Acadia National Park News:
Hundreds still without power after wind storm; Acadia National Park reopens most areas
As the storm passed and the wind died down across Maine, utilities said they were making headway restoring power to the more than 20,000 customers who lost service earlier in the day.
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/1...-national-park/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Thousands of traps set for beetle that kills ash trees in Knox County
Agricultural officials have hung thousands of purple traps in a 50-mile radius around Knox County to survey a nonnative beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in the eastern United States.
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/154d1c77dc90408f834406eecbd1b1f1/TN--Ash-Borer/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Montana's 'wolf man'
Ed Bangs, who for 23 years led the effort to reintroduce and recover healthy wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains, is retiring from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June.
http://helenair.com/news/article_c2c42c20-68b9-11e0-8796-001cc4c002e0.htmlSixth-graders explore nature at Expedition: Yellowstone!
It's almost as if the wild beasts that wander the expansive lands of Yellowstone National Park are welcoming Kevin Flanagan and his class of 15 West Yellowstone sixth-graders to the Lamar Buffalo Ranch.
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/news/article_032068f4-68fd-11e0-80a4-001cc4c03286.htmlYellowstone supervolcano: A moving target
A new study by University of Utah researchers says nothing about the chances of another cataclysmic eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, which has produced three such catastrophes in the past 2 million years.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_f699697c-fab2-5d80-ada6-681e389cbfe7.htmlClimate Change: Making The Nation's Bears Hungry?
National Parks Week kicks off Saturday, but the celebration comes at a rough time for National Parks. Harried by federal funding cuts and urban development, the nation's park system is also facing the rising threat of climate change.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135468901/climate-change-making-the-nations-bears-hungryGroup modifies fences so park pronghorn can roam
An organization that works to improve and protect the nation's national parks is trying to help pronghorn antelope in the Yellowstone National Park area by altering fences in the region.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/default/art...oam-1340968.php**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Not even Yosemite National Park is sacred to scalpers
Profiteers offering campsites, tickets
http://www.modbee.com/2011/04/17/1649967/not-even-yosemite-national-park.html
