Acadia National Park News:
Nature photography
Project Pathology, a temporary installation by students at the University of Maine at Augusta, places pieces of photographic art against a backdrop of outdoor beauty — our own stunning state parks. (Note it gets into Acadia later in...)
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/116452.htmlAcadia National Park kicks off HawkWatch
Acadia National Park's annual HawkWatch season kicks off this week when visitors join park staff and volunteers in collecting information about the falcons, hawks, eagles and ospreys that pass through the park each summer and fall.
http://www.newsday.com/acadia-national-park-kicks-off-hawkwatch-1.1376207**********
Glacier National Park (BC) News:
Wildfire management partnerships stretch resources
Fires across B.C. are straining provincial resources, and support is coming in from fire crews in other provinces, and even as far away as Australia. Another subtle, but critical partnership is a little closer to home — from crews working in the national parks at our doorstep.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/revelstoketimesreview/community/53501177.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier to study abandoned mines
Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright says a study will be done to determine if health and safety hazards at abandoned mine lands in the park can be corrected.
http://www.kulr8.com/news/state/53560027.htmlPlan to kill griz attracts protests, but Glacier official says bear is 'undue risk'
Three people are camped beneath the cliffs at Morning Star Lake, in the stone-cold shadow of Medicine Grizzly Peak.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_730da1ce-8bb2-11de-8a07-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Dolly Parton: 'I know I'm a bit over-exaggerated'
"Never wear your make up to bed," implore the beauty editors. But Dolly Parton was never one for following conventional advice on looking good.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/18/dolly.parton.country.music/Smokies Road Still Closed As Debris Falls
Workers Clearing Road From Friday's Slide
A popular road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be shut down through at least Tuesday night.
http://www.wsmv.com/news/20432034/detail.html**********
Lassen Volcanic National Park News:
Lassen Volcanic National Park to hold photo contest
Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Darlene M. Koontz announced that the park's Annual Park Pass photo contest will run through September 12.
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_13143825**********
Misc. National Park News:
Agency says 29 species may need federal protection
Twenty-nine species in more than 20 states — from a rare beach-dwelling plant in Yellowstone National Park to a caddisfly in Nebraska — may need federal protections to avoid extinction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZehnQ6CUV4GRrrv2HZ_EhJgy_BgD9A5CIEO2Best Government Dollar Spent -- The National Park System (Editorial)
Everyone has their own opinion as to what the federal government does best -- which government dollar is the most well-spent, in other words. Some would say the military, or Medicare, or farm subsidies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/best-government-dollar-sp_b_261626.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
RMNP visits up, revenue down
Nobody had to pay to peer over the great chasm of Forest Canyon or hike a trail at Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend, the third and final - and very popular - "fee-free" weekend at national parks all over the country.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090818/NEWS01/908180337/RMNP-visits-up--revenue-down**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
USDA: No known brucellosis infections in U.S. cattle
No U.S. cattle herds are known to be infected with brucellosis, and all states are listed as class-free for the disease, the Department of Agriculture announced in July.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/sep09/090901l.aspYellowstone road closes for construction
A section of Yellowstone National Park's Grand Loop Road has been closed for construction.
http://www.trib.com/articles/2009/08/18/news/breaking/doc4a8aa9c052f5d082385577.txt**********
