Glacier National Park News:
In Glacier, No Trail Left Untouched
In Glacier, No Trail Left UntouchedNothing can stop these gentlemen from conquering the mountaintops. Not snow nor water. Not blindness nor heart attacks.
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/in_glacier_no_trail_left_untouched/11598/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Expanded store planned for Cades Cove campground
A modest expansion of the Cades Cove Campground store in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in the works.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090709/NEWS/907089982**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
Bee swarm closes national park campground
Joshua Tree National Superintendent Curt Sauer on Wednesday, July 8 ordered Jumbo Rocks Campground closed temporarily due to safety concerns raised by the presence of swarming bees, park Chief of Interpretation Joe Zarki said in a press release.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2009/07/08/breaking_news/doc4a55535fb72bd114295805.txt**********
Mount Rushmore National Park News:
Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Draping Banner on Mount Rushmore
Greenpeace activists draped an enormous banner next to the carved stone faces of Mount Rushmore today, calling for more-aggressive action to fight climate change.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070802246.html**********
Sequoia National Park News:
Sequoia National Park offers guided lantern tours
Lantern tours of the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park are being offered throughout the months of July and August, organizers announced.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090709/NEWS01/907090322/1002**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
One million travel through YNP gates
2009 Numbers holding steady in Park County
After the first four months of 2009 showed dismal visitor numbers in Yellowstone Park, tourism rebounded in May and June to push the total number of visitors to the park so far this year above the 1 million mark, topping the previous January-June record set in 2007.
http://powelltribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1567&Itemid=2**********
Zion National Park News:
Fire closes part of West Rim Trail in Zion National Park
The West Rim Trail from Lava Point to Potato Hollow in Zion National Park has been temporarily closed because a lighting-sparked fire is burning nearby.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12783232**********
