Banff National Park News:
Canadian scientists mull over caribou translocation in national park
The government's revised habitat plan for the Cape Sable seaside sparrow could kill off the bird, environmentalists claim in District of Columbia Federal Court.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/09/08/Habitat_Plan_Will_Doom_Sparrow_Groups_Say.htm**********
Glacier Bay National Park News:
Whidbey Island connection in Glacier Bay, Alaska
Although I've been to Southeast Alaska before, I never realized there's a Whidbey connection. More than 200 years ago, Capt. George Vancouver sailed down the Pacific and headed east, searching for the Northwest Passage.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/whidbey/archives/178603.asp?from=blog_last3**********
Misc. National park News:
US Mint list of new national park quarters
The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of quarters highlighting America's national parks, one per state and territory, beginning next year. The coins will be minted based on the dates the parks or historic sites were established and start with Arkansas' Hot Springs National Park, founded in 1832.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUo2gHVTD4g1gEOWDgkpVc1h_XGAD9AJT3K80Riders raise money biking between Glacier, Yellowstone
Dozens of bike riders are hitting the open road -, a lot of roads, in fact - to raise money for a good cause.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=11095293**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
SW Idaho man cited for wolf poaching
An Idaho man was cited for wolf poaching after killing a female pup from a public road while standing behind his pickup truck in an area where wolf hunting wasn't legal.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_id_wolf_poaching.html?source=mypi**********
Zion National Park News:
Zion National Park Officials will be Herbicide and Seeding
Zion National Park officials will begin aerial application of herbicide and seeding next week on and around 46-hundred acres that the 2006 Kolob fire charred.
http://www.nwpphotoforum.com/ubbthreads/...mp;page=0#25138
