Badlands National Park News:
Officials at odds over Badlands site designation
Federal and state officials are at odds over listing about 12,000 acres of scenic North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places to recognize an area that inspired Theodore Roosevelt.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzLlnK8khKQoL42cDDRSE8G6E_QQD9AQHE8G0**********
Biscayne National Park News:
Increased law enforcement is stressed at workshops
More law enforcement was favored over no-fishing zones by those who spoke at workshops held by Biscayne National Park officials on the alternatives for managing fisheries resources.
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Everglades National Park News:
The Cypress Cathedral in Everglades National Park
Note, this is a short movie being hosted at The National Park Traveler (one of the best sites about the National Parks on the Internet, IMO):
Take a trip into the swamps of Everglades National Park with park volunteers Kathleen and Dick to explore botanical wonders such as the Cowhorn orchid.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/podcast/2009/cypress-cathedral-everglades-national-park4584**********
Katmai National Park News:
Weekend Window to Katmai National Park
Southern Alaska Park Is a Playground for Brown Bears
Katmai National Park and Preserve, in southern Alaska, is home to the greatest concentration of grizzly bears in the world.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/weekend-window-katmai-national-park/story?id=8606278**********
Misc. National Park News:
National Wildlife Federation names top 15 wildlife-viewing tours
Picture yourself heading into the world's densest concentration of whale sharks in the Yucatan Peninsula or watching 500,000 majestic Sandhill cranes migrating into Nebraska's Platte River valley.
http://www.mlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2009/09/picture_yourself_heading_into.htmlQ&A: Sequoia and Kings Canyon chief naturalist Bill Tweed
Three Rivers resident Bill Tweed worked 28 years in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, including 10 years as the parks’ chief naturalist. His forthcoming book, “Uncertain Path: The Future of National Parks”— due out next summer from University of California Press — looks at the challenges the now 93-year-old park system faces in this century and beyond.
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090919/OPINION09/90918026**********
Montana (State of) Misc. Parks News:
First wolf hunt kill recorded
Montana's first official kill of its first-ever wolf hunting season was registered Wednesday.
http://www.helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ca7fb2e2-a34c-11de-8fc0-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Wolf populations not sufficient to put them on the firing line (Editorial)
The day before the first-ever official wolf hunt started in Idaho on Sept. 1, I stood on the sidewalk outside the county courthouse in Sandpoint, watching cars stream into town. As demonstrators on the sidewalk waved placards protesting the hunt, people in those vehicles reacted, and I focused on their hands, counting waves and thumbs-up as being for the wolves, and middle fingers and thumbs-down as against.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_13368261Guest column: Let wolf hunt play out in Idaho, Montana (Editorial)
Wolf, the hunter, is once again the hunted in Montana and Idaho this fall.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/article_f3e079c6-a48e-11de-8991-001cc4c002e0.html**********
