Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Park's public affairs officer retiring
It was the Shoshone fire that first made the news the summer of 1988 in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110506/NEWS01/105060320**********
Grand Canyon National Park News
Arizonans Call for Canyon Mining Moratorium
Hundreds of thousands of Americans, including 36 Arizona groups, have weighed in to support a federal proposal for a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims on 1 million acres near Grand Canyon National Park. A public comment period has just ended. The Obama administration is expected to decide the issue in the next few weeks.
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/19909-1**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies took hit from storms
Trees toppled; damage forces some trails to close
A National Park Service trail crewman surveys damage on the Hatcher Mountain Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park recently. Last week’s storms forced the full or partial closure of eight backcountry trails, including the Hatcher Mountain Trail. Officials on Thursday confirmed that an EF4 tornado struck the northwest corner of the park April 27.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/may/05/smokies-national-park-took-hit-from-storms/**********
Guadalupe Mountains National Park News:
Nature Conservancy Expands National Park in Texas
The Nature Conservancy has donated its 177-acre Gypsum Dunes Preserve in the famed Texas panhandle to the National Park Service. The preserve, which is part of the second largest dune field in the continental United States and possibly in all of North America, will be incorporated into the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
http://dallas.citybizlist.com/16/2011/5/5/Nature-Conservancy-Expands-National-Park-in-Texas.aspx**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
New fire management plan in works for Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park is beginning work on an update to its fire management plan, and park officials are looking for public input.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110505/UPDATES01/110505014/New-fire-management-plan-works-Rocky-Mountain-National-Park?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Snowmobiles and snowcoaches to keep access to Yellowstone National Park under proposed winter use plan
After more than a decade of striving to come up with a long-term winter use plan for Yellowstone National Park, officials announced Thursday that their latest effort -- another draft plan -- has been released for public comment and review.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_3ee2345a-776f-11e0-9a0d-001cc4c03286.htmlCooke City Plowing Could Boost Yellowstone Wintertime Access
A proposal to plow U.S. Hwy. 212 between Cooke City and Pilot Creek would open Yellowstone National Park to the east -- providing alternative access from Cody and Billings -- but snowmobilers oppose the move.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201105...time-access.phpBison 'managers' kill calf (Note - I almost did not publish this one but decided that it was definitely newsworthy)
A wild American buffalo calf born Monday was found dead Thursday - a result of being repeatedly forced from winter range in Hebgen basin by agents with the Montana Department of Livestock and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, say Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) volunteers who witnessed the death. Yellowstone National Park rangers and Gallatin County Sheriff's office were part of the repeated "hazing" operations that entail forcing buffalo from winter range under the controversial Interagency Bison Management Plan.
http://www.islandparknews.net/atf.php?sid=9898¤t_edition=2011-05-05
