Lots of news today - and some of kept me riveted. Hope it does the same for everyone else!
James
Cuyahoga National Park News:
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad announces canned food drive
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) is excited to announce a canned food drive March 14 and 15, 2009, to benefit both the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and the Cleveland Foodbank.
http://www.thesuburbanite.com/lifestyle/...nned-food-driveEverglades National Park News:
Loxahatchee refuge workers train to catch pythons
WEST OF BOYNTON BEACH - Biology staff at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, west of Boynton Beach, will attend a training session this afternoon to learn how to safely capture and handle exotic pythons.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-bn-0305pythons,0,5283481.story
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Will the real Grand Canyon West please stand up?
Trademark lawsuit pits tribe vs. Las Vegas developer
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK — The tribe that lives at Arizona’s top tourism destination is locked in a lucrative lawsuit over whether a competitor infringed upon one of its most important trademarks.
http://zoniereport.com/2009/03/lawsuit-pits-tribe-versus-vegas-developer-74441/Grand Canyon Railway spring break deals
Love a train ride? Ready to see the Grand Canyon? Families can do both and take advantage of Grand Canyon Railway's spring break deals.
http://www.examiner.com/x-4661-Grand-Can...ing-break-dealsGreat Smoky Mountains National Park News:
Outdoors: Getting to know the Smokies up close
The 900 Miler Club
I recently finished hiking all the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. That makes me the 248th member of the 900 Miler Club.
http://www.mountainx.com/outdoors/2009/030409outdoorsMisc. National Parks News:
A Travel Writer's Visit: Wish List
People always ask me how I decide where to go. v I read, I see movies, I stare at maps, I dream. v And in doing so, I arrived at these 10 places that are tops on my list for 2009.
http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/life/6962-a-travel-writers-visit-wish-list.htmlCommittee says no to Mount St. Helens national park
An advisory committee on the future of Mount St. Helens is recommending that Congress keep the mountain in the hands of the U.S. Forest Service instead of converting it to a national park.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/03/committee_says_no_to_national.htmlLynx Protected Habitat Expands by 37,000 Square Miles
Critical habitat for the Canada lynx, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, has been expanded by about 37,000 square miles by order of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2009/2009-03-04-091.aspOutside the US/Canadian Parks System:
New footage shows rare rhinos in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) — New infra-red footage released Thursday captures hitherto unseen images of elusive Javan rhinos, the most endangered mammal in the world with less than 60 individuals believed to remain alive.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gErAuBeEzhhlTjqin9Zh3HH-RY3QCobra wraps around man driving car
PRETORIA, South Africa, March 4 (UPI) -- A South African man says he and his wife remained calm as a nearly three-foot-long cobra wrapped itself around his leg as he was driving his car.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/03/04/Cobra_wraps_around_man_driving_car/UPI-44721236207043/National Park to ban jarveys over dung issue
Jarveys who do not use ‘dung catchers’ are to be banned from Killarney National Park from June, in a new clampdown aimed at cleaning up the park. However the jarveys are arguing that there is no legal basis for the measure, which is due to take effect from June 8th, at the height of the tourist season.
http://www.kerryseye.com/003national_park_to_ban_jarvey.htmlYellowstone National Park News:
Conservationists want more lynx habitat
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Conservation groups say more parts of the Greater Yellowstone Area in Wyoming and Idaho could be set aside for lynx habitat.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=9945900&nav=menu227_2Yosemite National Park News:
Small rock slide falls on highway outside Yosemite
State transportation officials have reopened all lanes of a main highway leading into Yosemite National Park after clearing several tons of rock and debris from the road.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11834639
