Fall begins this evening!!
Acadia National Park News:
Sky fest brings hundreds to Acadia
The first-ever Acadia Night Sky Festival proved to be a hit over the weekend, drawing hundreds of participants to celebrate the many celestial wonders above and bring awareness to light pollution.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/121710.html**********
Congaree National Park News:
Congaree Park bridge talks go nowhere
The state Department of Transportation did little Monday to ease National Park Service concerns about a $38.4 million bridge project through Congaree National Park.
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/952976.html**********
Everglades National Park News:
New killer snake invades Florida
A new invasive python in Florida may be worse than the species already causing ecological havoc across the Everglades, reports the Miami Herald.
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0922-pythons_florida.html'Vicious' Giant Python Invading Florida
The rock python is "vicious", according to Kenneth Krysko of the Florida Museum of Natural History. It is even meaner than the Burmese pythons, which have been known to eat alligators, and which have already taken up residence in the nearby Everglades National Park, where they have wiped out thousands of native animals. Another major alien in the park is the boa constrictor.
http://www.physorg.com/news172743431.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
U.N. scientists assess mining threats to Glacier National Park
A team of scientists from the United Nations is visiting Glacier National Park, assessing potential threats posed by mining plans in Canadian wildlands upstream of the park.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_783ae2b6-a736-11de-b0a9-001cc4c03286.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Park visits dropped in August but still strong
Visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dipped a bit in August but remain high for the year.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/sep/20/park-visits-dropped-august-still-strong/**********
Isle Royale National Park News:
Invasive mussels may have reached Isle Royale
Foreign mussels may have found their way to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior, a potential threat to native species on the remote island chain, an official said Monday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-isleroyale-mussel,0,2016937.story
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Court restores safeguards for grizzly bears
A federal judge overturns a George W. Bush administration finding that resulted in the animals being removed from protections in the Endangered Species Act.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-grizzly22-2009sep22,0,4749832.story
Yellowstone looks for volunteers for projects
The National Park Service will waive park entrance fees on Sept. 26 in conjunction with National Public Lands Day.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Help clean up Yosemite National Park during ‘Yosemite Facelift,’ Sept. 23-27
Among the wild creatures roaming the trails and roadways of Yosemite National Park are a whole bunch of litterbugs, unfortunately. And in 2008, volunteers with the annual “Yosemite Facelift” cleanup event proved it, by helping in the picking up of 41,631 pounds of trash.
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/help-clean-up-yosemi-5424/**********
