Acadia National Park News:
Bar Harbor named top travel spot
One of Maine's best known coastal towns is getting a bit more national recognition.
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/158915/3/Bar-Harbor-named-top-travel-spot**********
Glacier National Park News:
Lingering snow delays opening of some Glacier National Park facilities
An unseasonably large and lingering snowpack has forced Glacier National Park officials to push the opening dates of some eastside campgrounds past Memorial Day weekend.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...f3871f80ad.html**********
Shenandoah National Park News:
Shenandoah National Park celebrates 75 years with a trivia contest
Quick: The nation's densest population of what large mammal lives here? What U.S. president had a summer White House here? Where's the one spot in Virginia that sells legal moonshine?
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/...ontest/169523/1**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Did NPR go off the deep end over Yellowstone Park’s bears? (Editorial)
NPR is wondering out loud about an interview suggesting that climate change may be depleting the natural food supply for bears at Yellowstone National Park, causing them to attack and kill people.
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/05/11/did-npr-go-off-the-deep-end-over-yellowstone-parks-bears/Floods 'likely' if rain persists
Officials are concerned now with small streams and creeks, but massive snowpack looms.
A federal agency on Tuesday said flood flows in the Snake River are likely if the weather doesn’t improve.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=7285Study: Snowmobiles emit more than cars
New winter-use requirements for Yellowstone could alleviate concerns.
Snowmobiles and snow coaches contribute to high levels of nitrogen oxide pollutants in Yellowstone National Park during the winter, according to a science advisory team studying the use of the machines in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=7287
