There is a lot of news today and I will try to post updates later.
James
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Rockslide near Smokies is unstable
State officials say a portion of mountainside on U.S. 441 between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg remains very unstable following two rockslides this week.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20100127/NEWS01/1270346**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Rwanda: Akagera National Park Gets New Management
Kigali — Barely a month after concluding a joint management and co-financing deal to oversee further development of Akagera National Park, Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has handed over the park to the contracted management.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201001270085.html**********
Olympic National Park News:
Olympic National Park elk poacher fined $2,500 for killing trophy bull
A poacher was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and sentenced to three years probation and the loss of hunting privileges for the same length of time after pleading guilty to illegally killing a trophy elk in a national park in 2007.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/01/national-park-elk-poacher.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park marks 95th birthday
Park officials, advocates look toward centennial
As park officials and advocates begin to look ahead to its 2015 centennial, Rocky Mountain National Park turns 95 years old today.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100126/LOVELAND01/100126001**********
