Glacier National Park (BC) News:
Man fined for skiing in Glacier Park avalanche closure area
A Duncan, B.C., man was fined $500 after he was caught skiing in a restricted area of Glacier National Park.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/revelstoketimesreview/news/119702204.html**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Grand Canyon National Park will Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 7 with Jack Hanna
Grand Canyon National Park will Celebrate Wildlife Day on Saturday, May 7 this year; and television host Jack Hanna will be joining in the celebration.
http://gardennews.biz/?id=5143**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
National Park rangers to set up DUI checkpoints
Rangers with Great Smoky Mountains National Park this week will establish checkpoints to stop intoxicated drivers.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/apr/13/national-park-rangers-set-dui-checkpoints/Purple traps hung to gauge spread of destructive bug
State and federal agricultural officials have hung approximately 4,500 purple box traps in a 50-mile radius of Knox County to survey the recent invasion of a nonnative beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the eastern U.S. and Canada.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/apr/13/tree-experts-on-pest-patrol/*********
Olympic National Park News:
Olympic National Park seeking volunteers for marmot monitoring program
For the second year, Olympic National Park is looking for volunteers to visit designated survey areas to tally marmot numbers and distribution.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014756681_marmots13.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Deal struck to let Yellowstone buffalo roam in Montana
For the first time in a century, buffalo from the nation's last purebred herd will be able to roam from Yellowstone National Park into parts of Montana without facing capture and likely slaughter, based on a government agreement approved on Tuesday.
http://www.kfor.com/sns-rt-usreport-us-bison-ytre73c0ln-20110413,0,3626340.story
Yellowstone snowmobile traffic up slightly
Snowmobile traffic in Yellowstone National Park was up slightly this past winter, which the National Park Service attributed to heavy snowfall, according to a press release.
http://www.powersportsbusiness.com/output.cfm?ID=2739565Yellowstone's Supervolcano More Massive Than Expected (Note: Initially reported yesterday)
The gigantic underground plume of partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano might be bigger than previously thought, a new image suggests.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/1.../#ixzz1JQen4fBaBudget deal may allow wolf hunts in Montana, Idaho
The 11th hour budget compromise slated for final Congressional approval this week includes a controversial provision that lifts gray wolves from the federal Endangered Species List across most of the Northern Rockies - opening the door to commercial hunts this fall, and focusing new attention on wolf-related tourism in Yellowstone National Park and elsewhere.
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/...l-park/155666/1Tolerance of grizzlies may play role in future management
The key to maintaining a strong grizzly bear population in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem may no longer lie in the numbers of bears roaming the area, but rather in the minds of the people who live there.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...f70715ccd4.htmlGrand Teton to offer sage grouse watching tours
No grousing allowed on this tour - unless you're a sage grouse, that is.
http://www.kgwn.tv/Global/story.asp?S=14436203
