Big Bend National Park News:
How to Build a Deadly Electric Border Fence (Note, this is here because this would cut through portions of Big Bend NP)
Experts weigh in on Herman Cain's semi-serious plan to construct a fence that kills would-be illegal immigrants.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/herman-cain-border-electric-fence
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Everglades National Park News:
Scott pledges to come clean
If Gov. Scott deserves credit for proposing a new Everglades rescue plan, two other people deserve more credit.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/editorials/scott-pledges-to-come-clean-1930117.html
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation funds on the rise
Nonprofit funds projects, programs
At least one nonprofit is feeling the love in a loveless economy — the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20111024/NEWS/310240027/Parkway-aid-surge-driven-by-plates?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
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Misc. National Park News:
National Park Service Studies Up For Public Review
Two studies by the National Park Service being conducted in our area have results that are available online for the public to review and comment on.
http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26539:national-park-service-studies-public-review-clarita-2011-10-19-14-20&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97

Security over environment?
BORDER PATROL: Plan would let agency ignore 36 laws protecting nature
In a move aimed at improving national security, House Republicans want to give the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented authority to ignore 36 environmental laws on federal land in a 100-mile-deep zone stretching along the Canadian and Mexican borders.
[url=ttp://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/24/1849967/security-over-environment.html][url=ttp://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/24/1849967/security-over-environment.html][url=ttp://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/24/1849967/security-over-environment.html]ttp://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/24/1849967/security-over-environment.html[/url][/url][/url]
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