Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Largest population of rare gibbon found in Vietnam
Conservationists listening to a critically endangered primate's morning calls in central Vietnam's mountains heard a surprising response.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/18/3776204/largest-population-of-rare-gibbon.html#ixzz1SU3Ku8bH
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton National Park to Present Artwork from Harrison Crandall's Private Archive
Grand Teton National Park will host a special lecture by Dr. Ken Barrick titled, “Harrison Crandall: Historic Images from the Personal Archives of the Official Grand Teton National Park Photographer” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20 in the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center auditorium. This program is free and open to the public.
http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/grand-teton-national-park-to-present.html

Kids explore science of fire with Junior Smokejumper program
The National Smokejumper Center's Junior Smokejumper program educates kids about the science of fire, tests their agility and encourages them to enjoy the outdoors.
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/news/article_f9cb23a2-b0c8-11e0-a227-001cc4c002e0.html

Montana crews finish pulling oil from broken Exxon pipeline in Yellowstone River
An official with the Environmental Protection Agency says workers have successfully removed about 100 barrels of oil from a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline in the Yellowstone River in south-central Montana.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/e...cXKI_story.html

Nature on the boil
More than a few stories of Yellowstone obsession bubble to the surface as Lance Richardson ventures where the bison, bears and Geyser Gazers roam.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/gr...l#ixzz1SU2lgSc3
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Yosemite National Park News:
Spectacular 'moonbow' lights up the night sky at Yosemite National Park
IT'S a rare and stunning sight: the vibrant colours of a rainbow dazzle against a waterfall... in the middle of the night.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/n...o-1226096714726

Denali National Park News:
Denali National Park visitor center gets July snowfall
Some tourists inside Denali National Park apparently got an unexpected taste of Alaska on Monday in the form of a July snowfall.
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/14745872-Denali-National-Park-visitor-center-gets-July-snowfall
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Glacier National Park News:
Von Trapp grandchildren sing in Glacier National Park
If you've seen the classic movie The Sound of Music you may be familiar with the Von Trapp family portrayed in the film.
http://www.kpax.com/news/von-trapp-grandchildren-sing-in-glacier-national-park/
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Fewer Smokies visitors in June
June was another down month for visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/34675--fewer-smokies-visitors-in-june
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Misc. National Park News:
Environmentalists: Keep 'secret highway for illegals' open
Lawmaker warns 'wilderness' routes popular for drug, immigrant smugglers
A controversial bill in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at plugging the flow of illegal activity along America's borders has pitted environmentalists and national park advocates against those championing national security.
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=322513#ixzz1SatGXTD7

Seabury Blair Jr.: The truth about dogs and trails
I was surprised and encouraged last week to find that more than three people actually read my story of the rescue of Sasha, the Bernese Mountain Dog, and my follow-up column on the Internet.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jul/18/the-truth-about-dogs-and-trails/#ixzz1SatVhaeH

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees Whitebark Pines Need Help From Climate Change, But Will Have To Wait
Whitebark pine trees, a "foundation species" that grows high in the upper reaches of parks such as Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Yosemite, and Kings Canyon, is in need of Endangered Species Act protection from climate change, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...l-have-wait8468
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
High Waters Finally Receding in Yellowstone National Park
It's been one of the wettest springs and summers in recent years, but now the waters are finally receding in Yellowstone National Park, where normalcy can resume -- to a certain degree.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201107...tional-park.php

Yellowstone cutthroat returned to Clarks Fork system
The flatbed truck with a green aquatics tank arrived at the trailhead at 9 a.m., carrying 900 genetically pure Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1SatwGWTd

Bald eagle among dozens of animals affected by oil spill on Yellowstone River in Montana
Wildlife officials are trying to capture and clean almost 20 animals, including a bald eagle, that might have been harmed by a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline that spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/e...uhNI_story.html

Iobst named deputy superintendent of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is getting a new Deputy Superintendent. Park Superintendent Dan Wenk says Steven Iobst will take over the duties beginning July 31.
http://www.kxlf.com/news/iobst-named-deputy-superintendent-of-yellowstone-national-park/
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Slow news day...



Cuyahoga National Park News:
Beaver, wild creatures easy to spot in park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is becoming known for wildlife. Since the park was established, we've been able to report observations of varieties of wildlife that often have been missing from the area for generations.
http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/5068286
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Lightning Caused Point Fire on Grand Canyon North Rim Increases Activity
Drier weather over the weekend has led to increased fire activity and moderate growth on the Point Fire, located on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park which was started by lightning July 4, 2011.
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/1474...e=home_stories3

NATIONAL, LOCAL SPORTSMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS UNITE IN CALL FOR GRAND CANYON PROTECTIONS FROM URANIUM MINING (Note - not really news, but a call to action, I suppose)
Multiple local and national sportsmen’s organizations have sent a letter ( http://www.az-tu.org/Sportsmen_Salazar_GC_Uranium_Mining_071511.pdf ) to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, thanking him for upholding the temporary moratorium on new uranium mining on 1 million acres around Grand Canyon National Park, and requesting he extend the ban to 20 years when his agency’s analysis is completed this fall.
http://www.flyrodreel.com/blogs/tedwilliams/2011/july/organizations-protections
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite rangers fear hikers swept over falls
A search and rescue operation at Yosemite National Park is set to resume at first light Wednesday in an area below a popular waterfall after witnesses reported seeing at least one hiker swept over the falls.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...b60912815f5c24e
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Denali National Park News:
Grizzly bear attacks seven teens in Alaska
A grizzly bear has attacked seven teenagers in Alaska, injuring four of them, Alaska State Troopers said on Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/grizzly-bear-attacks-seven-teens-alaska-062207870.html
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
House Of Representatives Could Act Monday on Bid to Allow Uranium Mining Around Grand Canyon National Park
How strong is the market for uranium? Is nuclear energy a key component of the nation's energy future? How many jobs would be created by allowing mining of uranium around the Grand Canyon National Park?
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park8503
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Misc. National Park News:
Environment groups see danger in climate change
Leaders of a coalition of environmental groups worry the plants, animals and natural wonders located inside national parks around the Great Lakes are feeling the impact of climate change.
http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/...l#ixzz1T9YmhiUr
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Remote webcam now operational on Mount Rainier
Now you can take in the views at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier, which is now the highest webcam in Washington, and the most remote in the United States.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/re...perational.html
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
South Africa’s Rhino Slaughter Rages on
The shadow of rhino poaching keeps darkening the magnificent landscape that places South Africa among the most biodiverse countries in the world. Already the figure for the year so far stands at about 200 rhinos killed. This has conservationists fearing that the toll for the year could end up exceeding the shocking 333 killed last year.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/07/23/south-africas-rhino-slaughter-rages-on/
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone proposes bypass, new kiosk at north entrance
Yellowstone National Park's historic North Entrance at Gardiner would be redesigned to improve traffic flow and safety under a proposal drawn up by the National Park Service.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1T9YWPf42

Spilled crude will break down over time
Long after the Yellowstone River cleanup ends, there will likely be crude oil residue balled up on the river bottom and traces of the black bathtub ring now lining the banks, officials said last week.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/ar...l#ixzz1T9Ye4VVO

Keep snowmobile numbers reasonable in Yellowstone (Editorial)
I am writing in response to the story regarding Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso's comments on the Yellowstone National Park winter plan. In his letter to Supt. Dan Wenk, the senator stated he was in favor of more snowmobiles than the Park Service's preferred plan. He argues the old mantra of local "jobs and the economy" for the surrounding park communities. It seems to him to be only about the money.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/...l#ixzz1T9cgJG8S

Grizzlies in the Gallatin
New research documents growing number of bruins north of Yellowstone Park
Steve Gehman’s first job as a wildlife biologist landed him in the middle of some of the richest grizzly bear habitat in North America. Fresh out of graduate school at Oregon State University, Gehman took a job documenting wildlife activity near Gardiner on the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/spo...1cc4c03286.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
New plan to preserve the views in Yosemite begins with 'timber!'
Ah, the sounds of Yosemite Valley. Birds tweeting. Waterfalls crashing. Chain saws whirring?
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_18539564
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Crater Lake National Park News:
NW today: Disease resistant pines tested
Biologists say they hope they can breed a disease resistant version of the whitebark pine, a tree found at high altitudes in the West.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jul/25/nw-today-disease-resistant-pines-tested/
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Denali National Park News:
Teens relive the nightmare of an Alaska bear attack
Just heard from Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, where the two most seriously injured teens were taken by air. Sam Gottsegen remains in good condition and Josh Berg has been upgraded from serious to fair condition.
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/...attack/178597/1
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Ranger arrested in rhino poaching at SAfrican park
Officials say a game ranger at South Africa's flagship Kruger National Park has been arrested in connection with rhino poaching.
http://www.newsday.com/news/ranger-arrested-in-rhino-poaching-at-safrican-park-1.3054552
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rangers Rescue Same Hiker Twice In One Month
Dean Smith Rescued Hiking Longs Peak, Mount Lady Washington
Rangers at Rocky Mountain National Park rescued the same man on the Longs Peak Trail twice in July.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28669186/detail.html

Ailing Colorado boy rescued by horseback from Rocky Mountain National Park backcountry
The National Park Service says an ailing 15-year-old boy has been evacuated on horseback from the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park.
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/7...in-Park-Rescue/
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Yellowstone National Park News:
More big Yellowstone fires predicted with climate change
The size and frequency of wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains will increase so much with global warming that it will profoundly alter the landscape of Yellowstone National Park and its environs, predicts a new study.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/yellowstone-fire-climate-change.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite National Park runs on sunlight
Yosemite National Park's lush flora have run on solar energy for millions of years. Now, the park's human inhabitants are following suit and using the sun's rays to run their facilities.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18555966
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Misc. National Park News:
Republicans Seek Big Cuts in Environmental Rules (editorial)
With the nation’s attention diverted by the drama over the debt ceiling, Republicans in the House of Representatives are loading up an appropriations bill with 39 ways — and counting — to significantly curtail environmental regulation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/science/earth/28enviro.html

Bear spray 101: What you should know
On Canada Day we set off to backpack along the Lake Minnewanka Trail into the LM8 backcountry campground. Big groups picnicked beside the popular lake in Banff National Park — a festive scene that makes it easy to forget you’re in bear country.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Bear+spray/5169072/story.html#ixzz1TR9lih98
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Sequoia National Park News:
UPDATE: Lion Fire in Sequoia spreads to 16,000 acres; containment at 15 percent
Smoke from the 16,350-acre Lion Fire can be seen as far away as the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada and as close as the Tulare County foothills. The wildland fire is being managed as an ecological burn to reduce 90-year-old forest debris, said Denise Alonzo, spokeswoman for the Sequoia National Forest.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article...ment-10-percent
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
High rivers in Yellowstone National Park still have some areas closed
The high water in Yellowstone National Park is receding, but there are still several impacts from the high flowing rivers.
http://www.kxlf.com/news/high-rivers-in-yellowstone-national-park-still-have-some-areas-closed/

Prepare for Severe Floods, Pipeline Operators Reminded
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's new advisory bulletin for owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines says the Yellowstone River spill that began July 1 shows the risks.http://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/07/28/prepare-for-severe-floods-pipeline-operators-reminded.aspx?admgarea=news

Griz Charges Prompt New Specific Grand Teton Rules
Grand Teton National Park is clarifying its rules against getting too close to wildlife after a grizzly charged at tourists who were watching the animal from on top of cars.
http://www.localnews8.com/news/28694205/detail.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite waterfall deaths: Families hire consultant to assess safety
The families of three hikers who were swept over Yosemite National Park's Vernal Fall last week have hired a consultant to assess whether safety measures were adequate.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/20...ess-safety.html
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Acadia National Park News
Loved and loathed, Roxanne Quimby remains determined (Note - I realize that this is ultimately different from Acadia, but given its proximity, I felt it was appropriate)
Roxanne Quimby has been labeled many things in the 27 years since she built a line of beeswax beauty products, sold the business for hundreds of millions of dollars and then turned her attention to Maine’s North Woods.
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/07/29/ou...ned/?ref=videos
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Big Bend National Park News:
EPA again delays stricter smog rules
Industry calls new limits too costly for economy
Industry and business groups are making a last-minute push to persuade the Obama administration to drop proposed limits for ozone, a lung-irritating pollutant that has fouled Houston's air for decades.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7674593.html#ixzz1TWlWpWxc

Protecting Dark Skies focus of bill
Thirty Big Bend area residents gathered at Davis Mountain State Park's Indian Lodge Monday evening to hear a presentation about House Bill 2857 (also known as the Dark Skies Ordinance) from McDonald Observatory's Bill Wren.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/gallery/news/article_40d11ea2-b923-11e0-ba05-001cc4c002e0.html
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Grand Canyon: Iconic Landscape, Unprecedented Threat (Op Ed)
Few places inspire like the Grand Canyon.
Not only is it a geological wonder, it's also one of the most biologically diverse national parks in the United States -- home to more than 1,000 species of plants, 76 species of mammals, 299 bird species, 41 reptiles and amphibians and 16 species of fish.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kieran-suckling/grand-canyon-uranium-mining_b_912582.html
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Misc. National Park News:
House GOP seeks big cuts in environmental rules (Op Ed)
Republicans have regularly called rigorous environmental protection laws anti-business and anti-growth, and they appear to be taking advantage of their greater numbers in the House of Representatives to try to roll them back, mostly by defunding them.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20084533-503544.html
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Rocky Mountain National park News:
Crews Still Plowing RMNP Road
Officials Hope To Open Old Fall River Road This Weekend
It's almost August, but crews are still plowing a road in Rocky Mountain National Park trying to clear it for visitors.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28694475/detail.html
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Sequoia National Park News:
Fire in Sequoia National Forest Sends Smoke Into Reno
SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) - Fire crews are managing a
wildfire in Sequoia National Forest as an ecological burn as the
blaze burns in a remote area of the forest, and sends smoke carried by wind into northern Nevada, blanketing our sky.
http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/Control_Burn_in_Seq_126353503.html?ref=503
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Yellowstone National Park News:
EPA reviews oil on Yellowstone River
Less than 3 percent of the observed sections of the Yellowstone River in Montana downstream from a pipeline break are heavily affected by oil, the EPA said.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-.../#ixzz1TWlndJve

Tourism numbers down at Yellowstone NP
Numbers show that not as many tourists headed to Yellowstone National Park in June, but the numbers are still on pace for one of the highest visitor numbers for this year.
http://www.kbzk.com/news/tourism-numbers-down-at-yellowstone-np/

Small lightning-caused fire ignites in Yellowstone
A small lightning-caused fire has been found burning in Yellowstone National Park several miles southeast of Gibbon Falls.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1TWlywWwi
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite's hidden vistas
Ah, the sounds of Yosemite Valley. Birds tweeting. Waterfalls crashing. Chain saws whirring?
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/28/2334666/yosemites-hidden-vistas.html#ixzz1TWlIkVtO
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