Big Bend National Park News:
Gasp! Big Bend on smog list?
City folks go to Big Bend National Park for the majestic vistas and fresh air, but sometimes the milky haze and lung-burning smog above the vast West Texas upheaval are reminiscent of home.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6853886.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Cleanup continue on Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Spur rock slide
Cleanup continues today on the second major rock slide in a month on the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Spur in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/feb/06/no-headline---020610webrockslide/A Trail of Broken Promises to Nowhere
North Carolina's North Shore Road, a controversial 26-mile road through the most remote part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park, was finally killed a couple of years ago. But like so many things involving federal spending, the story doesn't end there.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/a_trail_of_broken_promises_to.htmlHigh winds close roads in Smokies
High winds and rain-saturated ground resulted in at least four road closures Friday in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100206/NEWS/302069986**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
No: Landfill a danger to the environment (Editorial)
Joshua Tree National Park's Eagle Mountains stretch toward the sky from the rocky floor of the Colorado Desert.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100207/COLUMNS26/2060383/1026**********
Mealy Mountain National Park
Twice the size of P.E.I.: Canada's new national park
The federal government is creating a sprawling national park in an area of Newfoundland and Labrador that's home to threatened species of caribou, birds and other wildlife.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/st...0206?hub=Canada**********
Misc. National Park News:
Ranger Wolf: predators pushed as park stewards
With ballooning elk and deer populations eating up greenery and altering ecosystems at national parks across the country, a group of researchers is suggesting an unusual solution: introduce small packs of gray wolves to curb the expanding herds.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011008041_apmtwolfnation1stldwritethru.htmlPhotographer raises support for a Maine woods national park
For the last two years, photographer and conservationist Tom Szelog has traveled alone through the woods of Northern Maine.
http://www.necn.com/pages/landing_politi...129&feedID=**********
Mount Rainier National Park News:
Teachers can apply to spend summer as a park ranger
Mount Rainier National Park is now accepting applications for Teacher-Ranger-Teacher opportunities this summer. The program provides opportunities for selected teachers to spend the summer working as a park ranger.
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/1129264.html**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Indonesian eco-resorts go for wildlife wow factor
While on honeymoon in Indonesia, Australian newlyweds Richard and Clair Webb decided to go somewhere truly exotic: not a luxury resort on an idyllic beach, but an eco-friendly lodge surrounded by wild orangutans.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Indonesian+resorts+wildlife+factor/2526152/story.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Traveling a million miles to get $1 million for RMNP
Life is full of challenges. Some are easy, others are hard. At the Rocky Mountain National Park, the park's Nature Association is dealing with a rather expensive challenge.
http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=132251&catid=509**********
Voyageurs National Park News:
Researchers to collar moose in Voyageurs National Park
Officials at Voyageurs National Park plan to capture and collar as many 14 moose this month.
http://www.fox21online.com/news/researchers-collar-moose-voyageurs-national-park**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Many weigh in on Truner's bison plan
With 88 bison from Yellowstone National Park facing possible slaughter, billionaire Ted Turner has swept in and offered to hold the animals for five years on his sprawling Montana ranch while a new home for them is found.
http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/loca...thru-01-17-0927More earthquakes swarm the Yellowstone area
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that a period of increased seismic activity occurred on Feb. 2, beginning at 3:30 p.m. MST. This period of increased activity lasted about 6 hours and included at least 2 events that were reported felt in Yellowstone National Park. The two largest earthquakes during this sequence were magnitude 3.1 and 2.8 that occurred at 7:31 p.m. and 7:44 p.m. respectively.
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2010/02/06/news/news3.txtGroups challenge aerial wolf study
Six environmental groups have joined a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service to stop scientists from landing helicopters in a roadless area to collar wolves.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/07/groups-challenge-aerial-wolf-study/
