Acadia National Park News:
Down the Road a Piece (Not news - public interest)This morning I drove an Island Explorer van on the Acadia National Park carriage roads, the carriage roads on which motorized vehicles are prohibited. Walking, bicycling, horseback riding, cross country skiing, activities done by nature’s own power system, are allowed.
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/member/story/down-the-road-a-piece/362481**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier National Park Offers Free Admission on Veterans Day
If you're thinking of making one last visit to Glacier National Park for the fall, Veterans Day might be the perfect time to plan a trip.
http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/Glacier-N...-106868758.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
New facility would house mountain family artifacts
Park Service, Heritage Center collaborate to save pieces of history
If plans go accordingly, precious mountain family artifacts - plows, books, furniture, pots, pans and documents - now housed in Gatlinburg and Oak Ridge will have a new home in 2012 thanks to a partnership with the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend, according to the National Park Service.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/nov/07/new-facility-would-house-mountain-artifacts/**********
Shenandoah National Park News:
Shenandoah National Park kicks off 75th anniversary celebration
Shenandoah National Park is kicking off a yearlong celebration for its 75th anniversary.
http://www.wdbj7.com/sns-ap-va--shenandoahnationalparkanniversary,0,6686464.story
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Wind Cave National Park News:
More Black-Footed Ferrets Call Wind Cave National Park Home
Another dozen black-footed ferrets now call Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota home, the result of plague preventing their release elsewhere in the West.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...l-park-home7197**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grim outlook for grizzlies in Yellowstone region
With milder winters affecting their food and hibernation habits, they're forced into a meat-dependent diet – putting them at odds with humans and livestock. They could end up as despised as wolves.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/06/nation/la-na-grizzly-20101107Proposed bill would strip feds of wolf authority within Montana
Montana’s gray wolves already face opponents in federal court and Congress. Soon, the state Legislature may enter the fray as well.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_efc18bd0-ea26-11df-82a6-001cc4c002e0.htmlYellowstone grizzly hunts to replace conservation efforts
The Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Committee has done an about face and launched a public relations program to promote legal grizzly bear hunts instead of trying to reduce grizzly bear mortality.
http://www.examiner.com/bear-spray-in-na...rvation-effortsWyoming Outlines Agreement On Grand Teton National Park School Trust Land
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Interior, Governor Dave Freudenthal today outlined an agreement for the acquisition of state lands located within Grand Teton National Park.
http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/wyoming-42262.html**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite National Park: New arachnid species found
A mysterious scorpionlike creature seen nowhere else in the world was recently discovered underneath huge boulder piles that have accumulated for thousands of years at the bottom of the towering cliffs in Yosemite National Park.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/06/BA8A1G7837.DTL#ixzz14j42meoo**********
