Acadia National Park News:
First Junior Ranger Day at SERC April 30
The National Park Service will hold a National Junior Park Ranger Day at the Schoodic Education and Research Institute (SERC) Saturday, April 30. This is the first time the junior ranger program is being offered at SERC. Organizers welcome children 5-12 years old, accompanied by an adult.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64654:First%20Junior%20Ranger%20Day%20at%20SERC%20April%2030&catid=1034:community&Itemid=189
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Big Bend National Park News:
Former president accompanies injured vets on grueling bike ride
A group of young veterans, accompanied by a special guest, began a grueling 100-kilometer, or 62.1-mile, mountain biking trek through Big Bend National Park in the heat Monday afternoon. Though the narrow, single track trails aren't much wider than the bikes they ride, they have all fought bigger battles to be where they are today.
http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_bfc07b9a-ed85-5c3b-9875-96249dee5a04.html**********
Denali National Park News:
National Park Svc seeks volunteer in park coordinator GS 11 (Denali National Park, AK) (Not really news, but may be of interest)
Job Title: Volunteer-in-Park Coordinator (VIP), GS-301-11
Department: Department Of The Interior
Agency: National Park Service
Job Announcement Number: DENA467928KD
http://groups.google.com/group/careers-i...tvc=2&fwc=1**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Head for mountains: 61st Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage begins Tuesday in Smokies
Tuesday marks the start of the 61st Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadia...g?docId=6670666**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Conservation efforts help increase Nepal's rhino population
Chitwan (Nepal), Apr 26 (ANI): The population of one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) has increased in Nepal, according to the country's National Rhino Census.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/216725**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Details emerge in discovery of missing Flathead skiers bodies
Rescue crew members say that the bodies of two Flathead Valley men who went missing in the mountains of Grand Teton National Park were found 15 feet under an avalanche, still tucked away for the night in their tent and sleeping bags.
http://www.kpax.com/news/details-emerge-in-discovery-of-missing-flathead-skiers-bodies/Yellowstone to release 25 captured bison to see if animals will stay in park
Yellowstone National Park officials say they are releasing some of the hundreds of wild bison captured this winter as they attempted to migrate into Montana.
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/54c7e9cacafe4ed0ad9d1f3131e89238/MT--Yellowstone-Bison/**********
