Big Bend National Park News:
Big Bend and the Trans Pecos
Offers a brief description of a remote portion of the Mexican border now in national focus
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43198**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Visitation Continues To Slide At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
It might have been the weather, the doldrums of the economy, or the fact that Great Smoky Mountains National Park's 75th anniversary is two years gone. Whatever the cause, visitation to the park continues to slide.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park9159**********
Misc. National Park News:
Farr continues pursuit of park status for Pinnacles
For the second time, Congressman Sam Farr has introduced a bill to designate Pinnacles National Monument as a national park, according to an announcement from Farr's office.
http://www.freelancenews.com/news/281462-farr-continues-pursuit-of-park-status-for-pinnacles**********
Mount Rainier National Park News:
Mount Rainier National Park to visitors: they’re cute but don’t feed the Cascade foxe
Sure, they’re cute and they’ve learned to beg along the roadway, but Mount Rainier National Park is appealing to visitors to stop feeding the Cascade foxes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...fprO_story.html**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Estes Park residents worried about power line proposal along U.S. 36 gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park
Some Estes Park residents are worried a proposal to combine two aging wood-pole power lines onto one with a much taller steel pole will hurt the view, tourism and their property values.
http://www.reporterherald.com/news/larimer-county/ci_19530920?source=most_viewed**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System; Yellowstone National Park
This rule implements the record of decision for the 2011 Winter Use Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and governs winter visitation and certain recreational activities in YNP for the 2011-2012 Winter Season.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={7f1284cd-b435-4bca-bb4a-8593aa5e2da1}
Yellowstone National Park opens Thursday for winter season
Yellowstone National Park will open for the winter season on Thursday, but a lack of adequate snow cover on portions of the park's interior roads means snowmobiles will be limited to the South Entrance only.
http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/re...l#ixzz1gWWrOBWhYellowstone Wolf Project studies dance of predator, prey
A waning moon hangs low in the morning sky as park biologists Doug Smith and Daniel Stahler pack their gear for another day in the field.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1gWXQy3IE**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Congressman Dusts Off 1913 Law In Battle To Get Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley Drained
A California congressman has dusted off a nearly century-old law in a bid to see the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park drained and restored.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...ley-drained9174
