Glacier National Park News:
Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road to open July 13, 2nd latest ever
Glacier National Park officials announced Thursday that all 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road will open to the public Wednesday, July 13, marking the second-latest opening date in the scenic drive's 78-year history, and the latest it's ever opened due to weather.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-reg...l#ixzz1RXTXq9od**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Appropriations bill throws future of Grand Canyon mining ban into doubt
A House subcommittee Thursday voted to nullify the Interior Department’s recently extended ban on new mining claims on more than 1 million acres of federal land around the Grand Canyon.
http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2011/07/ap...ban-into-doubt/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Great Smokies visits down in first 5 months
Visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are off 9 percent from January through May, when compared with the first five months of 2010.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/32281--great-smokies-visits-down-in-first-5-months**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
3 elephants electrocuted in north Indian sanctuary
Three elephants were electrocuted at a wildlife sanctuary in northern India, apparently after they uprooted a utility pole and were caught in its wires, a forest official said Friday.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/arti...a9e468e88b086d6**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grizzly roams free after fatal Yellowstone mauling
The female grizzly bear that attacked and killed a hiker when apparently startled with two cubs will be allowed to continue roaming free in Yellowstone National Park after officials determined the animal had acted to protect its young.
http://news.yahoo.com/grizzly-roams-free-fatal-yellowstone-mauling-042134679.htmlMontana pulls out of oil spill joint command
Montana's governor withdrew his state on Thursday from participation in a joint command team directing the cleanup of oil spilled from a burst Exxon Mobil pipeline, saying citizens "can't get straight answers" from the company.
http://news.yahoo.com/montana-pulls-oil-spill-joint-command-015051433.htmlMontana Landowners Push for Cleanup of Exxon Oil Pipeline Leak
Montana landowners who say their property along the Yellowstone River has been soiled by oil that leaked from an Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) pipeline are banding together to push the company to do more to restore the land.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08...eline-leak.htmlLink between Arizona and Yellowstone bear attacks?
Some people are linking a Yellowstone bear attack to one right here in Arizona.
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_sou...ne-bear-attacksDeal "in principle" reached on wolves
n agreement to end federal protection of wolves in Wyoming could come as early as this fall, state and federal officials announced Thursday.
http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2011/07/08/news/01top_07-08-11.txt**********
