Everglades National Park News:
Exotic invasion: Pythons back in the Everglades
Invasive species that threaten South Florida’s environment appear to have weathered last year’s killer cold snap all too well.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/07/2055413/exotic-invasion-pythons-back-on.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier NP seeking Artists in Residence
Glacier National Park is looking for its next Artists in Residence. The 2011 candidates must live at the park for four weeks over the summer and produce original artwork for Glacier National Park.
http://www.kaj18.com/news/glacier-np-seeking-artists-in-residence/Glacier National Park Rangers to Lead Moonlight Cross-Country Ski, Weather Permitting
Night-time cross-country ski excursions can be wonderful opportunities to see a national park landscape from a different perspective. On February 19, Glacier National Park rangers will lead a four-mile ski for all interested, weather permitting of course.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...-permitting7590**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Grand Canyon welcomes applicants for rafting trips
The National Park Service is holding its annual lottery this month to assign launch dates for private river trips through the Grand Canyon.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011/feb/08/bc-az-grand-canyon-rafting/?features&travel**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Kruger poachers shot dead
Four poachers were shot dead and one injured in the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga and the Hluhluwe-Mfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal, officials said on Monday.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article898731.ece/Kruger-poachers-shot-dead**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Huge Yellowstone Volcano Rising
The huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park has been rising at an unprecedented rate during the past several years, according to a new study.
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/yellowstone-caldera-uplift-110207-1073/Study links Yellowstone bison fate to genetic flaw
A congenital defect combined with U.S. government plans to kill bison exposed to an infectious cattle disease could doom America's last wild herd of pure-bred buffalo at Yellowstone National Park, a genetics expert said in a new study.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/us-bison-yellowstone-idUKTRE7170DA20110208
