Rocky Mountain National Park:
"Flight paths: Temporary closures enacted to protect nesting raptors in Rocky Mountain National Park."
By Kyle Patterson
Special to the Trail-Gazette
Each year to protect raptor nesting sites, Rocky Mountain National Park officials initiate temporary closures in the Lumpy Ridge and Sheep Mountain areas of the Park.
http://www.eptrail.com/pages/02friday_m/fri04.html"Final Decision Released on Elk Management at Rocky Mountain National Park (Beware, potential voice ad inside)"
By Coloradoan staff
A long-awaited plan for managing vegetation and the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park was formally approved Friday by the National Park Service.
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/UPDATES01/80215055"Feds May Raise Prices for Using Nearby National Forest Areas (Beware, Potential Voice Ad inside)"
By Trevor Hughes
U.S. Forest Service officials are considering changing the prices to use the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080225/UPDATES01/80225037"Thriving Canadian Wolves in Rocky Mountain States No Longer Endangered"
A pioneering group of Canadian wolves sent to the U.S. to re-establish wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states has done so well the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled Thursday that they're no longer endangered - meaning that American hunters will soon be able to stalk them again.
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5huP5nN5Dgc7YBIFF0qn4xLrB6G_g"Rocky Mountain National Park 'Pristine' No More: Six-year Study Says Parks Have Chemicals in Snow, Fish and Trees"
By Laura Snider
A study six years in the making reports that heavy metals and pesticides can be found in the water, plants and animals of 20 national parks -- including Rocky Mountain National Park -- that span the West from Alaska to the Mexican border.
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb/28/rmnp-pristine-no-more/
