Great Smoky Mountain National Park News;
Ramsey Prong Road to close for repairs
Ramsey Prong Road in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed for bridge repairs Monday through Friday.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20101104/NEWS/311049982
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Tourist eaten by lions while showering
A tourist was eaten by a pride of lions in an outdoor shower at a game reserve.
Go Camping for 95p! Vouchers collectable in the Daily and Sunday Mirror until 11th August . Click here for more information
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world.../#ixzz14LsKprmT
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Yellowstone grizzly bears fenced in by cattle, ranchers
Grizzly bears are not allowed to use millions of acres of "suitable habitat" on U.S. Forest Service land in Wyoming due to cattle and ranchers.
http://www.examiner.com/bear-spray-in-national/yellowstone-grizzly-bears-fenced-by-cattle-ranchers

Bear vs. Bison: Alex Wypyszinski Snaps Photos Of Rare Hunt On Yellowstone National Park Road (VIDEO) (Note, not news at all, but very interesting for its own sake)
Alex Wypyzinski was in for a surprise while driving down an empty highway in Yellowstone National Park. Upon hearing a loud noise that he thought "was a horse and carriage," Wypyzinski peeked in his rear-view mirror to spot two brown blurs darting down the highway, which he initially took to be moose.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/bear-vs-bison-alex-wypysz_n_778576.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
A Minority Challenge in National Parks
People have all sorts of reasons to visit national parks beyond the obvious. A visitors’ survey carried out last year at one of the nation’s most popular wilderness parks, Yosemite National Park in central California, found that visitors were lured by weddings and astronomical pursuits, among other things.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/0...rss&emc=rss
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