Glacier National Park News:
Global warming endangers rare Glacier stoneflyAlong with the polar bear, Glacier National Park's vanishing ice masses have long been the most startling example of climate change's devastating environmental effects.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_3a6a6bda-dccf-11df-aab7-001cc4c002e0.html
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Olympic National Park News:
Olympic park rangers put goats under daily watch
Park rangers and biologists, awaiting necropsy results on a goat that fatally injured a Port Angeles man in Olympic National Park last weekend, have begun daily patrols of the area of the attack to check the behavior of other goats.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013215400_goats21m.html

Reporting from Klahhane Ridge: Olympic National Park goes on mountain goat watch (***Gallery and Video***)
Three days after the first deadly animal attack in Olympic National Park's 72-year history, wildlife biologist Scott Gremel and backcountry ranger Lynn Malarkey kept a sharp eye on six mountain goats grazing on alpine grass just below the top of Klahhane Ridge.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/articl...oes-on-mountain
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Scientists discuss Yellowstone’s big three: climate change, invasives, land use
“If you want to get proud about a butterfly species in Yellowstone, this is the one,” said Diane Debinski, a Professor at Iowa State University.
http://www.examiner.com/yellowstone-eco-...asives-land-use

Wolf plan offered to states
A conservation group is proposing a wolf plan that would see Montana, Idaho and Wyoming manage the species through hunting outside national parks.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6592