Mostly a slow news day.

-JM


Great Sand Dunes National Park News:
Water, wind build Great Sand Dunes (Not news...but an interest piece)
Driving up to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the view seems almost silly: Across from shallow creeks at the base of the 14,000-foot Sangre de Cristo Mountains sit the largest sand piles in North America, kept in place by wind and water.
http://www.ajc.com/travel/water-wind-build-great-602741.html
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Jasper National Park News:
Maine climber found after 21 years in Canadian ice
The body of a mountain climber from Maine has been discovered in a melting glacier more than two decades after the man fell 1,000 feet to his death in the Canadian Rockies, a park official said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdrkCPfSKwseRHUuw8gCODRms-bQD9HTVV9G0
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Yellowstone National Park News:
A Cathedral to the Shrine of Nature
The view from the cathedral-size windows of the $27 million visitor center that opened here last week leads down a paved path toward a gently curved mound of rock. A mist of hissing steam drifts from the mound, but every 90 minutes or so, water starts to spurt fitfully, then more aggressively, until it erupts into a tower as high as 180 feet, whose spray may be spread by the breeze toward the hundreds of viewers gathered to watch the spectacle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/arts/design/31yellowstone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

West Yellowstone Cleans Up, Starts Repairs
Town Comes Together To Prepare For Labor Day Weekend
Managers of the West Yellowstone hotels damaged in Saturday’s storm are breathing a sigh of relief Monday after inspectors assessed their buildings.
http://www.localnews8.com/news/24818755/detail.html
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