Acadia National Park News:
Acadia National Park Will Hold Holiday Open House At Jordon Pond Gate Lodge
Acadia National Park will hold a holiday open house at the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge on Saturday, December 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...-gate-lodge9122**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Parks and Rehydration: Some Things Don’t Go Better With Coke (editorial)
Last month we learned that, in an attempt to cut down on litter, the supervisor of Grand Canyon National Park was set to ban sales of bottled water within the park, starting in January of 2011. (Dasani is the brand sold by concessionaires.)
http://www.onearth.org/blog/grand-canyon-bottled-water-coke**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Friends of the Smokies board member named
Award-winning businessperson Meridith Elliot Powell has been selected to join the Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Board of Directors.
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/5775-friends-of-the-smokies-board-member-named**********
Misc. National Park News;
Is climate change altering humans' vacation plans?
Plants' and animals' seasonal cycles, such as flowering dates and migration patterns, have shifted in recent decades due to climate change.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/read/is_climate_change_altering_humans_vacation_plans-82604Tips on avoiding grizzly bears not being received (Previously Reported)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service needs to do a better job of informing backcountry users how to avoid dangerous encounters with grizzly bears, an official with the agency says.
http://www.bhpioneer.com/news/article_780f8aba-205d-11e1-ac2d-0019bb2963f4.html**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Body found at Yosemite waterfall is woman who died in July
Authorities on Tuesday identified the body of a young woman who plunged to her death over a 317-foot waterfall in Yosemite National Park with two friends in July.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-yosemite-death-idUSTRE7B603A20111207***********
