Acadia National Park News:
President Obama Vacations in Bar Harbor, Maine and Acadia National Park
Obama is the First Sitting President in 100 Years to Visit the Area
President Obama and his family are once again vacationing in a national park, this year choosing a quiet corner of America that for generations has served as a summer retreat for families with last names like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Carnegie and Astor.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/president-o...ory?id=11173577Maine park visitors reminded about Obama vacation
Maine parks officials want to remind residents and tourists Acadia National Park will remain open during President Barack Obama’s visit but there could be delays and detours.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/nation...position=recentFirst Family's weekend: Picturesque park, luscious lobster
America may be divided over President Obama, but one thing must be agreed upon: He knows how to pick pretty vacation spots.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...cious-lobster/1**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier National Park faces a massive meltdown
Standing under a cloudless midsummer sky at the Many Glacier Hotel, ranger Bob Schuster gestures toward the saw-toothed southern horizon and holds up evidence of a changing climate in a place indigenous Blackfeet Indians dubbed the "backbone of the world." His repeat photographs show the rapid retreat of the 100-year-old park's iconic geological features, which have declined from about 150 at the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-19th century to about two dozen today.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-07-15-glacier-national-park_N.htm**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Body Found At Grand Canyon
Man From Virginia Identified
Officials now know the identity of a body retrieved from below Moran Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Monday, July 12.
http://www.kpho.com/news/24277109/detail.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Man Gets Prison Time, Fine For Shooting Elk
A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday for killing an elk inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/24272588/detail.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Cathedral Fire in Grand Teton National Park 50 Percent Contained
Firefighters were making good progress today on a 40-acre blaze burning not far from the Teton Park Road in the heart of Grand Teton National Park, according to park officials.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...t-contained6233Officials to draft plans to avoid sale of Teton acreage
Park land impasse discussed
Wyoming and federal officials expect to draft proposals soon to avoid the auction of two square miles of state land inside Grand Teton National Park.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.htmlYellowstone finishes boardwalk project
A boardwalk has been replaced at one of the famous geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jul/16/bc-wy-yellowstone-boardwalk/?features&travel**********
