Acadia National Park News:
Initiative to protect working lands
A task force representing major stakeholders in Maine’s North Woods, from large landowners and loggers to environmental groups, is proposing a new, collaborative initiative aimed at protecting large swaths of working forest in the state.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/128395.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies taking volunteers to map ash trees
Researchers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park are inviting people to volunteer as Citizen Scientists from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to map locations of ash trees in the park.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091106/NEWS01/91105083/1119**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes
Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZhPhyiIFOVVhHHgk9VXGPUs8ChQD9BPKF104**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News
MSU researcher shares study on wolf stalking, elk populations at symposium
We guessed right about how many elk wolves eat, but we may have miscalculated how many elk don't get eaten because they don't get born.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_e8bf996a-ca99-11de-b688-001cc4c03286.htmlSurprising New Connection Made Between Predators and Ecosystems
Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2...ecosystems.html**********
