Canyonland NP:
Backpacking trip takes students to Canyonland National Park
Albert Mitugo, assistant manager at the OAC, will guide a group of SMU students through the basics of backpacking and camping on the floor of the Salt Creek Canyon at Canyonland National Park in Moad, Utah.
http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/medi...k-3640198.shtmlEverglades NP:
Invasive species changing Florida ecosystem
The small pond 6 miles deep in Everglades National Park suddenly began bubbling like a pot aboil -- a telltale sign of air-slurping walking catfish.
http://www.freep.com/article/20090220/NEWS07/902200341Glacier NP:
Travel to Montana's Glacier Country for $79
Now that Allegiant Air has announced $79 (one-way) tickets from LAX to Missoula a springtime trip to the home of the UM Grizzlies feels more do-able than ever.
http://www.examiner.com/x-2349-LA-Advent...-Country-for-79Climate study: Montana experiencing warming trend
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former climatologist and professor at Montana State says in a recent study that late winter, early spring and parts of summer are getting warmer in Montana.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-02-19-montana-warming_N.htmKatmai NP:
The bears of Katmai
Nearly seventeen months have passed since October 2007, when a local TV crew set up camp on Kukaklek Lake, in the upper Alaska Peninsula, to report on a legal but controversial brown bear hunt in Katmai National Preserve. The video and story the team brought back startled and repulsed many Alaskans, hunters and non-hunters alike.
http://www.anchoragepress.com/articles/2009/02/18/news/doc499cbfaa43402117797003.txtMisc. Parks News:
Staying alive in national parks (mainly Grand Teton/Yellowstone/Glacier Oriented)
Part of the problem was that we could see it coming. The narrow road leading out of Yellowstone National Park was about to twist around an impossibly tight curve etched into the side of a mountain, and all that would be keeping us from an early rendezvous with eternity were a few rocks the size of footballs along the outside edge.
http://www.recordernewspapers.com/articl...ca606620202.txtWhy Investing In Parks Is Smart Economic Stimulus
Remembering the legacy of FDR's "Tree Army" -- and the dividends that investment paid not only for the environment, but for the economy.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/easy-tips/economic-stimulus-national-parks-47021902Omnibus Public Lands bill (02/18/09)
Congress is on the verge of passing the largest expansion of the wilderness system in 15 years.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/northwestvoices/2009/02/18/omnibus_public_lands_bill.htmlOutside the US/Canadian Parks System:
The 10 Best National Parks for Retirees
National parks are beautiful and affordable places for active seniors to spend time in retirement. Yellowstone was the world's first national park, but the concept of preserving nature and culture for future generations to enjoy has now been expanded upon by many countries on almost every continent. All parks are not created equal, however. The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees recently released a list of their picks for the 10 best foreign national parks. The areas were selected based on a survey of their 700 members who are former career employees of the National Park Service, including park managers, rangers, and other employees. The retiree’s favorite international parks include:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/planning-to-...r-retirees.htmlMan's body found in national park
MUMBAI: The Kasturba Marg police found the body of a 35-year-old man inside Borivli's Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Thursday. Chandrashekhar Dalvi was killed by unknown persons early in morning and the body was discovered by the forest guards.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Mans_body_found_in_national_park/articleshow/4157597.cmsRocky Mountain NP:
In early February, the National Park Service (NPS) began a cull of the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park (Park), with the intention of killing up to 100 cow elk, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. The cull was authorized in the Park’s Elk and Vegetation Management Plan that was finalized in December 2007 with the Record of Decision released in February 2008.
http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/11783Theodore Roosevelt NP:
Ways to thin ND elk herd have federal and state officials at odds
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the National Park Service remain at odds over how to think the elk herd in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/231538/Yellowstone NP:
Elk's Lose-Lose Situation
Because of human intervention, a once-struggling herd near Jackson now thrives, but risks future peril.
http://www.backpacker.com/elk_feed_human_jackson/blogs/775Yosemite NP:
Yosemite's Dewey Point well worth the walk
California's best snowshoe trek is within reach of anyone who can walk 7 miles. If you can't do that now, the payoff at Yosemite National Park's Dewey Point should be enough to inspire you to get in shape so that you can.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/DDC315OUG1.DTL
