Acadia National Park News:
Senate gives initial OK to concealed weapons in Acadia
The state Senate on Thursday gave its preliminary approval to a bill that would allow the holders of concealed weapons permits to carry loaded guns within Acadia National Park.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/139251.html**********
Death Valley National Park News:
Good time of year to visit Death Valley
If it were called Life Valley or Wondrous Valley, the largest national park in the lower 48 states -- spread across 3.3 million acres -- probably would attract more visitors.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/17/1863242/alluring-death-valley.html#ixzz0iZ9F91sg**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
McCain offers guidelines for noise at Grand Canyon
Sen. John McCain on Tuesday introduced a measure that would speed up a yearslong effort to manage flights and noise at the Grand Canyon by imposing guidelines on air traffic routes and incentives for conversion to quiet aircraft technology.
http://jackcentral.com/news/2010/03/mccain-offers-guidelines-for-noise-at-grand-canyon/**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
RMNP to hold Biennial Research Conference
How have the thousands of climbers who have scaled Longs Peak since 1925 changed the ecology of one of the most iconic mountains in Colorado?
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100318/LOVELAND01/100318003**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Talk focuses on pronghorn migration
Wyoming is the setting for the second-longest overland mammal migration in the Western Hemisphere, second only to that of Alaska’s caribou. In “Pronghorn Passage,” the first program in this year’s Draper Museum of Natural History Lunchtime Expedition series, Emilene Ostlind discusses the annual migration of Wyoming’s pronghorn between Grand Teton National Park and the Red Desert.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.htmlYellowstone has 3,000 bison, maybe more
Yellowstone National Park officials report that the park's two bison herds now number an estimated 3,000 animals.
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=12161879Park Co wants more snowmobiles in Yellowstone
Snowmobile access to Yellowstone National Park remains the main issue for Park County commissioners commenting on a new winter use plan for the park.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/18/1121656/park-co-wants-more-snowmobiles.html#ixzz0iZ8xmJjzYellowstone’s grizzlies beginning to emerge from winter dens
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://www.helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/article_32869928-324a-11df-ba0c-001cc4c03286.htmlSurvey counts 6,000 elk in northern Yellowstone
An annual survey of the northern Yellowstone elk herd shows the population holding fairly steady compared to recent years.
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=12161784
