Today's big winner is the State of Wyoming, which appears to have successfully held up the Federal Government with their threat to sell a small chunk of Grand Teton National Park. I guess that everyone gets their bail-out...no matter what they call it.
-JM
Acadia National Park News:
Boyden Gray and Martha Stewart for Acadia
Georgetowner C. Boyden Gray, Bush family confidante, joined media superstar Martha Stewart at her understated, mystical Northeast Harbor castle -- built by Edsel Ford -- for a landmark pre-fundraiser party for Friends of Acadia, the organization that supports Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine.
http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thescene/boyden-gray-and-martha-stewart-acadia**********
Bryce Canyon National Park News:
Nurse recalls carnage after Utah tour bus crash
A nurse who stopped at a deadly tourist bus crash in Utah described the scene as eerily quiet, with Japanese tourists — dead, dying or badly injured — scattered across a highway median.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvBgNaKNWgGY-F9erxEe0J3eZU6QD9HHK5J00**********
Big Bend National Park News:
Plan floated to give Christmas Mountains to school
Control of the state-owned Christmas Mountains, property that at one time drew the attention of the National Park Service, could end up with a university.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7151917.html**********
Everglades National Park News:
For the Everglades, a Dream Loses Much of Its Grandeur
In the end, Gov. Charlie Crist’s effort to buy huge swaths of sugar company land for the Everglades restoration was just too much: too much money, too much land to handle, and too much of a fight with critics and the courts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/us/13everglades.htmlPark service unveils $78M plan for Flamingo Area
Everglades National Park on Thursday announced an official new master plan for the Flamingo Area Visitors Center, lodging and campgrounds.
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/08/09/daily36.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Visitors flocking to Glacier Park
Traffic increases by 8 percent overall since 2009
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_18a403d2-a677-11df-a576-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
National Park Service Permit Requirement is Unconstitutional
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the National Parks Service’s requirement for a permit to conduct any type of expressive activities within the 391 national parks is “overbroad and therefore unconstitutional on its face.” (Boardley v U.S. Department of the Interior, C.A.D.C. No. 09-5176, 8/6/10, p. 2)
http://www.fedsmith.com/article/2527/national-park-service-permit-requirement-unconstitutional.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
RMNP’s furry locals
Marmots and pikas among fascinating park residents
Marmots know how to “do” summer, spending the majority of the season basking in the sun and gorging themselves. It’s not exactly a swimsuit diet, though.
http://www.reporterherald.com/features/Feature-Story.asp?section=Outpost&ID=29094**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Gov expects contract for state land in park
The most likely proposal for the sale of state land in Grand Teton National Park would be a contract allowing the federal government to buy the land over time, Gov. Dave Freudenthal said Wednesday.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6337August and September are good months for seeing bison, elk at Yellowstone
It's been a summer of headlines for Yellowstone, though the news has not all been good: Three people were mauled (one fatally) by a grizzly at a campground near the park, authorities briefly staged a manhunt for fugitives in the area, and a buffalo charged a tourist earlier in the summer, flipping her.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iGKi5pXov6ajF4s3sLhfc24r3S-g
