Hey Everyone,
These are the updates for today. As usual, I have been putting the wolf hunt info in the Yellowstone area.
James
Congaree National Park News:
DOT schedules bridge meeting with wary Congaree Park officials
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/935729.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Motorcyclist named in national park death
Authorities in Montana have released the name of a man from Okotoks who died after a motorcycle crash in Glacier National Park.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Motorcyclist+named+national+park+death/1980608/story.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park to be featured on quarter in 2014
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will represent Tennessee on one of the 56 new quarter dollars coins that will go into production in 2010.
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2009/09/poo_palace_the_national_park_s.html**********
Redwood National Park News:
Redwood Park Hostel to close
The National Park Service announced this week that it plans to close its popular hostel in Redwood National Park outside of Klamath because it doesn't have the money to fix it up.http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13314407
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Judge clears way for wolf hunt in Idaho and Montana
With four gray wolves already shot in Idaho, a federal judge in Montana has cleared the way for legal hunting of the once-endangered predators to proceed in Idaho and Montana.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspa...nd-montana.htmlWolves Aren’t Making It Easy for Idaho Hunters
Hunting and killing are not the same thing. Even as Idaho has sold more than 14,000 wolf-hunting permits, the first 10 days of the first legal wolf hunt here in decades have yielded only three reported legal kills.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/us/11wolves.htmlIdaho resident cited for illegal wolf hunting
An Eagle, Idaho, resident has been cited for illegally killing a wolf and for hunting from a public road, which is also unlawful.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/09/wolf-poaching.htmlRecord number visits Yellowstone this summer
A record number of visitors came to Yellowstone National Park this summer, keeping it on track for its busiest year ever.
http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=11111030Home sought for bison languishing in quarantine
Wildlife officials on Thursday will decide the fate of a small herd of wild bison that have languished in a government-run quarantine in a Montana compound since they were spared from slaughter four years ago.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5irBtIjkjxJhVb4pXIiZCQt8ZanTgD9AKJE9G1Minimize human impact in Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park's natural thermal wonders and large concentration of free-roaming wildlife attract thousands of visitors each year. But for Yellowstone to remain a pristine natural realm, visitors must leave as little evidence of their experience at the park as possible.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/tacoma/24hour/consumer/outdoors/story/873304.html
