Everglades National Park News:
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visits Miami
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is in South Florida to learn about the progress of the Tamiami Trail Bridge Project.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/20/2462790/interior-secretary-ken-salazar.html#ixzz1bME1jOEg**********
Grassland National Park (Canada)
Ferrets Released into Grasslands National Park (Note Video, not text)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFaVdeFlx4&noredirect=1 *********
Misc. National Park News:
Call To Action: Updating The Leopold Report For National Parks in the 21st Century
Fifty years ago, human-influenced climate change was not seen as the threat to national parks that it poses today, urban pressures were not threatening to choke as many park units as they are today, and far fewer than 281 million visitors were traveling to the parks each year.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...1st-century8908**********
Wind Cave National park News:
Wind Cave National Park Secures New Land
Visitors gathered near the historic Sanson homestead in Wind Cave National Park on Saturday, October 15, to celebrate the acquisition of 5,555 aces of ranchland formerly owned by the Casey family, a press release from the National Park Service stated. Wind Cave National Park, located in South Dakota, is one of the most complex cave systems in the world, with almost 30,000 acres of prairie and ponderosa pine forest in the park.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/10/wind-cave-national-park-secures-new-land/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Officials preparing for Yellowstone grizzly hunts
There aren't enough grizzlies in the Yellowstone region to allow hunting today, but officials are preparing for Yellowstone grizzly hunts in 2012.
http://www.examiner.com/bear-spray-in-na...s#ixzz1bMDHz44FKathie Lynch’s Autumn Yellowstone Wolf Update
Golden aspens and cottonwoods, plus a dusting of early snow, set the lovely autumn scene in Yellowstone, giving a hint of winter to come. As the grizzlies head up to the high country to fatten up on white bark pine nuts before hibernation, bugling elk stream back into the valleys, coming down from summer’s high pastures.
http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2011/10/19/kathie-lynchs-autumn-yellowstone-wolf-update/94 Yellowstone Bison Freed by Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks, With a Little Help From Friends (Not really news, but interesting.)
It was like a scene straight from an epic western: 94 wild Yellowstone bison, their instincts in full throttle despite five years behind government fences, thundering through an open gate and onto a vast plain.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.co...p-from-friends/Legislation allows more summer recreation opportunities at ski resorts on Forest Service land
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort officials’ wish list includes a zip line and a via ferrata.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1bMDuvSfA**********
