Everglades National Park News:
Environmentalists want FPL out of Everglades National Park
On Wednesday residents and environmental activists encouraged the National Park Service to purchase the tract of land FPL owns in the Everglades, rather than trading for a parcel further east.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/23/2281325/environmentalists-want-fpl-out.html#ixzz1Qav4rX57
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Glacier National Park News:
Glacier NP officials hope to announce Sun road plan
Plowing and rehabilitation work continues on the Glacier National Park's famed Going to the Sun Road and right now, park officials say that's there's just no telling when the snow will be cleared.
http://www.kaj18.com/news/glacier-np-officials-hope-to-announce-sun-road-plan/
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Repairs and Renovations in Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park, managed by the Department of Interior’s National Park Service, is using about $18 million in Recovery funds for 15 projects, ranging from preserving trails to making park facilities more energy efficient. Intended beneficiaries include not only sight-seers and hikers, but also a Native American tribe living on Grand Canyon National Park land.
http://rismedia.com/2011-06-26/repairs-and-renovations-in-grand-canyon-national-park/
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Volunteers can play park ranger Monday in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/06...l#ixzz1QauGBuMT
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Road in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley washed out
A road in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley has been closed after some 30 feet were partly washed out by high water.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...BQmH_story.html

Washout temporarily closes Yellowstone road
Crews are working to repair a section of road in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park that has been damaged by high water, according to the National Park Service.
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=58400
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Yosemite National Park News:
Rare bighorn sheep face new pressures from lions
On the easternmost edge of this expanse of glacial granite, far from tourist haunts, a tiny lamb rams his mother's udder then flutters its tail when milk starts to flow.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18352822

First fire for summer in Yosemite National Park
Dry lightning and even lightning associated with thunderstorms is a larger problem in spring and summer in the back country wilderness of Yosemite National Park.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308461#ixzz1QauwiS7q
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Zion National Park News:
Dixie State College research team studying Zion National Park frogs
A research team from southern Utah’s Dixie State College is studying the relationship between a fungus and frogs in Zion National Park.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52084881-78/zion-frogs-fungus-park.html.csp
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