Bryce Canyon National Park News:
Comments sought on Utah prairie dog plan at Bryce
The National Park Service is seeking input from Utah residents as it sets about the development of a Utah Prairie Dog Stewardship Plan.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705390876/Comments-sought-on-Utah-prairie-dog-plan-at-Bryce.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
Utah National Parks Celebrate National Public Lands Day by Waiving Entrance Fees
Saturday, September 24, 201, is the eighteenth annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD).
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/1552...e_first_stories**********
Mount Rainier National Park News:
Rainier rangers recover body of hiker near falls
The body of a Florida man who fell to his death at a popular Mount Rainier National Park roadside attraction was recovered from beneath Christine Falls on Tuesday.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/09/14/1823303/rainier-rangers-recover-body-of.html#ixzz1Y3fPelGU**********
Pacific Rim National Park News:
More cougar sightings, park re-opens Long Beach
Access to areas of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve were temporarily closed to the public September 13 after sightings of a cougar.
http://www.canada.com/More+cougar+sightings+park+opens+Long+Beach/5405256/story.html**********
Waterton National Park (Editorial)
Time to enlarge Waterton Park
It's late summer in Montana and thousands of locals and visitors from around the world have streamed into Glacier National Park every day. Make that Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. It's an important distinction that illustrates just how special this place is.
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/hungryhorsenews/article_ed0c9658-dedd-11e0-bab8-001cc4c002e0.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Landowner Waits for Oil Cleanup
Operations to completely seal off the broken Silvertip pipeline and ready it for removal were completed Wednesday. Now, ExxonMobil will have to wait until they can get their permit to remove the old line that's no longer needed from the Yellowstone River.
http://www.kulr8.com/home/related/Landowner-Waits-for-Oil-Cleanup-129858018.htmlTrail in Yellowstone named after noted dude rancher, guide, conservationist no longer maintained
Yellowstone National Park seems to have forgotten Howard Eaton, a man the institution once honored.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1Y3eewQGBBears get their paws on Yellowstone cutthroat project
In all of the preparation work fisheries biologist Jeremiah Wood did in planning the poisoning to remove nonnative trout in Lower Deer Creek, black bears never entered the equation.
http://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreatio...l#ixzz1Y3eleDDNCommission eyes expanded fall and spring vehicle access to Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park enthusiasts could get an extra couple weeks in the fall and spring to drive into the park’s Northeast Entrance under a proposal being considered by Park County commissioners here and in Montana.
http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/8...-to-yellowstoneWyoming stimulus spending draws mixed reviews
With the nation’s unemployment rate at 9.1 percent amid continuing signs of a faltering economy, President Barack Obama last week proposed a new round of up to $447 billion in tax cuts and federal public works spending aimed at putting millions of Americans back to work, as well as boosting his own future job prospects.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1Y3ewAHStExum Mountain Guides in Wyoming celebrates 80 years
It was the summer of 1931. A young man played in a band at Jenny Lake and had a friend who loved to climb mountains, specifically the Grand Teton. The mountain climber suggested the musician, who had climbed once, join him on a climb with a client.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1Y3f205fbPark superintendent criticizes wolf plan
Scott says proposed hunt poses danger to packs in Teton park.
Wyoming’s draft wolf management plan could harm values such as wildlife viewing and the ecological landscape in Grand Teton National Park, park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott said last week.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=7724World Heritage team to visit Yellowstone; park once on list of sites in danger
International observers plan to visit Yellowstone National Park next week to gauge how the world’s first national park is ddressing challenges that range from diseased bison to insect devastation of forests.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/w...m4RK_story.html
