Badlands National Park News:
Badlands National Park sprays thistles from air
Badlands National Park is using a helicopter to spray Canada thistles.
http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10714635
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Grand Teton National Park News:
Helicopter rescue in Grand Teton Nat'l Park
Twenty-two year-old, Sam Russell, from Jackson, sustained serious injuries as he was coming down the north west side.
He slipped on snow and tumbled about 2-hundred feet, before landing on a break between 2 snow patches. Russell's group was able to call and get a rescue crew quickly. A helicopter gave Russell emergency care, then took him to St. John's Medical Center.
http://www.nwpphotoforum.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=24311&Main=24075#Post24311
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Valley protection plan back to square one
Nine years after creating a plan to limit crowds in Yosemite Valley, National Park Service officials are starting over.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/778950.html