Danali National Park News:
Alaska propane draws spectrum of advocates (Note - not really about the park per say, but interesting none the less).
For the past nine months, two trucks fueled by propane have been cruising Alaska's roads. One of the trucks was used on the North Slope and weathered temperatures 55 below, to widespread acclaim.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-propane-draws-spectrum-advocates**********
Everglades National Park News:
Fulfill your wish list with these no-fuss plants
These plants will thrive without need of supplemental irrigation, fertilizer or pesticides.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/26/2425913/fulfill-your-wish-list-with-these.html**********
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park News:
Lava continues to flow but stalls within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Lava continues to flow from Puu Oo crater but it’s contained to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and state land managed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/l...Cn0K_story.html**********
Maine Woods National Park (Yes, I know. It doesn't exist...but it should).
Quimby Offers Easements to Snowmobilers in Return for Park Support
Philanthropist and conservationist Roxanne Quimby has offered northern Maine snowmobile clubs five years of access to critical snowmobile trails on her lands in return for their support of a national park feasibility study. It's a move that the head of the Maine Snowmobile Association characterizes as "coercive." But Quimby says it's part of an ongoing negotiation that could lead to permanent easements for snowmobiles.
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/18205/Default.aspx**********
Misc. National Park News:
Deaths rise in California's national forests
Yosemite National Park has gotten all the attention for a spike in visitor deaths this year. But fatalities also are up on national forest lands throughout California, such as an expert kayaker who drowned in a remote creek near Sonora.
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_18980434***********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
2011 Bear Attacks Not Out Of Ordinary
An Island Park hunter is resting at home tonight after a bear attack this weekend, and it seems as though there have been quite a few bear stories in the news lately. But this year is not out of the ordinary for Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming where living with bears comes with the territory.
http://www.localnews8.com/news/29308823/detail.html**********
