Acadia National Park News:
Let’s Move Program Touted
Acadia National Park is one of 36 national parks that offer Let’s Move Outside Junior Ranger programs.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?op...&Itemid=189**********
Denali National Park News:
Healy fire burns over 5 acres
Hot, dry weather on the north side of the Alaska Range provided for Red-Flag-Warning conditions over the weekend. A wildland fire was reported in Healy on Sunday. Both the Department of Forestry and volunteer fire departments responded to the fire. Denali National Park provided helicopter support as forestry aerial resources dropped water on the growing fire. A bulldozer worked at a fire line around the perimeter.
http://ktna.org/2010/08/17/healy-fire-burns-over-5-acres/**********
Misc. National Park News:
Wilds bill may include national park expansion
While the proposed San Juan County Wilderness Bill is on hold because of the January 1, 2011 departure of Robert Bennett from the U.S. Senate, there remains a strong interest in maintaining the momentum to solve the longstanding wilderness debate.
http://www.sjrnews.com/view/full_story/9...=home_news_left**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain Coal Takes Lumps, But Not Many
Headlines in the last week trumpeted a decision by Xcel, Colorado's largest utility, to convert several old coal-fired power plants into natural gas plants.
http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/blog/2010-august/rocky-mountain-coal-takes-lumps-not-many**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Another Small Fire Emerges in Yellowstone
Fire-spotters noted another small fire in Yellowstone National Park, near the East Entrance, but efforts to scout it out were hampered by windy conditions yesterday, preventing the NPS from launching a helicopter to assess the situation.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201008...yellowstone.php
