A lot of news today - I guess that is what happens when one misses a day.:P There will be a bunch of parks celebrating 'fee free days' over the coming weeks. I have listed some of them below.
Glacier National Park News:
Flags make debut near East Glacier
A dedication ceremony for four welcome flags at the western entrance of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation outside East Glacier Park was held Tuesday.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article...ar+East+GlacierGNP lake trout removal plan up for public review
A proposal to remove lake trout from Glacier National Park's Quartz Lake is now up for public review.
http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10464762**********
Grand Teton National Park News:
Park to reduce campsites
Employee housing slated to be greater part of Gros Ventre campground.
One of Grand Teton National Park’s oldest and largest campgrounds could get a major upgrade starting later this year after park officials announced they want to reduce its footprint, upgrade its infrastructure and allocate a significant number of RV sites for employee housing.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=4668Cattle Drive
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-The herd of RVs, motorcycles and SUVs heading in and out of town to the north, this weekend, will experience delays due to a herd of cattle.
http://www.planetjh.com/news/A_105091.aspx**********
Great Falls National Park News:
Great Falls National Park with kids
Tired of the city? There is an excellent national park just outside of Washington, DC. At Great Falls, your kids can run and explore as though they were in the Boundary Waters.
http://www.examiner.com/x-1243-DC-Metro-...-Park-with-kids**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
On 75th birthday, Smokies park still faces great tests
If you’ve been reading the paper, you know that this is a big year for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the year the park marks its 75th anniversary with a string of events in both North Carolina and Tennessee. Although a Smokies park was authorized during the Coolidge administration, it wasn’t officially established until 1934 and thus is considered 75 years old in 2009.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090603/OPINION03/90602048/1006**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
Joshua Tree National Park closures, fee-free days announced
JTNP — There’s good news and bad news for those wishing to make use of Joshua Tree National Park as summer closings and fee-free weekends were announced this week.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/200...45919856400.txt**********
Misc. National Park News:
Idea of Mount St. Helens national park still alive
Advocates of turning Mount St. Helens into a national park aren't ready to give up on the idea, despite an advisory committee's recommendation to keep it with the U.S. Forest Service.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_mount_st_helens.html**********
North Cascades National Park News:
OK expected for high-country trout plantings
Doc Hastings has less than a month to try to ensure continued high-country trout fishing for hike-in anglers in North Cascades National Park, according to his communications director Charlie Keller, but prospects are good.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090604/SPORTS/706049900/1008/SPORTS02**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone power, phone services back after outages (Question?? W-h-e-r-e can you get Internet in Yellowstone????)
Services were restored at Yellowstone National Park Wednesday after three separate power outages left the park and other areas without electricity, phone and Internet most of the morning.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10471914&nav=menu227_3Yellowstone fees to be waived three weekends this summer
To spur interest in the American National Park system during the recession, entrance fees at parks will be waived for three weekends throughout the summer.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/index.php?contentID=924&articleID=285**********
Zion National Park News:
Police ask for help finding missing Orem woman
Orem police and rangers in Zion National Park are looking for a 31-year-old woman missing for more than a week.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12503486
