Everglades National Park News:
Everglades draft plan gets major reworking
A new Everglades National Park management plan that could add boating rules to Florida Bay likely will spend most of the coming year being reworked, a park planner says.
http://www.floridasportsman.com/2011/12/15/everglades-draft-plan-gets-major-reworking/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
EDITORIAL The lure of the outdoors: We love our Smokies, so why are visits to the park down so much?
It’s hard to figure out why visits to the Smokies are down so much. It’s a little scary.
http://themountainpress.com/view/full_st...article_opinion*********
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park News:
Spectacular Lava Show At Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Nature's fireworks are on display at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where streams of lava from the Kīlauea volcano are pouring into the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park9181*********
Misc. National Park News:
Park Service Relents on Ban of Water Bottles
The director of the National Park Service, after blocking Grand Canyon National Park’s attempt to ban the sale of small plastic water bottles, will now allow such bans, but under a restrictive set of conditions, the park service announced on Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/us/park-service-relents-on-plastic-bottle-ban.html?_r=1**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Retiring Yellowstone ranger looks back fondly on job, park
If there’s one law that really chaps Colette Daigle-Berg, it’s the mandatory retirement age for federal law enforcement officers.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/...l#ixzz1gj5FmT1APart of Yellowstone Nat’l Park now open to snowmobiles; lack of snow keeps other areas closed
Part of Yellowstone National Park are now open to snowmobiles.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...84vO_story.html**********
