Acadia National Park News:
Bills seek to change Maine’s concealed weapon laws
Lawmakers heard hours of arguments Monday about the right to self-defense versus the state’s obligation to protect the public as they considered proposals to loosen laws dictating when and where someone can carry a concealed gun.
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/11/politics/bills-seek-to-change-maine%E2%80%99s-concealed-weapon-laws/?ref=latest
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
St. George Man Banned from Grand Canyon for Illegal River Run
US Magistrate Court Judge Mark E. Aspey in Flagstaff has banned Dean Woods Jr., 24 of St. George, Utah from Grand Canyon National Park for kayaking on the Colorado River without a permit.
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/1268...e=home_stories6**********
Misc. National Park News:
Maine Woods National Park idea faces challenges
Conservationist Roxanne Quimby has some convincing to do if she's to sell her idea of another national park in Maine, starting with the state's congressional delegation.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MGRC382.htmJudge Slams National Parks Service Over Tobacco Warehouse
The ongoing legal saga over the city's plan to give DUMBO's Civil War-era Tobacco Warehouse to the theater group St. Ann's Warehouse took an interesting turn on Friday, when a judge ruled that the National Park Service improperly removed the building from federally protected parkland.
http://gothamist.com/2011/04/11/judge_slams_national_parks_service.phpBecome a Junior Ranger during National Park Week
The National Park Service is pleased to announce National Park Week 2011. April 16-24, 2011, has been selected as the annual week-long observance for celebration and recognition of our National Parks. This year’s theme is “Healthy Parks, Healthy People,” in recognition of the connection between human and environmental health and the important role that America’s national parks play in both.
http://businessclarksville.com/2011/04/11/become-a-junior-ranger-during-national-park-week/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Amid neighboring states' concerns, Wyoming toughens rules to ID cattle from brucellosis zone
Concerns in Colorado and Nebraska have prompted Wyoming to adopt a new rule for identifying cattle raised around Yellowstone National Park, an area where the animals are considered to be at greater risk of brucellosis exposure.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9MI4H7O0Yellowstone Partners With U.S. Recycler to Turn Plastic Trash Into Textiles
If there’s one sight more reliable than “Old Faithful” at Yellowstone National Park, it’s the profusion of garbage that mars an otherwise-pristine landscape. Although Yellowstone previously shipped its recyclable plastic bottles overseas, the park has inked a new partnership with a Georgia-based firm to protect American jobs, reduce transport fuel and emissions, and prevent an exploitable resource from clogging up our landfills.
http://www.ecouterre.com/yellowstone-partners-with-u-s-recycler-to-turn-plastic-trash-into-textiles/U. research: New image of Yellowstone plume shows bigger size
The upper contours of a hot blob of molten rock plunging at least 400 miles below Yellowstone National Park are coming into sharper relief, thanks to new data generated by measurements of electrical conductivity.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51606052-78/plume-data-rock-seismic.html.csp**********
