Cuyahoga National Park News:
Cuyahoga Valley National Park sents winter hours for its visitors centers
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park has announced its visitor centers hours for January and February.
http://www.cleveland.com/sun/all/index.ssf/2010/01/cuyahoga_valley_national_park_1.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies lab building gets LEED certification
The Twin Creeks Science and Education Center at Great Smoky Mountains National Park has received certification at the Gold Level under the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100105/NEWS01/100105021/1119Federal money lets Smokies begin large backlog of deferred roads projects
Federal stimulus money and an increase in Federal Highway Administration funding is allowing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to begin a number of long-deferred road projects this year.
http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--smokiesroads,0,507103.story
Sinks parking area closed for construction
The Sinks Parking Area along the Little River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been closed for reconstruction. The target completion date for the project is May 10. The closure also cuts off access to the Meigs Creek Trailhead.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100105/NEWS/100109969*********
Mount Rainier National Park News:
Mount Rainier glacier gravel filling rivers
Shrinking glaciers on Mount Rainier are releasing gravel that fills rivers downstream.
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11764791**********
Misc. National Park News
Gazette Opinion: National parks deserve to share in wealth of scientific research (Editorial)
Yellowstone Park’s most extraordinary wild creatures are microscopic. These single-cell residents of hot pools and geyser basins have adapted to live at high temperatures, in highly acidic or highly alkaline environments. Despite decades of research, it’s estimated that 99 percent of Yellowstone thermophiles (heat-loving microbes) have yet to be identified.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/...1cc4c03286.htmlNational Park Service says Nantucket Sound eligible for special protections
Federal officials on Monday agreed to a request by two Indian tribes for special protections for Nantucket Sound, a move that could delay construction of a proposed wind farm off Cape Cod.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-wind-farm-ruling,0,7653200.story
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Arusha National Park welcomes local visitors
TANAPA, the managers of protected wildlife areas in Tanzania, put a special package for Tanzanian citizens on the market over the holiday period to bring added visitors numbers to the Arusha National Park.
http://www.eturbonews.com/13613/arusha-national-park-welcomes-local-visitorsVolcanic lava threatens DRCongo national park
Lava flows from an erupting volcano in the DR Congo picked up speed Monday, a vulcanologist said, threatening wildlife in a national park that is home some of the world's last mountain gorillas.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gttS1HfXOoqOMHLFL5jN2ek4Q9cAGuindy park woos fewer migratory birds
The northeast monsoon last year did bring above average rainfall in the city and the storagereservoirs have enough water to tide over the summer, according to authorities. However, denizens of the Guindy National Park, the country’s only such facility within a city, may not be as lucky as Chennaiites. The park has water to last only six months.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/...how/5408464.cms**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Grand Lake sales lag despite increase in Rocky Mountain National Park visitation
By November, hiking, camping and sightseeing numbers to Rocky Mountain National Park were up 2.58 percent compared with last year, according to the Park's most recent report.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100103/NEWS/100109992/1079&ParentProfile=1067**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Elk finally starting to congregate on refuge
Elk have begun moving from summer range to near Miller Butte on the National Elk Refuge following a fall hunting season in which few elk lingered on the refuge, officials said.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=5471West Yellowstone bird count spots newcomers
Four of the bird species spotted during the West Yellowstone Christmas Bird Count had never been seen before in that area, according to the organizer of the annual Audubon event.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2010/01/04/news/100count.txt**********
