Glacier National Park News:
More of Going-to-Sun Road open
Glacier National Park officials said Thursday that the Going-to-the-Sun Road is open for vehicles to Lake McDonald Lodge on the park's west side and to Rising Sun on the east side.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100409/NEWS01/4090331/1002/More-of-Going-to-Sun-Road-openGlacier National Park Loses Two Glaciers
Glacier National Park has lost two more glaciers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency believes that all of the park’s glaciers may be gone by the end of the decade.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/33056/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies plans controlled burn at Cataloochee
If weather conditions permit, Park managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park plan to conduct a controlled burn on a cluster of five units totaling about 1,230 acres within a 3,580 acre tract of forest in the Cataloochee Valley area near Maggie Valley.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100409/NEWS01/100409036**********
Misc. National Park News:
Government announces $12 million in highway improvements in Glacier, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks
The Canadian government announced $12 million in highway improvements in Glacier, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks Thursday morning.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/breaking_news/90252582.html**********
Voyageurs Park turns 35 with new tour boat
Voyageurs National Park celebrates its 35th anniversary this summer and will mark the event with a sparkling new, 49-passenger tour boat on Rainy Lake.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/165314/group/Sports/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Yellowstone National Park's Wolves Seem to Prefer Elk Loin Over Goose Breast
When wolves in Yellowstone National Park are hungry, they overwhelmingly choose elk, not goose, from the park's wildlife menagerie, according to studies of the predators. And they could care less about the revered status of bald eagles.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...oose-breast5673Turning tables on lake trout
Biologists are planning to cast a wider net — literally — in their efforts to remove non-native fish from some waters in Yellowstone National Park. They propose hiring large, commercial operators using big boats with giant nets as part of a plan to remove lake trout and allow for a rebound in native Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c03286.htmlStudy suggests more prevalence of elk brucellosis
Brucellosis appears to be increasing in several elk herds in northwestern Wyoming, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c03286.htmlGrizzly euthanized after cyst found near spine
A 15-year-old male grizzly bear that lived at a West Yellowstone wildlife center and helped test the “bear-proofness” of coolers and other containers was euthanized after a cyst was found near its spine.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article...ound+near+spine
