Not much news this weekend...
-JM
Isle Royale National Park News:
Berries galore and so much more (Note, not really news, but a story)
Heavy fog blanketed the harbor as we stood on the dock on the morning of Aug. 12. The crew of the Voyageur II ferry worked fast to prepare for our departure from the Grand Portage harbor.
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100011586/**********
Misc. National Park News:
A park ranger's duties are many and varied, Chuck Yarborough finds: On the Job Training
Major relief. I spent one of the prettiest fall days of summer (hey, it's called poetic license) in the 33,000 acres of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, communing with nature and some of the 3.2 million people who visit it every year.
http://www.cleveland.com/onthejob/index.ssf/2009/09/06-week/**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Hippo kills poaching soldier in DR Congo park
A hippopotamus killed a member of Democratic Republic of Congo government forces at Virunga National Park while he was fishing illegally, a local environmental NGO said Saturday.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gBW_rNRSl2DClmWmLbA96zsbIXGQ**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Labor Day weekend visits to Rocky Mountain National Park way up from same weekend last year
http://www.kdvr.com/news/sns-ap-co--rockymountainpark-visits,0,4376438.story
Summer RMNP visits up 120,000 over last year
Visitation at Rocky Mountain National Park over Labor Day weekend was 9 percent higher than the same weekend in 2008.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090913/NEWS01/909130333/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02Fatality Reported on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park
A solitary hiker fell to his death from Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, officials reported Friday. Park officials were trying to determine whether the victim was a Colorado man who had failed to return from his trek up the 14,259-foot peak.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...tional-park4556**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Bison Population Soars in Yellowstone National Park
he bison population in Yellowstone National Park continues to bounce back from a massive culling of the herd two winters ago. It's now estimated at 3,300 animals.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,549544,00.html
Into the Wild (Note: Not really news, but a story)
I read the wrong book before my Yellowstone trip. "Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park," by historian Lee Whittlesey, tells the stories of 250 people killed in Yellowstone by bison, avalanches, geysers, forest fires and, most menacing of all, Ursus arctos horribilis -- the North American grizzly bear.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091102124.htmlWhat National Park Visitation Lull? Yellowstone National Park Racks Up Record Summer
Following a rising trend of visitation noted in the first half of 2009, Yellowstone National Park attracted a record number of visitors this summer, with nearly 2.3 million tallied during June, July, and August.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...cord-summer4547**********
