Everglades National Park News:
Cold snap kills, injures Florida turtles, manatees, iguanas, fish
Comatose iguanas tumbled off trees. Countless native and exotic fish floated to waters' surface. Manatees huddled at warm-water outfalls of power plants. And young sea turtles, seized by the cold, bobbed to the top like beach balls.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/cold-s...nas-177037.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Contract awarded for bridge on "missing link" of Foothills Parkway in Smoky Mountains
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has awarded a contract for construction of a bridge on the Foothills Parkway.
http://www.wtkr.com/news/sns-ap-tn--smokiesparkway,0,306018.story
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Misc. National Park News:
Decision on Cape Wind project expected soon
After a series of meetings yesterday about the controversial Cape Wind energy project, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pledged that the nine-year permitting saga of the Nantucket Sound wind farm would be over by the end of April.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massach..._expected_soon/**********
Mount Rushmore National Memorial News:
NPS Suspends Rushmore Fireworks
National Memorial Acting Superintendent John Scott announced today that the use of fireworks will be suspended for the 2010 Independence Day Celebration due to the unacceptable risk they pose to the fragile condition of the Black Hills forests in and around the memorial resulting from extensive damage from an epidemic of mountain pine beetles.
http://blackhillsnewsbureau.com/news-stories/article/241-nps-suspends-rushmore-fireworks.html**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Ecuador Minister Resigns Over Amazon Oil Project
Ecuador's foreign minister resigned Tuesday after President Rafael Correa criticized his handling of negotiations to prevent oil drilling in a pristine Amazon reserve.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/12/world/AP-LT-Ecuador-Minister-Resigns.htmlSix canyoners missing in Blue Mountains
Emergency services will resume a search on Thursday morning for a group of six canyoners missing in the NSW Blue Mountains
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-nat...00113-m6fa.htmlTiger found dead in Corbett Park
JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK (Uttarakhand) : The officials at Jim Corbett National Park have spotted a tiger dead, the fourth since December last
year.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/envi...how/5440798.cms**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
New Seismic Monitoring Equipment Slated for Yellowstone
Federal stimulus money will be used to add 10 more monitoring stations to Yellowstone National Park, providing even more data on seismic events and every little burp of the Yellowstone supervolcano.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201001...yellowstone.phpNo Electricity at Yellowstone's Fishing Bridge Campground Next Summer
If you're preparing your RV visit to Yellowstone National Park next summer, prepare for this: there will be no electricity at the Fishing Bridge campground, a leading spot for RV camping.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201001...next-summer.phpOfficials: We Can't Follow Judge's Instructions for Grizzly Endangered Listing
Government officials say there's no way they can meet a requirement by U.S. District County Judge Donald Malloy that they maintain the Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly population under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201001...red-listing.phpGroup says Colter’s Hell threatened by growth
Members of the Park County Historic Preservation Commission recently complained to the county commissioners that structures west of town are threatening a national historic site.
http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/doc4b4e3f9940a52638603757.txtWell-known Wyoming cougar dies of plague
Biologists with the Grand Teton National Park say a female cougar who was known for wandering around the Jackson region has died of plague.
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=11814497
