Sorry for the slowness of updates the last week..it is not for lack of news. With that aside, here we go...
James
Congaree National Park News:
Congaree canoe landings might be upgraded
Plans also in the works to improve parking at remote sites
http://www.thestate.com/2010/03/15/1201131/congaree-canoe-landings-might.html#ixzz0iNWZWKDy**********
Glacier National Park News;
Schweitzer asks feds to cancel oil and gas leases near Glacier Park
ov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday asked the federal government to formally cancel oil and gas leases near Glacier National Park that have been in limbo since a 1988 federal appeals court ruled them improper.
http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_117551ee-3069-11df-8192-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Geologists assessing US 129 rock slide
Tennessee Department of Transportation geologists will examine an embankment where rocks slid onto U.S. 129 Sunday morning.
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/7240743/Park ranger recounts his experiences in book
Brown describes cases of on-the-job rescues, ginseng poaching, drunken driving
As a ranger for the National Park Service, Rick Brown grew accustomed to visitors telling him what a great job he had, as if all he had to do all day was wander around in the woods.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/16/park-ranger-recounts-his-experiences-in-book/**********
Misc. National Park News:
Clemson, National Park Service create information-sharing grid for park managers, users, researchers
Clemson University and the National Park Service plan to take sometimes-lonely information out of a virtual wilderness and place it at the fingertips of the people most likely to use it.
http://www.clemson.edu/media-relations/article.php?article_id=2614**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Tiger found dead at Jim Corbett National Park
Rangers found the carcass of a tiger at the Jim Corbett National Park on Monday.
http://sify.com/news/tiger-found-dead-at-jim-corbett-national-park-news-national-kdqnufjiijj.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News;
The "Greening Of Yellowstone" Celebrates 15 Years This Week
For the past fifteen years Yellowstone National Park has been educating more than one million people a year on ways to reduce trash and be a good steward to the land. Yellowstone is observing its 15th year of the "Greening of Yellowstone" program this week.
http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/quotgreening-yellowstonequot-celebrates-15-years-week8591Bears are opportunistic eaters after long winter’s nap
Even with a mild winter and elk and wolf numbers at historically low levels, Yellowstone National Park’s grizzly bears should be able to find plenty of winter-killed carcasses to feed on this spring, said Kerry Gunther, the park’s bear management biologist.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c03286.html**********
Zion National Park News:
Zion National Park building a picture of its sounds
Zion National Park lures visitors with a landscape of towering redrock studded by vibrant greenery and slot canyons carved by wind and water.
http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_14669380**********
