Acadia National Park News:
Youth team to add technology to Acadia
When visiting Acadia National Park, your smartphone may not be the first thing you pack. But a team of youth is working to change that.
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/168674/3/Youth-team-to-add-technology-to-Acadia**********
Everglades National Park News:
Everglades needs more water
Construction of a 1.5-mile stretch of elevated highway on the Tamiami Trail, along with increased water-storage capacity in the C-111 basin south of Florida City, will make it possible to deliver more water into Shark River Slough and eastern Florida Bay, respectively, in Everglades National Park.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/08/2351560/everglades-needs-more-water.html#ixzz1UfQUq9L8**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Fight Over Mining Near Grand Canyon, Other Riders Will Return After Recess
Several lawmakers involved in the congressional debate over uranium mining around the Grand Canyon expect the war of words to reignite as soon as the House returns from summer recess.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/09/...ride-22281.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
Parks Canada unveils strategy to reduce train-related bear deaths
Horns and whistles, pegboards on the railway, gates and fences, and strategic vegetation clearing are just a few initiatives being tested by Parks Canada and Canadian Pacific to keep bears off the tracks in Banff National Park.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Parks+Canad...l#ixzz1UfQbxUb8**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park visitors at 5-year high
Rocky Mountain National Park is having its busiest summer in more than five years, so park your car where you don't have to fight for a parking space and hop on a bus to get into the mountains.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110810/LOVELAND01/308100003**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Wyoming wolf management plan divides locals
Just about everyone in western Wyoming agrees that things will change if a long-awaited wolf agreement between the federal government and the state is approved.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1UfR3ygokRangers rescue Wisconsin man injured in fall while rock climbing in Grand Teton National Park
Rangers have rescued a 43-year-old Wisconsin man who was injured in a fall while climbing in Grand Teton National Park.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b487616376f045aa84ede23d026662ea/WY--Grand-Teton-Rescue/**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite seeks to remove cabins in rockfall zone
Since an avalanche of boulders smashed part of Yosemite National Park's Curry Village in 2008 and sent school children running for their lives, the historic wooden cabins have been frozen in time behind a temporary barricade.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18646713**********
