Denali National Park News:
Wind blows smoke from wildfires to Fairbanks
What a difference a day makes.
A day after one of the hottest, sunniest days of the summer, a change in wind direction left a thick blanket of smoke over Fairbanks on Tuesday as wind pushed smoke from several wildfires into Alaska’s second-largest city.
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/15/wind-blows-smoke-wildfires-fairbanks/**********
Glacier National Park News:
Canoeist apparently drowns in Glacier park
Glacier National Park officials have recovered the body of a Pennsylvania man who apparently drowned when the canoe he was in capsized on Swiftcurrent Lake.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99EEOMG2.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Park Service seeks Smokies memories
The National Park Service hopes people who have firsthand accounts of living in the Smokies or attending the national park dedication will share those memories.
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_12833590**********
Theodore Roosevelt National Park News:
A Regulated Elk Hunt: Senator Dorgan’s View (Letter to the Editor)
Your editorial against my proposal to thin the elk herd in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (“Elk Hunting in the Badlands,” July 8) missed the mark in several key respects.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/opinion/l15elk.html*********
