Acadia National Park News:
Registration Now Open For Acadia Birding Festival In and Around Acadia National Park
If you're still looking for something fun to do this summer, consider registering to attend the 13th Annual Acadia Birding Festival that will be staged in and around Acadia National Park in June.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park7460**********
Glacier National Park News:
Snowshoeing Montana: An Excuse to Explore Privileged Places
If we can do it, anyone can.
Because we had snowshoes, we found ourselves walking Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park on Christmas Day. Now, did we need snowshoes to walk the unplowed but not un-walked-upon road? Probably not. Yak Trax would have sufficed, but having new snowshoes gave us the incentive to get out there.
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/sno...places/C41/L41/*************
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Spreading salt is safer for drivers, but what about the environment?
TDOT and local governments have spread a lot of salt on area roads the last week to keep them safe from traffic, but what does it mean for the environment?
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/152254/...the-environment**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
FWP Commission supports studying bison relocation
The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission endorsed a plan Thursday to study the suitability of sites south, west and east of Great Falls for relocating wild bison from Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110114/NEWS01/101140318Yellowstone elk numbers drop suddenly
The Yellowstone National Park elk herd, the most observed and photographed elk in the country, declined by an astonishing 24 percent in December.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2011/jan/14/yellowstone-elk-numbers-drop-suddenly/National Park Service honors Yellowstone concessioner with environmental award
Jonathan Jarvis, the Director of the National Park Service, has called climate change the greatest threat our national parks have ever faced. “Climate change challenges the very foundation of the national park system and our ability to leave America's natural and cultural heritage unimpaired for future generations.”
http://www.examiner.com/yellowstone-eco-...1#ixzz1B3IR9s20Teton December visits jump by 37 percent
Grand Teton National Park recreation visits rose 37 percent for December compared to the same month in 2009, pushing the park’s total visitation past 4 million for the year.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6883
