While there is not a huge amount of National Park news today, there is some very interesting things going on that is worth the read.
Cheers
James
Everglades National Park News:
Everglades Land Deal May Be Dead In The Water
Once heralded by Governor Charlie Crist as "monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park," a land deal that would have restored a major section of the Everglades may be dead in the water.
http://cbs4.com/local/everglades.land.us.2.943094.htmlEverglades land deal in jeopardy from competition
A historic land deal aimed at helping restore the dying Everglades, and lauded by Gov. Charlie Crist as "monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park," may end up dead in the water.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwwsvNZPeVERE_DtCJ5Y4x5xfiYQD96I3SC80Misc. Parks News:
Mount Saint Helens
t’s getting closer to decision time for an advisory committee looking into the future control of Mount Saint Helens.
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?M...&feedID=410Outside the US/Canadian Parks System:
Komodo dragon attacks Indonesian park ranger
A Komodo dragon climbed a ladder to a park ranger's hut and mauled his hand and foot, officials said Wednesday. The victim received severe lacerations but appeared to be recovering.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8Mf2ncBMEDmpMPNQnEQyPk3g7KgD96IHRDO0Slaughter of the elephants
Legal ivory sale linked to poaching surge across Kenya's huge Tsavo National Park
There has been an "unprecedented" surge in elephant poaching in one of Kenya's principal national parks since a large-scale ivory sale late last year, which gave a renewed boost to the international ivory market.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/slaughter-of-the-elephants-1631367.htmlTheodore Roosevelt National Park News:
Park officials start hearings on elk
A biologist at Theodore Roosevelt National Park says efforts by the state Game and Fish Department to increase hunting around the park have helped keep elk numbers down, even though the park still has too many of the animals.
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D96I7P2O2Yellowstone National Park News:
Cody looking for year-round visits
CODY, Wyo. (AP) - Cody is looking to become a year-round destination.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9902989&nav=menu554_2_2Valley wolf pack has mange, biologist says
Collaring operation sees 15 animals fitted with transmitters for research.
Biologists discovered mange in a Jackson Hole wolf pack when they were using a helicopter to dart and collar members of three different groups.
http://www.jhguide.com/article.php?art_id=4294Yosemite National Park News:
A really cool accommodations offer in Yosemite National Park
Until March 22, 2009 Curry Village inside Yosemite Park is running a weekend “Temp-RATE-ture” promotion on their unheated (brrrrr) tent cabins.
http://www.examiner.com/x-1963-SF-Active...e-National-ParkClimber caught in avalanche is rescued from Half Dome
A group of experienced South Korean climbers kept their colleague warm through a freezing night until the man, whose leg was broken in the avalanche, could be airlifted back to the valley floor.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-half-dome-rescue25-2009feb25,0,6590502.story
