Great Smoky Mountains National Park News:
November visits to Smokies up 8.7 percent
Visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park increased by 8.7 percent in November.
http://www.reflector.com/news/state/november-visits-to-smokies-up-87-percent-1015309.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
'Tis The Season For Birding Across the National Park System
Birds are usually the last thing on people’s minds during the Christmas holiday season. Between traveling, get-togethers, presents and New Years, who has time to think about wildlife?
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/12/tis-season-birding-across-national-park-system5058**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone's Plumbing Reveals Plume of Hot and Molten Rock 410 Miles Deep
The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth of at least 410 miles, contradicting claims that there is no deep plume, only shallow hot rock moving like slowly boiling soup.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091214075225.htmWinter season at Yellowstone opens Tuesday
Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins this week.
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=11671708
