Big Bend National Park News:
U.S. and Mexico to work on border conservation
When the United States and Mexico talk of cooperation over their shared border, that usually means working to stamp out drug trafficking and gun running. But this week the two neighbors put their shoulders behind a gentler effort: safeguarding a unique area of wilderness straddling the Rio Grande River.
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/08/12/us-and-mexico-to-work-on-border-conservation/**********
Death Valley National Park News:
Boy dies in Death Valley, underscoring danger of summertime heat (I know this was reported on earlier, and that this is essentially an opinion, but there is some useful info in there as well)
A 6-year-old boy succumbs to heat during a camping trip in Death Valley National Park after his mother's vehicle becomes stuck in soft ground on a rarely traveled dirt road. It's the third fatality attributed to the heat -- the other two involved hikers -- inside the park this summer.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts...ummertime-.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Park Centennial Fundraising Underway
The Glacier National Park Centennial celebration is around the corner. Wednesday, the Glacier National Park Fund unveiled how they're going to raise money for the big party.
http://www.keci.com/Glacier-Park-Centennial-Fundraising-Underway/4993990Problem grizzlies sought in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park officials say they are trying to locate and remove from the park's population a 17-year-old female grizzly bear and her two yearlings because they have become too habituated to humans.
http://www.kulr8.com/news/state/53089847.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Salazar to attend national park rededication
Bob Miller, spokesman for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, said Aug. 11 that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will attend the rededication on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Newfound Gap.
http://www.blounttoday.com/news/2009/aug/13/salazar-attend-national-park-rededication/**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Trout fishing? Go north to Yellowstone
Fourteen years ago, Dick Greene starting looking west. Along with his partner, Barbara Klesel, he wanted a change of locale -- a move from the Twin Cities -- and a different type of work.
http://www.normantranscript.com/outdoors/local_story_225011556Obama family to join throng at Yellowstone
When the Obamas visit Yellowstone National Park on Saturday for a first family getaway, they'll be in good company.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/13/obamas-wont-be-alone-in-visit-to-yellowstone/Experts: Hazing, Not Slaughter, Should Be Centerpiece of Yellowstone Bison Strategy
A panel of reps from state and federal agencies is recommending more effort be made to haze wayward Yellowstone National Park bison back into the Park, rather than slaughter them, as an effort is made to create more flexible guidelines in bison management.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/200908...on-strategy.php
