Acadia National Park News:
5 DOT Projects Mean Traffic Jams
ELLSWORTH — Those planning to drive anywhere in Ellsworth or Trenton this summer should pack a lunch and a board game.
http://ellsworthmaine.com/site/index.php/2009032619894/Latest/Summer-Bummer.htmlGlacier National Park News:
Baucus Presses Transportation Secretary to Fund Going-to-the-Sun Road
In what could be classified as some friendly arm twisting, Montana Sen. Max Baucus hand delivered a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood Wednesday, asking that he use stimulus money to fund reconstruction of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Lahood's department received $1.5 billion in the Jobs Bill to fund infrastructure projects of "regional or national significance."
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/a...-sun_road/9186/Glacier road work likely to begin soon
WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park officials say spring construction on the Avalanche Creek section of Going-to-the-Sun Road will occur between mid-April and early June.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090326/LIFESTYLE05/903260340Grand Canyon National Park News:
Preventing Falls at Grand Canyon National Park
There is a hard balance that places like Grand Canyon try to find between the experience and the safety of the public. The history of the Park includes unfortunate events. The Park does take measures to prevent these sad occurrences from happening and is very much prepared to take emergency actions should it be necessary. Sadly, the Canyon is not immune from tragedy, but an understanding of what awaits visitors is important for a Grand Canyon outing not to be a distressing headline.
http://www.examiner.com/x-5370-Grand-Can...n-National-ParkGrand Teton National Park News:
Innovative Retirement Planning for Cows and Sheep
A new conservation model that minimizes litigation, sustains agriculture, and concentrates livestock grazing on public or private land where it has less impact.
Nowadays, many of us are re-thinking our retirement plan after giving away half our nest egg to people on Wall Street who don’t need it, but we should remember that the concept of retirement isn’t all about us. Those poor dumb animals need it, too, and at least one man is there for them, doing what he can to retire thousands of cows and sheep to greener pastures.
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/innovative_retirement_planning_for_cows_and_sheep/C41/L41/Misc. National Park News:
Funding approved for new ice age trail system in state
WASHINGTON – A major public lands bill approved Wednesday by the House of Representatives includes funding for a geologic trail that tracks the cataclysmic ice age floods that roared across Eastern Washington with 10 times the combined flow of the world’s rivers.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/topstories/story/688634.htmlMount St. Helens: a monument in need of a good steward
When Mount St. Helens spectacularly erupted in 1980, it created a mammoth volcanic crater that today is the centerpiece of a national monument that draws thousands of visitors from around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/03/26/...od-s-10318.htmlNational Park Lead Ammo Ban in Doubt
NRA Goes Ballistic on Gun-Shy Obama Administration
WASHINGTON - March 26 - The National Park Service has stepped back from a plan it announced earlier this month to ban lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle by 2010, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The proposed lead ban triggered a fierce counterattack by gun groups that has put into doubt the pledge to eliminate lead ammunition from the park system by 2010.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/03/26-1Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act passes House — headed to President
An omnibus lands bill carrying Rocky Mountain National Park wilderness legislation passed the U.S. House on Thursday, and is headed to the President.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20...0to%20PresidentYellowstone National Park News:
Old Faithful
Old Faithful is without a doubt the biggest draw in Yellowstone National Park. Those who disagree need only consider the size of the parking lot in comparison to those in other areas of the park.
http://www.examiner.com/x-5223-Yellowstone-National-Park-Examiner~y2009m3d23-Old-FaithfulYELLOWSTONE BISON Yellowstone surveys bison numbers YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) The most recent survey of bison in Yellowstone National Park estimates they number about 2,900.
http://www.kxmb.com/Sports/Outdoors/350496.aspYellowstone Trails Open
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Yellowstone trails that were blocked off due to a dangerous radio tower earlier this month are now back open.
http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/41950942.htmlINL looks for ways to reduce dependency on foreign oil
DAHO - The Idaho National Laboratory is working on ways to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and by using the natural resources Idaho has to offer.
Eyewitness news Reporter Jennifer McGraw talks with a scientist from the lab who has been using molecular biology to help make the nation a greener place.
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