Acadia National Park News:
John Christie: Acadia carriage roads: Maine's gift to bicyclists (Editorial)
It was back in the early part of the 20th century that the great philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. began the construction of a carriage road system on Mount Desert Island that resulted in a unique biking paradise available to all of us.
http://www.pressherald.com/life/outdoors...2011-05-22.html**********
Big Bend National Park News:
Partial Closure on Old Maverick Road
Big Bend National Park has issued a temporary closure of the center section of Old Maverick Road in Big Bend National Park.
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/parknews/maverickroad.htm**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Wildlife officers hunt elk poacher
Wildlife officers are investigating the poaching of an elk outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Haywood County.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110523/NEWS01/110523018/Wildlife-officers-hunt-elk-poacher?odyssey=nav|head
Bryson City Men Sentenced For Stealing Ginseng
Two Swain County men have been sentenced for taking valuable plants from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www2.wnct.com/news/2011/may/23/bryson-city-men-sentenced-for-stealing-ginseng-ar-1057255/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
West Yellowstone Foundation breaks ground for bus barn
After seven years of hard work by transportation committee members the West Yellowstone Foundation bus will have a parking space to call home.
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/news/article_65bafe2c-84c1-11e0-ae1c-001cc4c03286.htmlYellowstone East Entrance Extends Hours For Travel
Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance road through Sylvan Pass will be open between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. Park avalanche forecasters extended the opening times based on a continuing trend of more stable snow conditions in Sylvan Pass. They have determined that the safest travel window across the pass is during the evening and early morning hours.
http://www.kpvi.com/story.php?id=43626&n=15206Ranchers cheered by lifting of wolf protections
Ranchers in Western states said they're hopeful the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list will make it easier to hunt the predators and stem losses of cattle and sheep.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...f8a11fce36eb0fa**********
