Today was a relatively quiet news day, though it was there to be found. :P On a related note, the stimulus bill looks like it now has 'bipartisan' support (LOL, a non filibusterable majority) and will pass. I am curious to see how the parks came out in the process...
Acadia NP:
Maine groups join lawsuits to stop guns in parks
Two Maine groups have joined two federal lawsuits seeking to overturn a new policy that allows people to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090206-NEWS-90206042Charles Pinckney National HS:
Gullah heritage highlighted at national park site
The National Park Service celebrates the South Carolina's Gullah heritage with a series of weekend programs during the next two months.
The programs, presented with the help of the town of Mount Pleasant, are being held at 2 p.m. each Saturday at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in the town.
http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/677380.htmlEverglades NP:
Tour of missile site terrifies all over again
HOMESTEAD
As I traipsed through the tall grass during a tour of the long-closed missile base in Everglades National Park, chatting with other baby boomers who were kids when our nightmares included a mushroom cloud, I suddenly remembered my dad's dilapidated orange crate.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article973801.eceGreat Smoky NP:
Mapping the Mountains: The Photographs of George Masa Opens at Asheville Art Museum
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=28824Two N.C. men jailed in Smokies ginseng dig
Two North Carolina men accused of illegally digging American ginseng in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been sentenced to jail terms.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/feb/05/tw-nc-men-jailed-smokies-ginseng-dig/Misc. Parks News
Stimulus bill (Editorial)
Last October, Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, issued a statement opposing the Congressional bailout.
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090206/OPINION/902060303Mountain bike group asks members to support national parks rule change
IMBA, the International Mountain Bicycling Association, is urging all mountain bikers to support a proposed rule change under which it will be easier for the U.S. National Park Service to expand trails for mountain biking in various parks.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2707-NY-Cyclin...rks-rule-changeRedwood NP:
Park, timber company to share some roads
Redwood National Park and the Green Diamond Resource Co. will be able to use some of each other's roads to access land in the Redwood Creek area.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_11651798Yellowstone NP:
Thus far,bison stick to the park
After a deadly winter last year that saw their ranks thinned by more than a third, Yellowstone National Park's bison haven't ventured outside the park so far this winter.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/02/07/news/wyoming/18-bison.txt
