Everglades National Park News:
Bill aims to keep Everglades free of exotic pets (Note - odd formatting. Follow article to bottom)
Water managers dispatched two experts to Washington, D.C., recently to back a controversial congressional bill targeting an Everglades problem that seems to get bigger every year.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/68340.htmlTropical invaders become growing problem in Florida
Water managers dispatched two experts to Washington, D.C., recently to back a controversial congressional bill targeting an Everglades problem that seems to get bigger every year.
http://www.bradenton.com/news/breaking_news/story/1446831.htmlBoaters, park officials clash over rules restricting use of fragile Florida Bay shallows
A decade of chasing tarpon and snook through Florida Bay's teal waters has taught Rob Clift the tricks to navigating this 600-square-mile lagoon off the southern tip of Florida where the Everglades bleed into the ocean. The bay is so shallow that a strong northeast wind in a low tide can virtually drain it, so judging depth is the key. Clift, a former guide, reads the surface for clues: mangrove seedlings, wading birds, subtle changes in color.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/local_news/epaper/2009/05/17/0517floridabay.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
100-year avalanche damages Sun Road
A "once-in-a-century" avalanche wiped out 550 feet of guard wall along the Going-to-the-Sun Road just west of the Continental Divide, Glacier National Park officials said last week.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article...amages+Sun+Road**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Festival strengthens native Brook Trout, reels in tourism
Troutfest 2009 reeled in thousands of fishing enthusiasts to Townsend for the largest turnout in the event's history. The event nets dollars for Brook Trout restoration and dips another line in the water for tourists to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87934&catid=2Opening of new Dolly Parton musical raises $102K
The premiere of Dolly Parton's new musical "Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke" at Dollywood raised $102.000 for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to Friends of the Smokies, a group dedicated to serving the national park. Parton wrote eight tunes for the show, which traces the history of the mountains -- from its first settlers to the government declaring it a national park.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/telebuddy/archives/2009/05/opening_of_new.shtml**********
Misc. National Park News:
Calif. condor deaths shows lead still a problem
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — No. 286 had been a hopeful sign in this park's California condor restoration effort. Hatched in a zoo seven years ago, he was the old man of the program, living wild and nearly ready to breed.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_ms73CGXSchhWvJCljFM_lmFClwD98981LO1Pack up the kids for an economical family vacation
Learn to spin wool and make candles. Spend a night in a tree house. Go gold panning out West or visit the nation's capital in the East. Loll on a palm-sheltered beach on an exotic island. • These are just some of the things families can do on their summer vacations this year.
http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/article1000389.ecePark Service to consider more biking, walking and public transportation today
Will there be more walking, bicycling and public transportation options within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area?
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090518/NEWS/90518012/-1/NEWS01Interior Secretary Salazar should do more to protect Utah parks (Editorial)
Once again, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has made a decision on public-lands protection that residents of the Western Slope should celebrate.
http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/opinion/stories/2009/05/18/051909_6A_grant_column.html**********
Utah State (Misc. Non Specific) NP News:
It's official: The world's greatest arches are in Utah
Geologic spans » State is home to six of the 10 longest.
Rumors that a great arch in China could put southern Utah's natural wonders in the shade have fallen to a real-world truth: Utah rules!
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12398725**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone bison didn't cross CUT land
A piece of land north of Yellowstone National Park that's meant to serve as a pressure valve for bison leaving the park in the winter went unused during its first season under lease.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/19/news/mtregional/znews18.txt
