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October 2009 National Park News #25410
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Sorry we got a late start this month. There is tons of news out there.

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Sounding alarm on threat to Assateague
Two environmental groups identify U.S. parks at risk of harm from climate change
The Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland was listed Wednesday by a pair of environmental groups as one of the 25 U.S. National Park Service properties most threatened by the effects of climate change driven by human activity.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bal-md.assateague02oct02,0,5247856.story
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Everglades National Park News:
Breakthrough reached in long-delayed Everglades restoration
After two decades, numerous changes of plans and multiple lawsuits, the federal government is finally ready to break open the asphalt dam across the Everglades called the Tamiami Trail.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/76453.html
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Environmental groups, SW tribes stand together to promote clean, renewable energy
As Hopi and Navajo leaders in the American Southwest evaluate their energy policies, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups remain committed to working with their tribal partners to find clean energy solutions that work for everyone.
http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=...6&Itemid=32

North Rim of Grand Canyon To Remain Open To Vehicles Until Late November...or Snowfall
There's still plenty of time to visit the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Officials say vehicle access to the North Rim will be possible until the end of November...or until heavy snowfall shuts off wheeled access on Highway 67.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...or-snowfall4661
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Great Sand Dunes National Park News:
Bison, U.F.O.’s and Schussing Without Snow
The pile of gear laid out in our garage was incongruous: sand shovels and pails, skis, sun hats, a snow sled. We were packing for a trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/travel/escapes/02amer.html?hpw
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Joshua Tree National Park News:
Joshua Tree National Park could lose its Joshua trees
Joshua Tree National Park could end up with no Joshua Trees because climate change threats, according to a new report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091002...ts-Joshua-trees
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Misc. National Park News:
U.S. National Parks Vulnerable as Planet Heats Up
"Climate disruption is the greatest threat ever to America's national parks," warns Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and principal author of a new report released Thursday that identifies the 25 U.S. national parks, lakeshores, seashores and monuments most at risk of global warming.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2009/2009-10-02-01.asp

IPhone app review - PBS’ ‘The National Parks: America’s Best Idea’
The iPhone app that corresponds with the new PBS Ken Burns series “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” is both a companion for enthusiasts already enjoying the series, and a teaser for those who want to know more about the 12-hour miniseries that everyone is talking about. It is free to download.
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/iphone-app-review-pb-5535/
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Old touring coach returns to Rainier National Park
Despite her 24 years as a museum curator, Brooke Childrey was stumped when she first learned about one of the newest additions to the collection at Mount Rainier National Park.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_magic_bus.html
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Yellowstone National Parks News:
Researcher: Yellowstone wolves distinct
Ongoing research on wolves in Yellowstone National Park continues to yield new information about how the animals hunt and how their pack dynamics differ from those of packs in the rest of North America.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c03286.html

Yellowstone in autumn? Can't be beat (Editorial)
More than 22 million people visited our national parks in 2009. Over two and a half million of them visited Yellowstone. That's one of the reasons we waited until September to visit.
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=11838

Yellowstone road to be open intermittently
The road between Lake and West Thumb in Yellowstone National Park will be open for short periods each day beginning today to allow for public travel through the two miles of road affected by the 10,700-acre Arnica fire.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html

Idaho again wants to land choppers in wilderness
Idaho again wants permission to land helicopters in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to dart wolves and outfit them with radio collars.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_id_wolf_flights.html

Wolf Hunting Season Expands In Idaho
Idaho's first ever wolf season has expanded to the entire state.
During the first month, hunters in selected areas killed 16 wolves. Jon Rachael from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game says that's fewer than expected. He says most hunters are just getting out into the field and few of them are targeting wolves exclusively.
http://news.opb.org/article/5949-wolf-hunting-season-expands-idaho/

Fight over wolf hunt continues as Panhandle hunt opens
The Idaho Panhandle Region joined the rest of the state and today, opened wolf hunting season.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/agriculture/ktvbn-oct0109-panhandle_wolves.1d5f1d67f.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite plan starting over with clean slate (Editorial)
The National Park Service has agreed to start over from scratch on its comprehensive planning process for development in Yosemite Valley.
http://www.modbee.com/editorials/story/877521.html


Settlement blocks Yosemite commercial development
Ending a lengthy legal battle with environmentalists, the federal government agreed Wednesday to halt all commercial development in Yosemite National Park's most popular stretch and to consider limiting access to its wilderness.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBmd-Dh46kiithfpwEXvsFKbXyJgD9B1UOE00
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Sun Oct 4. 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25412
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Glacier National Park News:
Ginna Kelly: "Glacier-less" National Park by 2020
This August I visited Glacier National Park in Montana. The experience was life changing. I am still stunned to have learned the following fact: by 2020, no glaciers will exist in Glacier National Park.
http://www.alternet.org/rss/the_wire_pro...l_park_by_2020/
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Grand Teton National Park News:
Annual Elk Hunt Scheduled to Begin in Grand Teton National Park Oct 10
Hunters -- temporarily deputized as park rangers -- will descend on portions of Grand Teton National Park this coming weekend with hopes of reducing the park's elk population.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...park-oct-104681
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
See the colors in style
Off-limits to most of the world, the Swag Inn provides a rustic, mountaintop getaway most of us can only dream of.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091003/NEWS01/91003023
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Misc. National Park News:
Enter to win Burns' 'National Parks' set (Note, a random drawing after you answer your favorite part of Acadia)
Ken Burns has brought welcome attention to many of our country's most majestic sites with his documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."
http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=286747&ac=Outdoors

Surrounded by flatland, natural features stand out
I'm a public television nerd. When people around me begin discussing who got kicked off "Dancing With The Stars," I try to change the subject to something interesting I saw on "NOVA scienceNOW" or "Frontline." It never works.
http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/matteson/1803198,100409eisenbergcol.article
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Olympic National Park News:

Olympic National Park Boosts Stream Flows to Help Salmon, But Might Not Be Enough
Reports on climate change and national parks often mention parks as valuable in helping wildlife species survive by providing environmental sanctuaries of sorts. But a case playing out at Olympic National Park demonstrates how parks might not always be able to provide wildlife with what they need during climatic changes.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...t-be-enough4680
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Zion National Park News:
Report: Zion National Park warming faster than most of earth
The future of Zion National Park is in danger, according to a new report about climate change.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=8147388

Tues Oct 6. 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25413
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Cuyahoga National Park News:
Park Service Evaluates Trails at Ohio's Only National Park; Users Ask for Mountain Bike Paths
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-cuyahoga-valley-park-trails,0,2336733.story
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Glacier National (BC) Park News:
Hundreds turn out for Art in the Park opening
The Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre was packed Friday for the opening of the second annual Art in the Park show.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/revelstoketimesreview/entertainment/63574562.html
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Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Superintendent: Designate Park as a Wilderness
The superintendent of Glacier National Park says the park should be formally designated as a wilderness area where new roads and other development would be prohibited.
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/a...lderness/13392/
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Grand Teton National Park News:
Elk Tags Available For Grand Teton National Park
The Wyoming Department of Game says some licenses to hunt elk at Grand Teton National Park are still available.
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Elk.tags.available.2.1227742.html
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Misc. National Park News:
Expedia Launches Web Site for National Park Trips
Expedia is partnering with the National Park Foundation on a new Web site to help travelers planning trips to national parks.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8755873

New park service chief sees 'convergence'
To Jon Jarvis, who takes the helm of the National Park Service this week, the parks are on the verge of rejuvenation. Ken Burns' PBS documentary is sparking new enthusiasm, and a centennial is near.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-parks-director5-2009oct05,0,3551822.story?track=rss

Reid wants to turn Goldfield into national park
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants the former mining boom town of Goldfield to become a national park, or at least a national historic landmark.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/04/reid-wants-to-turn-goldfield-into-national-park/
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National Park of American Samoa News:
Piecing The National Park of American Samoa Back Together Will Take Time
Large chapters of Samoan history were washed away when a tsunami wave train inundated the headquarters of the National Park of American Samoa in Pago Pago on September 29. A series of four waves spawned by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake left the building that houses the headquarters and visitors center in ruins, with a car dangling from a second-story balcony and muck coating much of the first floor.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...l-take-time4685
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Valley Forge National Park News:
For deer, a siege ahead at Valley Forge park
Officials at Valley Forge National Historical Park said yesterday that they would begin shooting massive numbers of deer, possibly as soon as next month, rejecting a Villanova activist's proposal to shrink the herd through contraception.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20091006_For_deer__a_siege_ahead_at_Valley_Forge_park.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
Scenic mountain road through Yosemite reopened
Park officials have reopened the highest elevation route through the Sierra Nevada after closing it during a weekend snowstorm.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/05/state/n130832D67.DTL&tsp=1
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Tues Oct 13. 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25414
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Hey Everyone,

Sorry for the slower updates on the parks. Chanthee and I were away for the week, and of course, I will also be gone from the 20th to the 1st of November. Updates will continue to be spotty until then.


Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
‘Lost’ for 80 years
Horace Kephart 1929 novel published by Great Smoky Mountains Association
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/oct/12/lost-80-years/

Great Smokies endure less interest, lack of funding
Having just celebrated its 75th birthday, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park finds its future threatened by wavering public support for America's green places.
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/lifest...-181812/298217/
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Misc. National Park News:
Expedia adds section for USA national parks
Online travel agent, Expedia, has joined forces with the American National Park Foundation to add a new section to its site.
http://www.weakholidays.com/expedia-adds-section-for-usa-national-parks/9592/

'America's Best Idea': Good TV, Good Timing
The latest of filmmaker Ken Burns' probing looks at Americana — a six-part series detailing the genesis of this country's peerless national park system — comes at just the right time.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-national-parks-burns.art.artoct12,0,5377726.story

Officials consider national park status for Cedar Breaks
Iron County Commissioners and Utah representatives are still discussing changes to designate Cedar Breaks National Monument a national park.
http://media.www.suujournal.com/media/st...s-3799985.shtml
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Wind Cave National Park News:
The fence between Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park has dutifully separated neighboring bison herds for decades.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/10/11/news/top/doc4ad26e8f9b275496001598.txt
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Winter descends on Yellowstone
Winter has descended on Yellowstone National Park in full force, blanketing the region that includes northwestern Wyoming, southern Montana and eastern Idaho with snow.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11295001

Wolf quota eyed after 9 shot near Yellowstone
Wildlife officials in Montana will consider changes to the state's inaugural wolf hunt after nine of the predators were shot in just three weeks along the border of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNJSxXqH_7AUhfgBjQl5YljNEYNwD9B9RNC80

The wolf hunt may be a temporary experiment
Montanans are welcoming fall by observing an annual rite: fighting over wolves. After last year’s success in keeping wolves on the endangered species list, environmentalists looked strong coming into this year’s season, bringing such national powerhouses as Defenders of Wildlife, The Humane Society, The Sierra Club and The Natural Resources Defense Council to the fight.
http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/o...experiment/4056

Wed Oct 14. 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25415
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Arches National Park News:
Scientist: Dinos trampled after death by own kind
A vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were smashed underfoot by other dinosaurs shortly after they died, according to paleontologists.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g9Qg52oME1SxgIFMWp_fH5rnQMzQD9BAG1403
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Everglades National Park News:
VIDEOS: Kayakers get a rare sawfish sighting in Everglades National Park
A Lehigh Acres kayaker got an eyeful during a Labor Day weekend kayaking trip to Everglades National Park -- and got it all on camera.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/13/kayakers-rare-sawfish-sighting-everglades-park/
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Grand Teton National Park News:
Elks hunts at Wyo. refuge and Grand Teton begin
Saturday marks the opening of elk hunts in Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming.
http://outdoornews.com/articles/2009/10/12/national_news/doc4ad395677687a124427041.txt
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Park to close Cades Cave Loop Road for rebuilding next year
The 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road will be closed nearly three months next year for reconstruction, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced today.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/13/park-close-cades-cave-loop-road-rebuilding-next-ye/
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Lassen Volcanic National Park News:
Lassen Volcanic National Park sets fall burn projects
Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to complete the Crescent Prescribed Fire and reenter the Hole and GRII Prescribed Fires this fall.
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_13551202
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Montana stops wolf hunting near Yellowstone
Montana wildlife commissioners shut down gray wolf hunting Tuesday in backcountry adjacent to Yellowstone National Park after nine of the predators were killed there in recent weeks.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hNJSxXqH_7AUhfgBjQl5YljNEYNwD9BAI2FG0

Space station astronauts snap Yellowstone fire
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have snapped a photo of the so-called Arnica wildfire that started burning in mid-September in Yellowstone National Park. It's a striking image, shot Sept. 26 at an oblique (rather than straight-down) angle.
http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/10/space_station_astronauts_snap.html

Sat Oct 17. 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25416
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Denali National Park News:
Burned and injured pilot hikes 20 miles in Alaska wilderness to safety
The Anchorage Daily News has the dramatic story of a pilot who walked out of the wildnerness injured and burned. His passenger, noted wildlife biologist Gordon Haber, died in the crash.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2009/10/burned_and_injured_pilot_hikes.html

NTSB finishes on scene investigation in Denali crash
From Denali Park -Personnel from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the National Park Service concluded their on-scene investigation of the crash site above the East Fork of the Toklat River in Denali National Park and Preserve Friday afternoon.
http://ktna.org/2009/10/17/ntsb-finishes-on-scene-investigation-in-denali-crash/
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Glacier National Park News:
National-park visitors boost Montana’s tourism stats
Montana's summer tourism season wasn't as bad as expected - and was far better than in surrounding states and most of the rest of the country.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c03286.html
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
16 elk survive 2009 calving season in Smokies
Sixteen of 19 elk calves survived this year's calving season in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials said today.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/16/16-elk-survive-2009-calving-season-smokies/

Tennessee set to host first elk hunt
An elk hasn’t been taken in the Volunteer State since the 1860s, but thanks to a program to reintroduce the population, they've boomed to the point that Tennessee is hosting its first hunt.
http://www.volunteertv.com/knox/headlines/64652327.html
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Kings Canyon National Park News:
Three missing hikers found in Kings Canyon National Park
Three backpackers reported missing in the Sierra Nevada were found Thursday after a helicopter search crew spotted them standing on a ledge above Roaring River Falls in Kings Canyon National Park.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article...n+National+Park
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Grizzly bear carcass prompts closure of section north of Yellowstone
The Gardiner Ranger District has closed an area of the Gallatin National Forest east of Cooke City where the carcass of a grizzly bear killed after it attacked a hunter last weekend is now attracting other bears.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/10/16/news/098bearclosure.txt

Vanishing Act: Explore Yellowstone's Northern Fringe (Experiential Piece)
Disappear into Yellowstone's secret northern fringe, where you'll find a rejuvenated landscape and total solitude (except for the bison and grizzlies)
http://www.backpacker.com/october-09-van...tinations/13344
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Zion National Park News:
Zion National Park builds two new restrooms
Superintendent Jock Whitworth has announced that two new public restrooms will be constructed in Zion National Park. The new restrooms will be at the Temple of Sinawava and in Watchman Campground.
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20091...o+new+restrooms
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 National Park News [Re: James Morrissey] #25417
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This will probably be the last entry for a few days as I don't believe that I will have Internet at Bryce. I will in Zion and will try to update accordingly.

James


Denali National Park News:
Pilot tried to save Denali wolf biologist after plane crash in Alaska park
As wildlife advocates mourned the plane-crash death of Gordon Haber, the biologist who spent 40 years documenting the lives and societies of Denali's wolves, his pilot was recovering Friday in a burn center in Seattle after hiking 20 miles back to civilization.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/528/story/888122.html
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Fall Creek Falls:
Tennessee's Fall Creek Falls is a gem in an emerald landscape(Experience piece)
We'd come to see the waterfall. And not just any waterfall.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/...ark.9b7d28.html
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
NC mountains near Smoky Mountain National Park seeing unusual early season snow
http://www.myfox8.com/news/sns-ap-nc--earlymountainsnow,0,6331939.story
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Yellowstone National Park News:
EPA and National Parks Service Cuts Yellowstone Snowmobile Access in Half, Prompts Lawsuit
The National Park Service approved a plan to reduce snowmobile access to Yellowstone National Park to less than half of current levels. The 318 snowmobiles per day limit will go into effect over the next two winters until the EPA and the NPS can finish studying the complete environmental impact of the park's use in the winter. Yellowstone is all but inaccessible during snowy months without the use of snowmobiles or snow coaches.
http://www.ecofactory.com/news/epa-and-n...-lawsuit-101609
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Zion National Park News:
Father, son crash ultralight craft in Zion Park
A father and son are spending the night in Zion National Park after crash landing their ultralight aircraft in the park.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705337534/Ultralight-craft-crashes-in-Zion-Park.html


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