Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Cherokee Students Excavate Ancestral House at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A summer archeological field program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park offered more than science for a group of students from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)—it also allowed them to connect with their ancestral past.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park6414Monitoring air quality at Look Rock
Smokies station gets new facility to track pollutants
When it comes to measuring air pollution in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Look Rock is literally on the front lines.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/aug/18/monitoring-air-quality-at-look-rock/**********
Haleakala National Park News:
Swarms of wasps plaguing Haleakala National Park
Enter Haleakala National Park at your own risk or you could be in for a lot of pain! Park officials warn they're seeing an extremely high number of western yellowjacket wasps.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13000958**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Portuguese firefighters curb national park blaze
Portuguese firefighters on Tuesday brought under control a major wildfire in the Peneda-Geres national park that has raged for a week, the civil protection agency said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ipJj-hHdmDBpBlls7MF8Io12Mksw**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
The Hidden Treasures of Yellowstone Park
Few tourists see Yellowstone beyond the Grand Loop
At the top of Avalanche Peak, a shale-scattered hill overlooking Lake Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, it feels like the place where the Earth began. From 9,000-plus feet, you can see to the horizon, the lake stretching to the Absarokas, and the valley twisting below you.
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/the-hidden-treasures-of-yellowstone-park/Content?oid=1734364More bison counted in Yellowstone this summer than last
An estimated 3,900 bison were counted in Yellowstone National Park this summer.
http://www.kbzk.com/news/more-bison-counted-in-yellowstone-this-summer-than-last/Grizzly in maulings was stressed, had parasites
An investigation into a grizzly bear that mauled three campers outside Yellowstone National Park reveals the animal had parasites and was struggling to feed herself and three cubs.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-zvKvHc7LVgGFN-WcG2niIDZNZwD9HKQ1800**********
