Acadia National Park News:
Acadia To Develop Air Tour Regulations
Acadia National Park is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to develop new regulations for scenic air tours that fly over the park.
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110730&catid=2**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies to conduct controlled burn in Cades Cove
Fire managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park plan to conduct a series of controlled burns of fields in Cades Cove on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, if weather conditions permit.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091103/NEWS01/91103066**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News
Bear spray bill on the way
Proposal would require permitted backcountry users in griz country to carry pepper spray.
Teton County Attorney Steve Weichman is working on a bill that would require permitted backcountry users in grizzly country to carry bear spray.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=5257Most roads closing for winter in Yellowstone
Roads into the interior of Yellowstone National Park have closed for the winter, limiting access to Old Faithful, Canyon, and Fishing Bridge until the snowpack is cleared from the roads in the spring.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jsAAx-mLuNXJBHvb0O70rTXSuWqgYellowstone grizzlies re-listed, but thriving
In September, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy sided with environmental groups and re-listed grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the Endangered Species Act. Since then, however, numerous grizzly management agencies have voiced concerns that this re-listing is unnecessary due to robust population counts of the animal.
http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/o...t_thriving/4234Wolf hunt closed in one Idaho zone after quota is reached
Idaho Fish and Game has announced the first area to be closed to wolf hunting, after the quota of five animals was reached in the Upper Snake zone in the eastern portion of the state.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/11/wolf-hunting.html**********
