Isle Royale National Park News:
AP Newsbreak: Female shortage endangers wolves
Scientists tell The Associated Press the wolves of Isle Royale National Park may go extinct because they are dangerously short of females.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-newsbreak-female-shortage-890482.html**********
Jasper National Park News:
Jasper National Park designated a dark sky preserve by Canada's astronomers
If you like your night sky unencumbered by neon and street lights, then Jasper National Park may be the place for you.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-an...-118887284.html**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
Joshua Tree National Park Escapes Threat of Nearby Landfill
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal from Kaiser Ventures LLC on an appeals court decision overturning a federal land exchange. The land deal would have allowed the world's largest garbage dump to be built on the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2011/2011-03-28-093.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
Burt's Bees founder wants to donate national park
The mere mention of Roxanne Quimby's name used to rile some Maine sportsmen because she wouldn't let them hunt, trap or snowmobile on her vast acreage. But the hard feelings have eased since the multi-millionaire founder of Burt's Bees cosmetics began meeting face-to-face with sportsmen to share her conservation goals.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M7M7L00.htm**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Steps to protect straying Ranthambore tigers
The union ministry of environment and forest plans to take steps to ensure the safety of the tigers that sneak out of the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, an official said Tuesday.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-...how/7814737.cms**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Agency Was Right to Pick Hunters Over Wolves
The National Park Service did not violate federal law when it dismissed a plan to release a pack of sterile gray wolves in Rocky Mountain National Park to help thin a burgeoning and destructive elk population, a federal judge ruled.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/03/29/35342.htm**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone National Park opens exclusively for bicycling before vehicles allowed
http://lubbockonline.com/life/2011-03-30/yellowstone-park-opens-spring-bicyclingBeetle spread slows in Wyoming
Wyoming’s bark beetle epidemic is showing signs of slowing, forestry officials say, for the rather depressing reason that the insects are running
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...f0ee40f8d6.html**********
