Lots of interesting news today - and not from just 'the big names' as well, which is cool. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
James
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area News:
Increased visitors push DWG park higher on list
If tourism is down in the United States and the Poconos, don't tell that to officials at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090317/NEWS/903170325Glacier National Park News:
Motorized travel banned in Badger-Two Medicine (Glacier Region)
Citing the need to protect unspoiled wildlife habitat and lands with cultural significance to the Blackfeet Tribe, the U.S. Forest has banned motorized travel on almost 200 miles of trails in northcentral Montana's Badger-Two Medicine area.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090317/NEWS01/903170302/1002Grand Canyon National Park News:
Meet Your Neigbors: Jim Corson survives POW experience, raises family in nation’s crown jewels
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Jim Corson said he was never the same after waking up one morning on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20090...OW%20experience,%20raises%20family%20in%20nation%92s%20crown%20jewels
Visit Grand Canyon during 2009 National Park Week
"This year, take a moment, an hour, a day to visit the national parks near you," from the National Park Service announcement of National Park Week, April 18-26, 2009. "National Park Week is an annual Presidentially proclaimed week for celebration and recognition of Your National Parks."
http://www.examiner.com/x-4661-Grand-Can...ional-Park-WeekUCSC students to take an (alternative) break, volunteer at Grand Canyon
SANTA CRUZ -- A week of pulling weeds and scrubbing graffiti may not sound like a fun vacation. But for UC Santa Cruz students and nature enthusiasts Michael Suttner and Gina Archer, it's a spring break to look forward to.
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_11919421Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Your chance to study black bears with an expert in the Smoky Mountains
Looking for an interesting and educational alternative for a vacation this year? You may want to check out the Black Bear Field Study Course offered by the Wildlife Research Institute.
http://hikinginthesmokys.blogspot.com/2009/03/black-bear-field-study-workshops.htmlTennessee state parks ready for spring wildflowers
CHATTANOOGA (AP) -- Spring wildflower programs are planned at Fall Creek Falls and other state parks starting this month and continuing through May.
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=10013188Haleakala National Park News:
The Nature Conservancy is donating 34 acres near Haleakala National Park in East Maui to the National Park Service.
http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=17413Misc. Parks News:
Jobs at Parks Canada: More than just a walk in the park
When people think of working for Parks Canada, many think of park wardens and biologists out in the field. There are many more opportunities available—from snow ploughing to accounting, and from interpretation to environmental restoration.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/revelstoketimesreview/lifestyles/41340304.htmlLead Ammunition No Longer OK in National Parks
WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2009 (ENS) - The National Park Service is stepping up efforts to eliminate poisonous lead from national parks by persuading hunters and fishermen to use shot and sinkers made of less toxic metals.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2009/2009-03-16-093.aspHelicopter wolf kill worries Park Service
FAIRBANKS: Fish and Game program called into question.
A new predator control effort that has the state shooting wolves from helicopters east of Fairbanks is raising alarms with the National Park Service.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/wolves/story/725545.htmlMammoth site considered for National Park entry
The Waco mammoth site, believed to be the world's largest known concentration of prehistoric mammoths dying in the same natural event, is nearing its entry into the National Park System.
http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=57129Misplaced priorities (Editorial)
National parks and guns don't mix
Ken Salazar, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, will review the eleventh-hour decision of the Bush administration to allow loaded guns to be carried in national parks and wildlife refuges.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11927022Yellowstone National Park News:
Poison? Nah: Algae that can tolerate arsenic discovered in Yellowstone National Park
The element arsenic, infamous in history as a poison – perhaps claiming the life of Napoleon Bonaparte – is a modern problem as well. The U.S. government lists arsenic as the most common toxin in the natural environment.
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-scie...ne-a-2009-03-16Last night's TV: Yellowstone
Why can't the humans in Yellowstone lighten up? It's the animals that have all the fun (Editorial)
I like the fox in Yellowstone (BBC2, Sunday), the one that jumps high into the air, flips over, and then plunges headfirst into the soft snow. Like Greg Louganis, but hairier. A perfect 10 for entry.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/mar/16/last-nights-tvYosemite National Park News:
Yosemite sure: Ahwahnee retrofitting is needed but about five years away
Fixing Yosemite National Park's famed Ahwahnee Hotel so it won't collapse in a major earthquake will not begin for at least five years, the park's top official said Monday.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11927854
