Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Female Chimps Using Sticks as Dolls?
Young Female Chimps Seen Carrying, Cradling Sticks as They Go About Their Daily Routine
In Kibale National Park, Uganda, female chimps have taken to carrying sticks around with them. There’s nothing obviously unusual about that - chimps are clever tool-users, who use sticks as probes, projectiles and spears. But these chimps aren’t doing very much with their sticks - they simply hold and cradle them while they go about their usual business.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/21/tech/main7172207.shtml**********
Saguaro National Park News:
Arizona without saguaros? As climate warms, desert's future uncertain
State's forests challenged by fires, cities by water supplies
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122110_arizona_climate**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
National Elk Refuge works on new management plan beyond elk and bison
Each year, the approximately 25,000 acres on the National Elk Refuge provide a rich habitat for the world's largest wintering concentration of elk.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1da3a6051b.htmlLate bison calf stopping traffic in Yellowstone
Although most of Yellowstone is blanketed in snow after the recent series of storms, visitors to the park's north entrance have been stopping to photograph a bright splash of orange against the white landscape. The source? A fuzzy bison calf born late in the season.
http://www.examiner.com/yellowstone-eco-...fic-yellowstoneYellowstone National Park Proposing to Increase Gill-Netting of Lake Trout to Help Native Cutthroat Trout
More than a decade after non-native lake trout were discovered in Yellowstone Lake, the battle to beat down the population of those voracious fish continues.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...hroat-trout7374**********
Zion National Park News:
Utah town evacuating due to Virgin River flooding
A Utah town near the south entrance of Zion National Park is being evacuated, amid fears that a dam may fail on the Virgin River.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122103925.html**********
