Big Bend National Park News:
Fires in Big Bend region contained
The good news is that Brewster County had no fires eating up pastures or wildlands Tuesday.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/articles/2009/05/01/news/news03.txt**********
Glacier Park National Park News:
GLACIER: Sun Road receives $27.6M stimulus
Glacier National Park's famed high-mountain highway has always delivered some serious stimulus, what with its jaw-dropping views and gut-dropping precipices.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/02/news/local/znews04.txt**********
Lake Clark National Park News:
Alaska volcano shows increased unrest
Mount Redoubt showed increased unrest Sunday as the volcano continued to rumble and grumble and produced a substantial ash and steam plume.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_volcano**********
Misc. National Park News:
Heritage Exchange celebrates national parks
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL -- Sherri Rodgers-Conti has seen plenty of documentaries in her day. Which is why, she says, it's noteworthy that the upcoming PBS documentary, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," was one of the best she's seen.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2009/05/03/news/top/doc49fe3c4c3d3fc179634296.txtConservationists find eager sellers in new real estate market
If while hiking through Portland's new woods at Clatsop Butte Park you pause among the cedars with their brightly budding conelets, thank the recession for this moment of Zen.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/conservationists_find_eager_se.html**********
Olympic National Park News:
Ecologist promotes sound of nature
Man pushes to make part of Olympic National Park first National Quiet Place
JOYCE -- Proceed with care through One Square Inch of Silence.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090504/news/305049997**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
The mystic wolf: Off the endangered list, back in the crosshairs
A game ranger sees a fellow walking down a country road with a dead whooping crane over his shoulder.
"What do think you're doing with that whooping crane?" asks the ranger.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/articl...G1_Twogra188914Meyers: Wolf sightings renew Colorado debate
My companion saw them first, low, dark shapes moving resolutely along the edge of a road wandering through one of those burned-out patches of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.denverpost.com/charlie/ci_12281537**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Near Flooding at Yosemite National Park (Note - Video covers text identically)
Park Rangers have moved campers in the lower and north pines campground to higher ground.
Steady rain over the last two days has almost created flood conditions at Yosemite National Park.
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6793618
