Everglades National Park News:
National Park Service Press Release
National Park Service Director leads Everglades National Park tour at Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference
http://home.nps.gov/news/release.htm?id=1242**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Bear feasts on pecan logs, caramel apples and other treats at candy shop near Tenn. Mountains
A bear has feasted on pecan logs, caramel apples and other treats at a candy store in the Smoky Mountains resort town Gatlinburg, Tenn.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/b...oI1L_story.html**********
Lassen National Park News:
Lassen Park Prepares to Ignite Fall Prescribed Fire Projects
Park fire staff is preparing to implement two prescribed burn projects in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Should weather permit, they would be scheduled between October 25 and November 12.
http://anewscafe.com/2011/10/20/lassen-park-prepares-to-ignite-fall-prescribed-fire-projects/**********
Maine Woods National Park News:
Quimby to attend national park meeting in East Millinocket Thursday evening
Town leaders have asked a Medway-based committee promoting a feasibility study of Roxanne Quimby’s proposed national park to allow study and park opponents to present their arguments at a meeting at Schenck High School on Thursday.
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/20/ne...ursday-evening/**********
Misc. National Park News:
National Parks take heat over reducing elk numbers
An annual elk hunt in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and a volunteer-based “elk reduction” project in western North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park got underway this month amid public criticism, reports the Wildlife Management Institute.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/...ng-elk-numbers/Travel
National Park Service Announces Offers on Free Fun
The National Park Service is giving away more free tickets for this year’s national Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington than in years past. But that's not all. This week it also announced that it will offer 17 free days at the country's national parks in 2012.
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2011/10/20.../#ixzz1bSC3MySV**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton Park summer recreation visits decline 2.7%
Recreation visits to Grand Teton National Park dropped 2.7 percent for this past summer tourist season.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1bSBRRmgfYellowstone grizzlies die at higher rate than northern bears
During the past decade, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Chris Servheen says an average of 19 grizzly bears a year have been killed in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, which currently has population of 900 grizzlies.
http://www.examiner.com/bear-spray-in-na...s#ixzz1bSBlTILYBattle Over Snowmobiles in Yellowstone Roars On
In 1999, National Park Service officials set out to limit noise and air pollution from snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. Twelve years and more than $10 million later, they are still working on it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576643353611427770.html**********
