Glacier National Park News:
Montana rangers kill mother grizzly and cub
Montana park rangers who shot a female grizzly that was approaching a backcountry campground Monday also killed the bear’s yearling cub during a tranquilizing operation.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Montana+rangers+kill+mother+grizzly/1906410/story.html2 bears killed in Glacier National Park
A disturbingly friendly grizzly bear that had boldly wandered through campgrounds and sniffed food and around the edges of tents has been killed after Glacier National Park officials determined the animal had become too much of a threat to humans.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/18/national/a154203D89.DTL&type=science**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Tickets for Smokies rededication no longer available
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as of this morning, has received more requests than space will allow for the Sept. 2 Rededication Ceremony at Newfound Gap.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090819/BREAKING/908189982Smokies officials say park attendance up 7.6 percent in 2009
July was a big month in the Smokies.
http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/53652447.html**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone Winter Use Draft Wildlife Monitoring Report Available for Review
The report, "Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone, 2009 Annual Report," by Craig McClure, in collaboration with Dan Reinhart, P. J. White, Mary Donovan and Brian Teets, Yellowstone National Park, has been posted on Yellowstone's website...
http://www.crosscountryskier.com/ccsnews/news.php?newsid=923Turner wants Yellowstone bison for Bozeman ranch
Media mogul Ted Turner has asked Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks if he can house a herd of quarantined bison on a portion of his 113,000-acre Flying D Ranch south of Bozeman.
http://www.kxmb.com/News/422978.asp**********
