Glacier National Park News:
Grizzlies On the Move, Back to the Wide-Open Prairie
Increasing grizzly activity raises questions about just what constitutes potential bear habitat in Montana.
Montanans living along the winding Teton River, well east of the Rocky Mountain Front were quick to notice their new neighbor this summer. As early as the beginning of July, ranchers and other landowners along the prairie began intermittently spotting a solitary grizzly bear journeying east, away from the mountains.
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/grizzlies_on_the_move_back_on_to_the_wide_open_prairie/C41/L41/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Rare Ansel Adams Print of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Acquired By Knoxville Art Museum
A rare shot of Great Smoky Mountains National Park taken by Ansel Adams shortly after World War II has been acquired by a Knoxville, Tennessee, museum.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...-art-museum4962**********
Misc. National Park News:
Salazar: Energy frontier includes renewables, fossil fuels
The beginning of a new frontier in developing energy is in store for the U.S., especially in the Upper Plains states, according to U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar.
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2009/11/19/ag_news/regional_news/news2.txt*********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone National Park Officials Release Development Vision For Tower-Roosevelt
Tower-Roosevelt might be viewed as one of the sleepier areas of Yellowstone National Park, but it's one rich in beauty and history and, since the late 1990s, has become somewhat of a magnet for wildlife viewers anxious to spot wolves. In developing a vision for the area, park officials are trying to contain development, although some argue they are not entirely succeeding.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/200...r-roosevelt4958Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list
A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to reverse an earlier court ruling.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gN6k_wXc6xgdl7GSM9ajyJP_T9YAD9C2PB0O0
