Denali National Park News:
Economic report touts good things for future of Healy, Denali businesses
More than 50 people who attended the Denali Chamber of Commerce’s annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Thursday heard an optimistic prediction for 2012.
http://newsminer.com/bookmark/16500597-E...nali-businesses**********
Glacier National Park News:
Canadian province OKs law protecting Flathead
British Columbia has passed a law that bans mining and drilling in nearly 400,000 acres upstream of Glacier National Park, fulfilling a trans-border agreement to protect the Canadian portion of the Flathead River Basin.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111121/NEWS01/111210309/Canadian-province-OKs-law-protecting-Flathead?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Endangered Condors help find human body in Grand Canyon National Park
Unusual condor activity in the vicinity of Navajo Bridge which spans the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park alerted Peregrine Fund employees who notified park rangers earlier this week. The Peregrin Fund monitors the endangered California Condor that was introduced to the Grand Canyon several years ago.
http://www.examiner.com/grand-canyon-nat...k#ixzz1eNV2iT00**********
Misc. National Park News:
Fears Rise That Congress Could Open More Units Of National Park System to Hunting
Few units of the National Park System are open to hunting, but there are fears that legislation now working its way through Congress could clear the way for hunting across dozens of parks in the system.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tem-hunting9065Robert Goldman: Of wolves, ecology and justice (Editorial)
The paw print was almost the size of my hand. I knelt down to study it and with my fingertips traced the outline of the print, the pads, the subtle punctuation of its nails, and pondered the animal that left it.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/columns-a...justice/1116138**********
Olympic National Park News:
Olympic National Park highlighted in report warning of dangers of more cuts to nation’s parks
Across-the-board cuts to national parks in 2012 could result in an eight-year low for funding for Olympic National Park, a park advocacy group said in a report that used 12 national parks as examples of the dangers of cuts in funding.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/articl...g-of-dangers-of**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
National park mulls new logo to replace extinct Javan rhino
Cat Tien National Park is looking for a new logo to replace the old one, which features the Javan rhinoceros that has been declared extinct in Vietnam.
http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/...avan-rhino.aspx**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grizzly encounters may be Idaho’s new normal
And people and bears are meeting up closer to populated areas and recreation centers (Note: BEWARE OF ANNOYING AD)
When Connie Funkhouser saw the fresh bear track heading into the Caribou-Targhee National Forest on her recent run, she turned around.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/11/20/1886263/grizzly-encounters-may-be-idahos.html#ixzz1eNTrUVv4Officials Seek New Ways to Cull Bison
As many as 360 migrating wild bison would be shot by hunters in Montana, captured for slaughter or shipped elsewhere this winter under a proposal from Yellowstone National Park officials seeking an alternative to the indiscriminate slaughters of previous years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/scienc...herds.html?_r=1East Yellowstone Trout Unlimited rescues 5,200 trout from irrigation canals in north Wyoming
The East Yellowstone Chapter of Trout Unlimited has rescued a record number of stranded trout from irrigation canals in northern Wyoming this fall.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e413d3b68dae461aafc2e36a78e111a0/WY--Saving-Trout/**********
