Bryce Canyon National Park News:
Groups attack approval for Utah's first strip mine
Utah regulators set lax pollution standards for a strip mine near a national park, an expert witness testified Friday.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FRGGE80.htm**********
Everglades National Park News:
Oil spill soils recreation industry
It's been slightly more than a month since British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded killing 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the explosion, the well has been rocketing millions of gallons of oil into surrounding waters creating arguably the largest natural disaster in U.S. history.
http://cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/2010-05-22/oil_spill_soils_recreation_industry***********
Glacier National Park News:
Glaciers in retreat in namesake national park
Age has not been kind to Glacier National Park.
http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2010/05/glaciers_in_retreat_in_namesak.html***********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Black Bear backlash against Smokies 'misguided'
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to endure an emotional online backlash after rangers euthanized a bear that bit a visitor at Laurel Falls.
http://www.wbir.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=122301&catid=141***********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Rajaji National Park may have a veterinarian
Rajaji National Park officials wrote a letter to Uttarakhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Dr RBS Rawat requesting him to employ a veterinarian for the park. A veterinarian is only available at Jim Corbett National Park.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rajaji-National-Park-may-have-a-veterinarian/Article1-547363.aspx***********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Snake River Should Run High Next Month
A cool spring and late snowmelt mean the Snake River should be running high next month as usual.
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Snake.River.should.2.1710356.htmlSome of Yellowstone's bison are now in private hands
When dozens of wild American bison wandered out of Yellowstone National Park in search of greener grass and wound up sheltered on a giant ranch owned by Ted Turner, media mogul and bison meat kingpin, the species reached what many believe could be a turning point.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70003...vate-hands.htmlBuffaloed by brucellosis
While the federal government has long pushed to eradicate brucellosis nationwide, the greater Yellowstone area continues to hold the dubious distinction of being the last known reservoir of the disease in North America.
http://helenair.com/news/local/article_a0a34674-662d-11df-bd8a-001cc4c03286.htmlCody hosts rally for Wyoming wolf management
Hunters, outfitters say wolves have decimated elk numbers around Yellowstone
Citing what they said was a long string of broken promises by federal wildlife managers, a number of speakers shared their frustrations with the effects of wolves on wildlife populations and small businesses during a rally Saturday in City Park.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.htmlInteragency Bison Management Plan draws mixed reviews
In the decade since five state and federal agencies came up with a plan to manage bison in and around Yellowstone National Park, no confirmed cases of cattle being infected with brucellosis from bison carrying the disease have been reported.
http://helenair.com/news/local/article_9ea862ae-662e-11df-85bc-001cc4c03286.htmlYellowstone’s Dunraven Pass opens
Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone National Park opened for the season Friday.
http://www.sunherald.com/2010/05/22/2201893/yellowstones-dunraven-pass-opens.html#ixzz0omhknNfQ
