Misc. National Park News:
Beetle kill linked to warmer temperatures
Copper-hued forests now stretch to British Columbia, Alberta
Bark beetles make regular headlines in Colorado, but the copper-hued forests they are creating now stretch from the Centennial State all the way into the heart of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and Alberta.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20101122/NEWS01/11220322

Parks need more minorities
Oprah’s recent camping trip in Yosemite National Park has helped bring to light the fact that people of color remain largely absent from our national parks as both visitors and as National Park Service staff. In Florida, only 4 percent of visitors to Everglades National Park are Hispanic or African American — even though nearby Miami is 54 percent Hispanic and 14 percent African American.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/21/1930930/parks-need-more-minorities.html#ixzz162ENxamG
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Outside the US/Canadian park System:
'Maneater' fear stalks Corbett after 2 deaths - The Times of India
Two incidents of local women being mauled and partially eaten by a tiger in and around the Corbett National Park have thrown the area into panic and left forest officials fearing that a big cat in India's most famous reserve may have turned maneater.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...s#ixzz161ySzl9g

Kaziranga National Park loses another tiger
The Kaziranga National Park has lost another tiger. The authorities recovered the carcass of an adult tigress in the Agaratoli range of the park on Friday.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article901982.ece

Environmentalists condemn plans to build golf course in game park
Environmentalists have criticised President Museveni’s directive to allow a golf course be constructed in Murchison Falls National Park. Mr Frank Muramuzi, the executive director of the National Association of Professional Environmentalists, said the move risked driving the park’s animals out of their natural habitat, hence denting a hole in the country’s tourism sector and its resultant revenues.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1058114/-/cl4n8oz/-/
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park News:
ND nat park visitors centers close for holiday
The visitor centers at Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday and Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site also will be closed for the holiday.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/nov/21/bc-nd-parks-holiday-closing/?features&travel
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