Glacier Bay National Park News:
NPS seeks input on cruise ship use-day quota
The National Park Service is soliciting public comment on the proposed cruise ship use-day quota for the 2012 season. Comments are due by close of business Aug. 15.
http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2011-09-30/nps-seeks-input-cruise-ship-use-day-quota*********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park supporter a loss in his retirement
Rocky Mountain National Park will say goodbye to one of its biggest supporters and protectors today.
http://www.reporterherald.com/opinion/editorial/ci_19008173*********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton climber receives disorderly conduct fine
A climber whose partner activated his SPOT locator device and triggered what is believed to be the first rescue in Grand Teton National Park activated by the emergency GPS device was fined for disorderly conduct.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/...l#ixzz1ZT5qlCVSYellowstone winter-use plan same as last year
Yellowstone National Park will open for winter use Dec. 15 with the same snowmobile and snowcoach regulations from the previous season.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1ZT5wJpUNSometimes the Bear Gets You (Editorial)
In bear country, you listen for a crunch of twigs under a sharpened paw the size of a catcher’s mitt, and imagine that behind every tree lurks the swollen head and tiny eyes of the grizzly with the apt Latin name — ursus arctos horribilis.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/sometimes-the-bear-gets-you/Larger wolf packs are less successful in the hunt
A few weeks ago Yellowstone National Park officials discovered the carcass of one of the park’s deadliest wolves, an aging male that scientists knew to be an aggressive bison hunter.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52608748-78/wolves-macnulty-wolf-hunting.html.csp*********
Yosemite National Park News:
A rock climber whose thumb was severed when he fell and it was caught in a rope has had the digit reattached by surgeons, officials at Yosemite National Park said Wednesday.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44717977/ns/today-travel/t/yosemite-rock-climber-slices-thumb-fall/**********
