Denali National Park News:
Senate panel endorses Alaska park land swap for small hydro project
A Senate committee has endorsed legislation that would authorize a national park land exchange and construction of a 100-kW hydroelectric project in a non-wilderness area of Denali National Park in Alaska.
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/...l_endorses.html**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier Park’s climate a paradox
Precipitation in Glacier National Park over the past few decades is up about 14 percent, but the Park is actually drier in many respects, with streams hitting low flows earlier than usual and wildfires occurring more frequently.
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/whitefishpilot/article_1d0a7c44-107f-11e1-a4a7-001cc4c03286.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Great Smoky attendance suffers 'significant decline' in October
The number of visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park suffered a big drop last month when compared with the previous year, according to new numbers released by the park on Thursday.
http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headline..._134038758.html**********
Joshua Tree National Park News:
Rangers reunite to celebrate Joshua Tree National Park
A few dozen current and former employees of Joshua Tree National Park and their guests celebrated the park’s 75th anniversary at a reunion Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Twentynine Palms Elks Lodge.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/the_desert_trail/news/article_68c13b8c-1098-11e1-97f5-001cc4c03286.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton National Park Nighttime Speed Limit Reduction To Save Wildlife
Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) officials permanently reduced the nighttime speed limit to 45 miles per hour on a busy section of highway at night, effective today.
http://transportationnation.org/2011/11/...-save-wildlife/Yellowstone officials take park's 'vital signs'
Bison and grizzly bear numbers are up, two bright spots in an otherwise dim portrait painted in Yellowstone National Park’s third “Natural Resource Vital Signs” report released this week.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1e02CzBUaYellowstone Seeks Public Comment On Old Faithful Lodging Plan
on new changes might be coming to one of Yellowstone's most visited areas.
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/29790840/detail.htmlSupervolcanoes Will Not End Earth in 2012, Probably
In what life was probably like prior to the coming of the year 2000, every man and his dog is coming up with a theory for how the Earth will end come 2012. After already curbing fears that a giant “killer solar flare” will wipe out planet Earth next year, NASA has again weighed in, this time explaining that a supervolcano will not have a supereruption during 2012.
http://planetsave.com/2011/11/17/supervolcanoes-will-not-end-earth-in-2012-probably/**********
