Bryce National Park News:
Bryce Canyon National Park to Host Its First Geology Festival
After just wrapping up its latest star-gazing festival, the folks at Bryce Canyon National Park are inviting you back to take a closer look at the landscape on the ground. On July 30-31 the park, famous for its incredible hoodoos, will celebrate its first Geology Festival.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...gy-festival6221
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Area volunteers step up to look after the elk - and the visitors - in Cataloochee Valley
Esther Blakely scanned a Cataloochee meadow for elk calves she knew were hiding somewhere near their grazing mothers.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jul/17/the-bugles-call/
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Road work to cause delays at Yellowstone
In Brief: Delays at Yellowstone
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_15508064?nclick_check=1

Fire In Grand Teton National Park Contained
Firefighters have fully contained a blaze that burned across 46 acres in Grand Teton National Park
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Firefighters.fully.contain.2.1811138.html

Where Are the Fish Biting? The Black Canyon of the Yellowstone
It's a hike, but a local writer is reporting that the cutthroats are biting on the Yellowstone River in the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. The only issue: Getting back there.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201007...yellowstone.php

Another Fire Breaks Out in Yellowstone National Park
The fire danger in Yellowstone National Park has been low to moderate in recent days, but that's not stopped fires from breaking out in the Park. Today an aircraft spotted a small fire in the south-central section of the Park.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201007...tional-park.php
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Offering More Sites for Campers
Yosemite National Park offering more camping sites, including campground closed for 13 years
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=11196663
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