Congaree National Park News:
Park ranger gets send-off
Fran Rametta retires after 25 years of leading Owl Prowl at Congaree National Park
They knew the guy with the broad-brimmed hat, the square jaw and the big smile who had been talking about -- and with -- them for 25 years was on his last Owl Prowl as a ranger at Congaree National Park.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/sep/13/park-ranger-gets-send-off/**********
Denali National Park News:
Climbers unhappy about proposed fee increases
Mountain climbers aren't happy about a National Park Service proposal to boost the cost of a permit to climb Mount Rainier by two-thirds and for Alaska's Mount McKinley by 250 percent.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_climbing_permits.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Natl. Park losing its namesake attraction
Georgi Baird remembers how it felt the first time she stepped on ice hundreds of feet thick at Montana's Glacier National Park.
http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/go/article_384f1430-bd22-11df-a5dc-001cc4c03286.html‘Mountain Goat’ not about to slow down
Woman in her late 70s still hiking Glacier trails
Mina Henke smiles when she tells the story of a hike a few years ago into Glacier National Park's Granite Park Chalet.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_eb1f6aa6-bed0-11df-920f-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Olympic National Park News:
Olympic National Park's U.N. designation worries Jefferson commissioner candidate
Is there a link between the United Nations, Olympic National Park and possible control of Jefferson County shoreline regulations and water policy?
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/articl...rries-jefferson**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Outback underworld
Plunging gorges, hidden waterholes and the deep-blue Pilbara sky lure Daniel Scott back to Karijini National Park
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/outback-underworld-20100909-152pi.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Could pine beetles actually reduce forest fire risk?
Thousands of tall pine trees killed from the inside out. Large swaths of lush forest turned brown.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100910/pine-forests-100912/Yellowstone on track to set another attendance record
This species in Yellowstone National Park is appearing in greater numbers than ever before — people.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-09-12-yellowstone-summer-visitors_N.htm
