Big Bend NP:
Scaling Chisos Mountains a challenge worth trying
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK — Reaching the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains is like breaking the surface of water. First you gasp for air, and then you marvel at the grandeur.
http://www.star-telegram.com/806/story/1114003.htmlMisc Parks News:
Families Ask Bush to Seize Land Parcel for 9/11 Memorial
It has been more than seven years since 20-year-old Deora Bodley and 39 other passengers and crew died in the fiery crash of United Airlines Flight 93, their hijacked plane disintegrating in a grove of hemlock trees outside Shanksville, Pa.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/27/AR2008122701097.html?hpid=topnewsSmall projects enriching S.F.'s Presidio
Thanks to a tactical retreat this month by Gap founder Don Fisher, there's now a chance to craft a large art museum that deserves to reside within San Francisco's historic Presidio.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/27/MNMJ14RFRF.DTL&type=scienceYellowstone NP:
Small earthquakes in Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - The University of Utah Seismograph Stations report a swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9585045Zion NP:
Snow-frosted Zion — Winter casts park under its magical spell
When morning temperatures hover around 20 degrees and even the Virgin River bottomlands are under a white blanket, with drifting snow and crunchy ice prompting the few drivers on the road to be extra-cautious, you know you are in Zion National Park at a special moment.
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