Acadia National Park News:
The Right Place in Time: Skiing Acadia National Park
When John D. Rockefeller, Jr. started building the 57-mile network of carriage roads on Mount Desert Island in 1913, I am quite sure he did not have cross country skiing in mind. Long, long before that, the island's incredibly varied geologic history, including periods of erosion and sedimentation, plate tectonics, volcanic eruption, and glaciation, shaped the dramatic landscape that we see there today.
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Blogs/story.cfm?storyID=147307Oceanfront campground elicits no bids at Gouldsboro auction
Local lobster dealer Dana Rice was the top bidder Tuesday in a foreclosure auction for a 2-acre wharf property where he has run his waterfront business for several years.
http://www.bangornews.com/detail/100764.htmlOutdoor Journal
Rare Bird Alert
No surprises among the true standouts in this week's report: TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, NORTHERN HAWK OWL and VARIED THRUSH.
http://www.nwpphotoforum.com/ubbthreads/...mp;page=0#21038Arches National Park News:
Park service approves grant for Moab trails work MOAB, Utah (AP) - The National Park Service will give $100,000 to help connect trails near Moab with Arches National Park.
http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9946838&nav=menu554_2Big Bend National Park News:
Paralyzed man paints with his mouth.
Hopes art career will help restore mobility
SPICEWOOD, Texas (KXAN) - In April 2000, Jared Dunten , 26, and a friend approached the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. After a couple of tough hiking days in the park's Chisos Mountains, a bath was in order. Dunten grabbed a bar of soap and headed for the water. He knew better; he really did know better, and he admits to having enjoyed a couple of beers. Maybe that is why. Maybe it is not.
http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/national/so...200903032234563Everglades National Park News:
Shark Valley's big attraction is gators
A 15-mile paved cycling path, no traffic, with fresh air, wildlife and alligators
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/smartliving/health/sfl-fit0304sharksbmar04,0,5428373.story
Crist: 'The Future Is Now'
And for Florida's beautiful environment, the future is now.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/03/crist-future-now/Glacier National Park News:
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Glacier National Park to go glacier-free a decade early
National Geographic News reports the oft-repeated statistic that the glaciers at Montana's Glacier National Park will disappear by the year 2030 is being revised.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/3/3/163426/7076Grand Teton National Park News:
The Buzz: A phantom, maybe, but no menace
Jackson Hole, Wyo-Certain well-known mythical creatures are said to haunt corners of the world, inevitably eluding those who seek to prove their existence. Yet a phantom animal some believe they have seen in Jackson Hole is, unlike Sasquatch or Nessie, at least a known species.
http://www.planetjh.com/news/A_104815.aspxConservationists want more lynx habitat
But recent designation of 39,000 square miles is a drastic improvement, groups say.
Key areas of lynx habitat in the Greater Yellowstone Area were missing from a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designation last week, according to conservation groups.
http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=4320Great Smoky Mountains National Park News:
Ticket information for cades cove outdoor concert
The sounds of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will flow through the coves and hollows of Cades Cove at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13, with a variety of classical compositions during an outdoor concert as part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park diamond anniversary celebration.
http://seymourherald.com/entertainment/2009/mar/03/ticket-information-for-cades-c/Misc. National Park News:
We can grow our economy and preserve the environment,' Obama says at Interior
President Obama marked the Interior Department's 160th anniversary today with an enthusiastically received visit to announce he was restoring the role of federal biologists in endangered species decisions.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/03/...nviro-9972.htmlAmerica's most visited tourist attractions
Call it a coincidence, but in the historic election year of 2008, the home of the Liberty Bell cracked the Forbes Traveler list of America's Most Visited Tourist Attractions.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=9938559Trappers help keep wildlife, ecosystemsin balance (Editorial - again, editors note...we publish everything.)
The quest to preserve wild plants, animals and places is one of the more pleasant and challenging of humankind's responsibilities. That goal is shared by all of us. In America, despite our critics, it's one we've accomplished in admirable fashion.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/03/04/opinion/guest/40-trappers.txtOutside the US/Canadian Parks System:
In Congo, With Rebels Now at Bay, Calm Erupts
BUKIMA, Congo — Jean-Marie Serundori’s eyes light up when he sees his old hulk of a friend Kabirizi.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/world/africa/04congo.html?hpFires, dead bamboos plague Borivli national park
MUMBAI: Repeated fires at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli have left officials flummoxed and a dead bamboo plantation is adding to the problem.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumba...how/4220607.cmsYellowstone National Park News:
Count of Northern Yellowstone elk rises
BILLINGS (AP) — The Northern Yellowstone elk herd has grown but the number of calves remains one-half to one-third of what wildlife managers would like to see.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090303/NEWS01/90303007Stimulus Exposes National Parks Priorities
National parks will get $750 million from the economic stimulus package--but how should they spend it?
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