Denali National Park News:
Denali National Park and Preserve To Waive Memorial Day Weekend Entrance Fee
Denali National Park and Preserve will waive entrance fees to all current and retired members of the U.S. armed forces and their families over the Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 29 - Monday, May 31, 2010 to honor and recognize these individuals.
http://usparks.about.com/b/2010/01/11/de...ntrance-fee.htm**********
Everglades National Park News:
Everglades projects see progress during conference
Everglades advocates and restoration agencies say they see progress ahead for several projects despite a decade of delays.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1418852.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier visitors top 2 million
Glacier National Park closed out last year with more than 2 million visitors, making it one of the busiest of the last decade.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_a7db6f84-ff1c-11de-af9e-001cc4c03286.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Change in elk management to be discussed at wildlife commission meetings
Landowners might be able to shoot problem elk without permit if proposed changes in state wildlife laws take effect.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100112/OUTDOORS/301120023*********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Six-year-old Tiger found dead in Jim Corbett Park
Jim Corbett National Park has lost its second tiger this month with the carcass of a feline found in the reserve.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/463979_Six-year-old-Tiger-found-dead-in-Jim-Corbett-ParkSpain Begins to Flood Park With Peat Fire
Hoping to save a dried Spanish wetland from an underground peat fire, the government has unleashed floodwaters onto an expanse of the marsh now under threat due to past water mismanagement.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/10/world/AP-EU-Spain-Threatened-Wetland.htmlBushfire breaks out in 'catastrophic' national park zone
A BUSHFIRE has broken out in national park near St Arnaud in western Victoria, where residents are on catastrophic fire alert.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/bus...0-1225818039095**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Estes Park Winter Festival From January 15th – 18th.
Martin Luther King weekend is the time for the Estes Park Winter Festival with activities and events for all ages.
http://www.enjoyestespark.com/blog/?p=4588Rocky Mountain National Park’s visits remaining static
Just shy of 3 million people visited Rocky Mountain National Park in 2009 — a figure that has fluctuated only slightly during the past 15 years.
http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?id=26454**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Oh, Give Me a Home: Bison Relocation Controversy
Eco-baron and media mogul Ted Turner has placed a bid to "borrow" 74 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park at the request of Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer. But opposing forces to the plan claim the animals are being used for private profit instead of conservation, in violation of promises made. Should they stay or should they go?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/oh-give-me-a-home-bison-relocation-controversy.php**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite tourism trickled down for year, but it's starting to look up
The economic crash that devastated both Wall Street and Main Street last year might have been a boon to America's national parks – and Yosemite National Park is a case in point.
http://www.fresnobee.com/1148/story/1777619.htmlYosemite: Park visitation up; highest since ‘96
Nearly 3.9 million people visited Yosemite National Park last year, marking the park’s highest level of visitation since 1996.
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/20100111988...ighest-since-96
