which is killing bats in record numbers in the eastern United States.
http://www.buckmasters.com/bm/Resources/...68/Default.aspx


Smokies: ‘Blow out the candles’ and rededicate to protection
In the midst of constant news of economic decline, nuclear proliferation and other dire international news, and now fears of a global influenza pandemic , it is easy to forget — as our governor did on April 24 — that some occasions are so important that we celebrate despite what might be going on around us.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090503/OPINION03/90430073/1006

Hike Inn provides a haven for those traversing the Appalachian Trail
FONTANA, N.C. - It is spring time in the mountains of North Carolina, and the weather is perfect for backpacking - warm in the sunshine, and chilly in the shade.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/03/hike-inn-provides-a-haven/
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park News:
Feral hogs wreaking havoc at Guadalupe Mountains
CARLSBAD — Swine flu is on everyone's mind, but staff at Guadalupe Mountains National Park has a different swine concern feral hogs.
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_12294727
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Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs, Arkansas! It’s a bit of a jaunt (eight hours) from St. Louis, but well worth it when you get there. A small city of approximately 36,000 people, Hot Springs has plenty to offer.
http://www.javajournalonline.com/articles/art_hotsprings_052009.php
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Wyoming National Park News (Misc., Non Specific)
Wolf lawsuits likely
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service went forward with a plan Monday to end federal protection for wolves in Idaho and Montana but not Wyoming despite the threat of lawsuits from conservation groups and sportsmen.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4550

Wolves officially delisted from endangered list; let the lawsuits begin
It's official: the Obama Administration went ahead with a delisting of grey wolves from the Endangered Species list, removing protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana but retaining protections in Wyoming.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/index.php?contentID=924&articleID=265
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Small wolf pack takes up residence just outside Mammoth
So much for a Yellowstone wolf pack avoiding contact with humans.
A small pack -- three black males and a gray female -- have taken up residence a quarter mile east of Yellowstone National Park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/index.php?contentID=924&articleID=264

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Wolf pack moves to Yellowstone's headquarters
Billings, Mont. » A pack of wolves conditioned to humans has taken up residence near Yellowstone National Park's headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12292099

Spring visitors enjoy Yellowstone’s quiet days
Baseball fans relish opening day, movie mavens line the sidewalks at Hollywood premieres and the glamorous glitterati flock to fashion week. But for nature lovers and animal aficionados, there is no match for the first few weeks of the summer season in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/05/03/state/80st_090503_yellowstone.txt
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Yosemite National Park News:
Merced River surges almost to flood stage
Warm weekend rains force evacuation of 71 camp sites; Lake McClure level up, too.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/220/story/827748.html
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Denali National Park News:
Denali Park closed to snowmachines
The National Park Service has closed all lands inside Denali National Park and Preserve that were open to snowmachining on both sides of the Alaska Range and is prohibiting off-road vehicle traffic on several subsistence-user trails near Cantwell.
http://www.newsminer.com/news/2009/may/06/denali-park-closed-snowmachines/
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Forest Service closes caves to stop bat fungus (Editors note - only peripherally about GSMNP)
The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states in an effort to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8488330
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Victim in Rocky Mountain National Park accident was part-time Grand Laker
Connie “CJ” Fanning, 55, of Arvada and Grand Lake died April 28 in Rocky Mountain National Park in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in a car fire.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20090505/NEWS/905059970/1079&ParentProfile=1067
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Wolves denning right outside Yellowstone headquarters
The sound of howling wolves and wolf sightings are becoming regular occurrences at Yellowstone National Park's headquarters in Mammoth, Wyo. The wolves have even made nighttime elk kills in the backyards of park employee housing.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/06/news/mtregional/znews12.txt

Paintballing wolves
Yellowstone’s leading wolf biologist: “We paintballed them in late January. But I’ve not gotten into them yet with what I call the heavy artillery — bean bags and rubber bullets. But I am itching to do that because they need a lesson.”
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/2009/05/05/paintballing-wolves/

Wanna Shoot a Wolf? Come to Idaho
Before she was found slain 120 miles west of Denver in late March 2009, wolf 341F charted an extraordinary course, tracked only by satellite, through the heart of Western ranch country, where her kind are still regarded as lupus non grata.
http://norfolk.va.mycitytalk.us/article/News/Politics/Wanna_Shoot_a_Wolf_Come_to_Idaho/22954

...mostly a slow news day. Tons of activity going on in Grand Canyon though.

James


Bryce Canyon National Park News:
Bryce Canyon National Park: One minute wonder
All you need to know about the world's most remarkable places in 60 seconds. This week: Bryce Canyon National Park.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destin...ute-wonder.html
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Cuyahoga National Park News (Beware annoying commercial that plays)
PBS in search of national park pictures, videos
Cuyahoga Valley visitors are invited to share their history
Do you have photographs or videos of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park? If so, Western Reserve PBS would like to document them, please.
http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/44513452.html
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Denali National Park News:
First climbers this season reach summit of Mount McKinley
CLIMBING SEASON: Three groups reach the top on the same day.
Solo German climber Moren Meyer, 33, on Thursday became the first to stand atop North America's tallest peak this season.
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/784543.html
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Everglades National Park News:
Brown's Creek can be rewarding
Brown's Creek is not one of Everglades National Park's designated no-motor zones. But it might as well be.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1035887.html
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Glacier National Park News:
It's our land (Editorial)
Having read the new Record of Decision for the Badger-Two Medicine area, and all the comments of late, we felt the need to write. Mr. Thompson stated, "My decision to emphasize non-motorized ... is expected to have very little influence on the local economy."
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090504/OPINION03/905040324
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Glacier Bay National Park News:
Divers Locate Missing Gustavus Teen
Divers from the Sitka Fire Dept. Rescue Dive Team located the body of 16 year-old Austin Kesterson near the Gustavus pier where his jeep was found abandoned in the waters of Icy Passage.
http://www.military.com/news/article/coa...l=1186032366581
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Area pollution draws legal challenge
Several legal challenges are now working to clear the air over the Four Corners. Both a lawsuit and a petition were filed last week in an effort to clean up existing sources of pollution in New Mexico and Arizona.
http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/09-05-07/quick.htm

BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration
The Bureau of Land Management has authorized several new uranium exploration permits near the Grand Canyon despite a congressional resolution last year barring new claims near the national park.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/06/...atio-10572.html

Group says coal plant pollution fouls Grand Canyon
A group of conservationists says pollution from a coal-fired power plant is clouding views of the Grand Canyon, and they want the federal government to do something about it.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10309438&nav=menu554_2

Bureau of Land Management Defies Congressional Uranium Ban,
Approves New Exploration North of Grand Canyon
ocuments obtained today by conservation groups reveal that on April 27 the Bureau of Land Management authorized Quaterra Alaska, Inc. to conduct uranium mine exploration operations across five separate projects on public lands north of Grand Canyon National Park.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/uranium-exploration-05-05-2009.html

Grand Canyon getting more parking
Hundreds of parking spaces will be added at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon as part of a construction project that started this week.
http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=10300726&nav=menu613_2_6
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies volunteers put in thousands of hours a year
Thousands of people work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and never get a paycheck because they're volunteers.
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=10312851&nav=0RYv
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Pacific Rim National Park News:
No camping on Benson Island in national park
Archaeological significance confirmed
Camping on Benson Island in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve has been permanently prohibited in an effort to protect the culturally significant area.
http://www.canada.com/camping+Benson+Island+national+park/1571507/story.html
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Trail work halts Wraith Falls access
Yellowstone National Park visitors planning to visit the park later this month may have to wait if they want to see a popular waterfall.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10307531&nav=menu227_4
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Yosemite National Park News:
The surprise rain in the past week, followed by bright sun and warm temperatures, has been a tonic to the foothills, creeks and lakes across the Bay Area and Northern California.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/07/SP7N17EDGO.DTL
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Death Valley National Park News:
Suspicious fire guts Charles Manson's remote Death Valley hide-out
The Barker Ranch cabin's rock walls and tin roof are still intact, but its wooden interior beams and window and door frames are reduced to ash. An outbuilding is destroyed.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-barker-ranch8-2009may08,0,5741963.story
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Denali National Park News:
Denali Park visitors center opens for season
The Denali National Park and Preserve visitors center will open for the summer tourist season May 15.
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/06/denali-park-visitors-center-opens-season/

German climber first to summit Denali this year
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A German has become the first person to successfully summit Denali during this year's climbing season, beating seven other climbers on the same day.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10318693

Uncle Sam gets stressed (Note, only peripherally and briefly about Denali, but given the recent Omnibus, interesting).
Treasury releases its evaluations of top banks' financial health -- but the federal budget reveals that the government's own fiscal position is shaky.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/08/stress_tests/
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Coalition: Plant's pollution mars Canyon views
A coalition of conservation groups and tribal organizations has petitioned the National Park Service to formally declare that pollution from the Navajo Generating Station near Page impairs the view at Grand Canyon National Park, whose eastern boundaries lie 12 miles from the power plant.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/05/08/20090508canyon.html

Woman injured in Grand Canyon mule mishap
A 66-year-old California woman was injured when the mule she was riding lost its footing on the Bright Angel Trail, then fell and rolled over on her.
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/05/05/news/breaking/doc4a00e4c8210c9075518382.txt
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Caves closing due to bat deaths
The U.S. Forest Service is closing thousands of caves and former mines in national forests in 33 states to try to control a fungus that has already killed an estimated 500,000 bats, the Associated Press reports.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/200905...e+to+bat+deaths

Can you use bear spray in the Smokies?
Your Smokies blog: When we first reported that bear spray is illegal in the Great Smoky Mountains national park and provided the law in writing, some people questioned the accuracy of what they felt was our interpretation of the law and to further confuse matters, someone in the parks backcountry office gave out conflicting information on April 20th which was posted onto a web site.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2009/05/can_you_use_bea.shtml
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Misc. National Park News:
Owners surprised by U.S. plan to seize land for Flight 93 site
PITTSBURGH - One man inherited property that a grandfather had bought during the Depression. A pastor owns a cottage where he planned to retire.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/200...ht_93_site.html
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Petrified Forest National Park News:
Petrified Forest National Park
Talk about climate change.

A few hundred million years ago, the desolate, high-desert plains in northeastern Arizona straddled the equator. Rivers and streams flowed through a lowland basin where thickets of coniferous trees, some 9 feet in diameter and 200 feet tall, towered over the landscape.
http://www.azcentral.com/travel/parks/articles/2009/05/07/20090507petrified0510.html
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Govs slam federal brucellosis plan; Yellowstone bison in the crosshairs
A federal plan to set up a brucellosis-management zone around Yellowstone National park would do nothing to eliminate the disease while stigmatizing stockmen in the area, according to the governors of Wyoming and Idaho.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/index.php?contentID=924&articleID=268

Yellowstone workers, visitors coping with Canyon pack
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS - The prospect of wolves wandering through the government housing area here doesn't concern resident Ken Meyer.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/07/news/wyoming/18-yellowstone.txt
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite National Park to revisit tribal ties
The park will review visitor information and archives to make sure that its American Indian history is accurately reflected.
Yosemite National Park will review its visitor brochures, information booths and historical archives to ensure that local tribes' ancestral ties to the treasured landscape are accurately reflected.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yosemite8-2009may08,0,4064416.story

Alaska State Misc. National Parks News:
Nature's icy sculptures dazzle Alaska panhandle
They're 8,000 years older than the most ancient Scottish castle, there are no rivers more lazy, and they are the only of Mother Nature's creations that make us cheer when they fall apart.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/08/TRO917CAB2.DTL

Cruise ships depart; did Alaskans sink a profitable tourism industry?
The recent decisions by cruise companies to redeploy ships from Alaska voyages in 2010 will have broad ripple effects in the state's economy, particularly in Southcentral-Interior Alaska regions.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/050809/loc_img_news001.shtml
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Big Bend National Park News:
Work Under Way on ‘Virtual Fence’ (Only peripherally about the park)
After three years of delays and false starts, construction began this week on a “virtual fence” aimed at stopping illegal immigration and smuggling along the border with Mexico.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/us/09border.html?ref=global-home
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Denali National Park News:
Mount McKinley climbing season begins, claiming first victim
The climbing season on North America's tallest mountain has barely begun, and already Mount McKinley has claimed its first victim.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/nation/story/67846.html

NY man, 61, dies climbing Alaska's Mount McKinley
The National Park Service says a 61-year old climber from upstate New York has died while climbing Mount McKinley in Alaska.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAfzYIk5mZ_2HjTgzyAN-gfRfPHAD982EOJO2
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Everglades National Park News:
Water rules tighten in South Miami-Dade, Florida Keys
Severe drought has left ground water supplies near all-time lows, raising risks to wells and the Everglades and prompting tighter lawn sprinkling limits in South Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1037784.html

DROUGHT WATCH: Record dry season tightens grip on region
In an effort to keep the public informed about the dry conditions gripping much of the state, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is issuing the following latest conditions report.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/07/drought-watch-record-dry-season-tightens-grip-regi/

Alligator Alley fire is 90 percent contained
NAPLES, Fla. -- The fire burning in the Everglades that has intermittently closed Alligator Alley for two weeks is almost contained.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1036413.html
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Glacier National Park News:
More Glacier National Park roads reopen
If you’re looking for a weekend drive, Glacier National Park officials report lots of new roads plowed and open to the public.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/08/bnews/br73.txt
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Colorado River rapid rises as Lake Mead shrinks
The falling water level on the vast Lake Mead reservoir has chased marinas from their shrinking harbors and left boat ramps high and dry. Now, drought is spawning an unexpected new problem on the Colorado River: rapids.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/09/state/n000150D83.DTL&type=science
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Grand Teton National Park News:
Grizzlies spotted south
Wyoming Game and Fish officials have reported a grizzly bear feeding on a moose carcass in the Snake River Canyon, miles past what is normally considered the southern boundary of occupied grizzly habitat in the region.
http://www.jhguide.com/article.php?art_id=4566
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Misc. National Park News:
Delegation pushes to allow guns in parks
U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., have added their names as co-sponsors of a bill that would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons into national parks.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4567
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Hiking news: Bear canisters required for Rocky Mountain National Park backcountry camping
If you're planning to camp in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park, add something to your packing list, a bear proof food canister.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2520-Denver-Hi...country-camping
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Yellowstone National Park News:
The biggest hit of Yellowstone's summer season so far? The Canyon Pack
It's not often a new pack pops up in Yellowstone National Park. Especially when it pops up right on the doorstep of the Park's headquarters.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/index.php?contentID=924&articleID=269

Wolves bring in tourist dollars (Editorial)
Open letter to Gov. Dave Freudenthal:
Several years ago my family visited your state with relatives from Montana. It was a short visit, and we vowed to come back and stay longer to appreciate the mountains and the lakes and the wildlife, especially the wolves. Now you plan to make most of the state a shoot-on-sight "predator zone," so I might have to go elsewhere. That's my thousands of tourism dollars and millions more.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/article...5ae00779226.txt

Mothers Day caddis are hatching on Yellowstone (Note, not really Yellowstone NP News...but regional news).
BILLINGS — The Mothers Day caddis hatch is coming off on the upper Yellowstone River.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/05/08/weekly_features/outdoors/57ot_090507_caddis.txt
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Denali National Park News:
Escape, discover, see the majestic beauty of Alaska
The "Great One" sits in Denali National Park, about 237 miles north of Anchorage and 121 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090510/LIFESTYLE/905080337

How to cross a glacial river in Denali National Park
So, you’ve been swimming in the Bay at Aquatic Park. Yeah, it’s cold. But weren’t you wearing a wetsuit?
http://www.examiner.com/x-8595-SF-Advent...i-National-Park
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Everglades National Park News:
Friendly fire: Burning in Everglades can actually be good
The wildfire that blocked Alligator Alley, the primary east-west artery across the Everglades, was a costly two-week headache for truckers, travelers and businesses.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1039526.html
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Maine National Park News (Non Specific)
Ad campaign: 'There's more to Maine'
Maine isn't just about moose, lobsters and lighthouses.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/6313872.html

Maine Tourism Tips
This summer the historic fort in Casco Bay will not only be a destination for enduring paddlers, but for the casual tourist as well.
http://exceptionmag.com/life/travel/000923/maine-tourism-tips
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Misc. National Park News:
Feds freeze national park fees (Canada)
Entry fees to Canada's national parks and historic sites will be frozen for two years in an effort to attract visitors during the recession, the feds announced yesterday.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2009/05/10/9411481-sun.html
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Reseachers study elk migration, survival
Researchers studying elk in the Yellowstone National Park area want to expand knowledge about the influences of habitat, climate and predators on elk migration, reproduction and survival.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/may/09/bc-wy-elk-study/?features
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Yosemite National Park News:
Tuolumne users hail Hetch Hetchy releases
California's epic river, "The Mighty T," will be in near-perfect shape for recreation in the coming months.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/10/SPSD17GLR9.DTL

Glacier National Park News:
Montana’s proud to have nothing to offer
Montana’s state tourism board is trying to make something out of nothing.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/11/montanas-proud-to-have-nothing-to-offer/
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
"Sha-Kon-O-Hey!" Dollywood's newest show, opened Saturday night to a sold-out crowd of Friends of the Smokies and Dolly Parton fans.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/11/new-dollywood-show-tells-splendid-story-of-the/

Good read becomes a good fundraiser
When Dan Pitts left the library almost 20 years ago, he knew he had a special book in his hands.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/10/good-read-becomes-a-good-fundraiser/

Great summer for a great park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is turning 75. Here's what to see and do.
About 9 million tourists a year check out Great Smoky Mountains National Park – and while that figure may be down a notch from its high of 10 million in 2000, attendance may reach a new peak this summer. Good thing it's so big: At 814 square miles, about half the size of Rhode Island, it's one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/104/story/715048.html
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Misc. National Park News:
Fly Fishing Faithful Flock To Guru (For the anglers, not really NP News....)
C.J. Nelson endured a six-hour flight from Philadelphia to seek insight from a master.
http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/fly_fishing_faithful_flock_to_guru/23983/

National parks aren't full yet for summer
It's not too late to make grand plans for this summer.
http://www.cleveland.com/travel/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-2/1241771607304430.xml&coll=2
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Pine beetle 101: understanding the pest
Educators set the record straight on what’s really going on in the national forest
Can’t see the forest for the pine beetle kill? What’s the answer to confronting that nasty, pervasive pine beetle destroying the beautiful Rocky Mountain landscape?
http://www.eptrail.com/news/2009/may/08/pine-beetle-101-understanding-pest/
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Zion National Park News:
As I See It: Ah, Vacation!
The tiny specs on the massive Navajo-sandstone face are two men. They are hanging from absurdly long ropes, inching downward toward a spot a few hundred feet above the ground. The sun is merciless and they work quickly. One man begins boring a small hole in the sheer rock wall, while the other waits to insert a stick of dynamite. When he lights the long fuse, both men scramble up the ropes as high as they can before the explosion tears a portion of the wall away.
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh051109-story04.html