Hey Everyone,

The June NP News will be curtailed until Saturday. I tried to do updates yesterday, but I wound up deleting it accidentally on the iPad...given that my Internet access is so sporadic, it is too much to get it out to everyone regularly.

I hope to be back Saturday Evening with the newsletter updates.

James

PS maine is just beautiful...this seems like a perfect time to be here...virtually no one is here and everything is lush and green. Camping has been great.

Everglades and Biscayne National Park News:
Ecotourism firms keep eyes on oil
While the BP LLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatens Florida’s coastal areas, South Florida’s fishing and ecotourism businesses are watching the slime with concern.
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/06/07/story3.html?b=1275883200^3454891
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Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
National Park Dives Underwater
As deep sea records go, Canada can claim significant environmental gloating rights over the United States with an announcement in Ottawa today.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/National+Park+Dives+Underwater/3120778/story.html
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Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf oil spill: National seashore islands hit by oil
National Park Service officials are responding to tar balls and mats of oil washing up along the shoreline in parts of Gulf Islands National Seashore, a string of barrier islands off the coasts of Mississippi and Florida.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspa...hit-by-oil.html
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
LOST: Climber missing after Rainier avalanche (Note - Beware video commercial)
Poor weather conditions could prevent rescuers from resuming the search today or Monday for a climber who remained missing after an avalanche Saturday morning, a Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman said. He is presumed dead.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/06/...l#ixzz0qCVBA820
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Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Makes It Easier to Remove Problem Bears
Glacier National Park rewrites grizzly bear rules after sow, cub killed last fall
Glacier National Park has made it easier to haze or kill problem bears in response to last year's shooting of a bear that had become increasingly bold around humans.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=10854525
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Misc. National Park News:
Highest honor for park ranger
T he National Park Service will honor Ranger Scott Emmerich on Tuesday evening as the recipient of this year's Harry Yount Award, the agency's highest honor for park rangers. The award is named for the man generally regarded as the nation's first park ranger, hired to protect Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/07/AR2010060704358.html
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Missing climber after avalanche presumed dead
A park spokesman says a climber missing after a weekend avalanche on Mount Rainier is presumed dead.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012052504_warainieravalanche.html
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Guatemala warns tourists hypnotized by lava flows
Thousands of tourists are flocking to Guatemala's Pacaya volcano to see the glowing rivers of lava cascading down its slopes, worrying officials who say they're risking their lives two weeks after a deadly eruption.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfqSK7_JS5An1wyNi7oFIg5KGmuQD9G6MEO80
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton National Park Invites Latino Students
Grand Teton National Park and the Teton Science Schools are continuing with a multicultural program intended to help Latino students connect with nature.
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Grand.Teton.National.2.1738617.html

Glacier National Park
Mosinee native honored for work as park ranger
A typical day for Mosinee native Scott Emmerich could include chasing a grizzly bear away from a campsite, tranquilizing a cougar or searching for lost hikers.
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Park recruiting volunteers for new Clingmans Dome center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to help staff a new visitor contact station at Clingmans Dome when it opens on June 19.
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Avalanche danger delays search for climber's body
Mount Rainier: Rangers don’t want to put people at risk in recovery mission
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Eight-year-old tigress dies at Van Vihar National Park
An eight-year-old tigress died of lung and kidney infection at the Van Vihar National Park here, officials said on Thursday.
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Lack of witnesses, records baffle dad searching for Nepal hiker
Three weeks into his personal search for his daughter in Nepal, Colorado lawyer Paul Sacco keeps running into this: The last trace of 23-year-old Aubrey Sacco was at a hotel a day after she began hiking in the Asian country in April.
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Yosemite National Park News:
Cables for Yosemite's Half Dome in place June 16
Hikers who enjoy a strenuous climb to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park will soon be able to once again scale the granite monolith.
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Arches National Park
Astronaut takes a piece of Arches National Park into space
We all are well aware that Utah's national parks are known around the world. Thousands of tourists visit our state every year to experience the scenic beauty of the parks.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11160364&autostart=y
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Great Sand Dunes National Park
Wildfire burning at Great Sand Dunes National Park
A wildfire continues to burn in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve on Friday. The Medano Fire was ignited by lightning on June 6 and is located approximately four miles north of the park Visitor Center near Little Medano Creek. 
http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=469496
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Mojave National Park News:
Veterans ask Obama to order Mojave cross restored
Veterans organizations are requesting that President Obama order the restoration of a large cross honoring the war dead at a Mojave Desert federal park.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15277585?nclick_check=1
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System
Nepal mourns its slain rhinos
KATHMANDU: The gathering at Kathmandu's Banasntapur Durbar Square, a festival heritage site usually flanked by tourists, was like no other. It was a sombre meeting of mourners who called for observing eight minutes of sorrowful silence -- one each for eight of the one-horned rhinos, the pride of Nepal's conservationists, who fell to poachers' bullets in almost a month.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World...how/6046472.cms

Grand Canyon National Park News:
Lightning sparks three fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park
A northern Arizona thunderstorm resulted in three lightning-caused fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park during the weekend, according to a news release issued by the park.
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20100...n-National-Park
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Misc. National Park News:
Gulf oil spill: What's the impact on national parks?
So far, only the Gulf Coast National Seashore has seen oil on its barrier islands. But park officials from Louisiana for Florida's space coast are bracing for more oil.
From Louisiana's Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Reserve to the Canaveral National Seashore on Florida's space coast, the region's national parks and marine sanctuaries are preparing for the possible arrival of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout and Gulf oil spill, now into its eighth week.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0615/Gulf-oil-spill-What-s-the-impact-on-national-parks
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Ranger Calls National Park Attack A Rarity
Park rangers say they are surprised by the news of an attack inside Rocky Mountain National Park over the weekend.
http://cbs4denver.com/crime/ranger.rocky.mountain.2.1752341.html
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Group wraps effort to prevent Yellowstone mining
A conservation group said Tuesday that it has finalized the purchase of mining claims north of Yellowstone National Park, a deal that wraps up the effort to protect the area from the New World Mine first proposed 20 years ago.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hGCsN9p0I8-dWkQyrOl6dDBMYFVgD9GC0IE80

Commercial vehicles will be inspected in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park rangers will be conducting inspections of commercial vehicles Wednesday and Thursday, June 16-17, at undisclosed locations in the park.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_a5ea2aea-78f1-11df-897b-001cc4c03286.html

Glacier National Park News:
Glacier changes camping, fishing, boating rules
The National Park Service has released the 2010 Glacier National Park Compendium, the park's collection of rules and regulations.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100617/LIFESTYLE05/6170334
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Great Sand Dunes National Park News:
Wildfire in Sand Dunes National Park spreads to 3,000 acres
A wildfire burning in the Great Sand Dunes National Park was driven by strong winds on Thursday which spread it to about 3,000 acres in size
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=141273&catid=339
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Clingmans Dome Road opening delayed until June 21
Construction on Clingmans Dome Roadin the Great Smoky Mountain National Park will continue until June 21, park spokesman Nancy Graysaid.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/18/clingmans-dome-road-opening-delayed-until-june-21/
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Mount Rainier National Park: Free shuttles to Paradise will begin in Ashford
Beginning today visitors to Mount Rainier National Park can ride free shuttles into the park from Ashford, and from Longmire and Paradise during the summer.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/06/18/1231679/mount-rainier-national-park-free.html#ixzz0rEoSzq4u
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Mount Revelstoke/Glacier NP (BC) News:
Mount Revelstoke and Glacier parks management plan release imminent
Parks Canada announced today they had released their management plan for Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks – sort of.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/96610424.html
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Hundreds urged to evacuate ahead of AZ wildfire
A fast-spreading wildfire swept across 7-square miles of land on the outskirts of this forested mountain city, threatening homes and prompting calls for hundreds of evacuations.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g87w164ncfBcHov1nPizQ41pFTLwD9GFIOCG1
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Park program gets whitehouse attention
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of 20 national parks kicking off “Let’s Move Outside” Junior Ranger.
http://seymourherald.com/entertainment/2010/jun/21/park-program-gets-whitehouse-a/
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Straddie mine workers unimpressed by Bligh national park plan
NORTH Stradbroke Island's residents remained confused todayafter the State Government's weekend announcement that mining would end, but not for a further 17 years.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/s...x-1225882465680

Power plans raise fears for Snowdonia National Park
GIANT electricity pylons could be erected across Snowdonia National Park to supply homes and businesses with “green” power.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-...91466-26690920/
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Shot grizzly tied to hiker death near Yellowstone
Wyoming (Reuters) - Authorities in northwest Wyoming have shot and killed a grizzly bear they say mauled an elderly hiker to death near Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65J2UQ20100620?type=domesticNews
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite revamps planned fires in park
Lessons learned from a runaway brush-clearing fire that charred 7,500 acres near Yosemite National Park last summer have changed how such fires will be managed, a park official said.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/06/20/1977910/yosemite-revamps-planned-park.html#ixzz0rWQAvUPj
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Great Sand Dunes National Park News:
Wildfire burns in southern Colorado park
A southern Colorado wildfire ignited two weeks ago by a lightning strike has burned nearly 5,000 acres, a national park spokesman said Monday.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/21/colorado.sand.dunes.wildfire/
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Chimps, Too, Wage War and Annex Rival Territory
Every day, John Mitani or a colleague is up at sunrise to check on the action among the chimpanzees at Ngogo, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park. Most days the male chimps behave a lot like frat boys, making a lot of noise or beating each other up. But once every 10 to 14 days, they do something more adult and cooperative: they wage war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/science/22chimp.html
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Investigation Launched Into Grizzly Bear Mauling of Botanist Outside Yellowstone National Park
or 30 years Erwin Frank Evert had retreated with his wife to the mountains just east of Yellowstone National Park to a cabin that was a base-camp for his botanical field work. Roaming the mountains and meadows in and out of the park, the 70-year-old was well-accustomed to the wilds and what they held.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park6077
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Zion National Park News:
Zion road to remain open during daytime hours
Business owners near the east entrance to Zion National Park will get some relief: Work on a $6 million road project will now be done at night.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/49801771-76/entrance-park-road-zion.html.csp

Cuyahoga National Park System:
Cuyahoga Valley National Park: 'Let's Move Outside'
There is growing concern that too many kids are spending their summer inside, instead of outside in nature -- but not at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/regional/akron_article.aspx?storyid=138337&catid=6
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Has Reopened
Clingmans Dome Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is back in business. The popular road, which normally opens April but was being repaved this year, reopened Monday at noon.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...as-reopened6079
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Anthrax kills 30 hippos in popular Uganda park
Anthrax has killed at least 30 hippopotamuses in a popular Ugandan game park that saw a similar outbreak six years ago, officials said Wednesday
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g6dbALzsp4_uvLl__SVo8_X9mYew
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Professor, Student To Study In National Park
K-State geography professor and graduate student receive grant to conduct research in Grand Teton National Park
A Kansas State University geography professor and graduate student will study mass movement of rock and cross-valley profiles in Grand Teton National Park. Their work could enhance park safety.
http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/96992539.html

New book details the science behind some of the park’s fiercest debates
Yellowstone National Park is a place of science, history and stories.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_7f4f1052-7e5b-11df-b787-001cc4c002e0.html