Cuyahoga Valley National Park News:
BOSTON TWP.: For decades, the township trustees met in their historic town hall in Peninsula, not far from the equally historic Ohio & Erie Canal.
Now, they meet in the old attached road garage.
http://www.ohio.com/news/42058622.htmlGreat Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park celebrates its 75th anniversary
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The 75th anniversary celebration of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is under way. With more than 8 million annual visitors, it is the country's most popular national park.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/...n1.4ab8674.htmlKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park News:
Plant nuisance returns to mountain
KENNESAW, Ga. -- It's the modernday battle for Kennesaw Mountain and officials are asking for the public's help in defending the land from a ruthless invader.
http://www.macon.com/220/story/664961.htmlLake Clark National Park News:
Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts again
Mount Redoubt volcano in southern Alaska has erupted again, shooting ash as high as 45,000 feet in the air on Saturday, experts said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/28/alaska.volcano/Explosions continue at Redoubt
Volcano erupts three times Saturday, sends ash to 50,000 feet
ANCHORAGE - Mount Redoubt continued to erupt Saturday, sending ash tens of thousands of feet into the air, and raining ash down on Nikiski.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032909/sta_415958480.shtmlMisc. National Parks News:
Sizzling sites outside Las Vegas
MOJAVE DESERT, Nev. -- Many people who vacation in Vegas find their fun under a roof, be it gambling in the casino, watching one of the town's headliner shows or shopping in one of Sin City's fabulous malls.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09088/958551-37.stmU.S. Revisits Its World Heritage Roots
After years of ambivalence, the United States is trying to reconnect with its past as the leader of a global effort to save the treasures of the planet, from the Statue of Liberty and Yosemite National Park to the pyramids of Egypt and the East African Serengeti.
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture_society/u-s-returning-to-its-world-heritage-roots-1065-1065State's national parks seek to reduce carbon footprint of workers, visitors
Thousands of cars, pickup trucks and minivans carry visitors to Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic national parks. They leave behind tons of plastic water bottles, granola bar wrappers and banana peels.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/255/story/846916.htmlCherry blossom time
The National Park Service has moved up its prediction of the peak blooming period of Washington D. C.'s cherry blossoms. The blossoms are expected...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008931151_trrails29.htmlObama to sign bill adding Wright sites to national park
DAYTON — President Barack Obama will sign the bill Monday, March 30, that will add Hawthorn Hill and the Wright factory buildings to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/03/28/ddn032909wright.htmlYellowstone National Park News:
Web sites ready travelers for Yellowstone
It's barely spring, and snow still blankets the high country, but they're already advertising the switch from snowmobiles to bicycles in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-tr.yellowstone29mar29,0,7595594.story
Spared from slaughter, bison will move to Wyoming
BILLINGS, Mont. » A small herd of bison from Yellowstone National Park will be moved to Wyoming's Wind River Reservation next month, part of a fledgeling effort to spare some of the animals from a government-sponsored slaughter program.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12018928
