Everglades National Park News:
Florida Bay preservation proposals heed boaters' concerns
After the backlash over initial plans that would close large areas of Florida Bay to anglers, Everglades National Park issued new proposals.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/938620.htmlSouth Florida scrambles for economic stimulus money
Mass transit. Road repairs. Research. South Florida has plenty to spend it on.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-flastimulus0308sbmar08,0,2503169.story
Great Smoky Mountains National Park News:
EVER GREEN: Smokies tags save trees
Have you seen those black bear license plates that raise money for Friends of the Smokies? Here's how they help keep the Great Smoky Mountains National Park beautiful.
http://blogs.starnewsonline.com/default.asp?item=2344031Park service gets OK to build new Smokies center in N.C.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - The National Park Service has been cleared to build a new visitor center on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/mar/08/park-service-gets-ok-to-build-new-smokies-center-i/Misc. National Park News:
Captive condors released just south of Utah border
Endangered » The four birds are graduates of a breeding program meant to preserve their rare species.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Ariz. » Freedom takes some getting used to. Or at least it did for four California condors hatched and raised in captivity and set loose in the wild Saturday in an event that drew 200 spectators.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11862097'Brushing' the backcountry with Wilderness Volunteers
A what? A Pulaski? I'm told to grab this beast of a two-sided tool, half ax and half mattock, and "brush" a trail high in Montana's Mission Mountains. I pick one from a heap of handles and stumble off along Fatty Creek with 10 people I've just met.
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/03/brushing_the_backcountry_with_1.htmlRanger had to work variety of odd jobs to get where she is
She was born to be a park ranger. That's what her mother always told her. But even though she'd heard it from others all her life, Larimer County Senior Ranger Cindy Claggett wasn't so sure.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090308/ENTERTAINMENT06/903080304Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite officials seek $137M to retrofit landmark
Ahwahnee Hotel generates millions for park, nearby towns
http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_11865618
