Glacier National Park News:
Cash-Strapped Parks (Note - almost part of 'misc' as it is really a larger issue)
With more visitors and less money, national parks now facing possible decade of funding cuts
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/cash_strapped_parks/25763/Melting Glaciers Mean Double Trouble for Water Supplies
New research shows that as ice disappears, overall evaporation speeds up.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...water-supplies/Montana’s first oil well was drilled at Kintla Lake in 1901 (Note - I include this because of Tony Bynum's on-going project in Glacier)
The history of oil in Montana began in an area that never had any substantial development of the natural resource — the Flathead Valley.
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_5d37faf6-2b84-11e1-975e-001871e3ce6c.html**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate (Editorial)
If you’re looking for good news for the holiday season, we’ve got something for you. The proposed ban on sales of disposable plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon National Park, which had been abruptly shelved last year following alleged pressure from Coca-Cola is now moving forward and would take effect next year.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/12/nati...comment-page-1/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
National Park road updates hit Twitter
If you want to know which roads are closed because of weather conditions in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the easiest way is to now get updates via Twitter.
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/5863-national-park-road-updates-hit-twitterhttp://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/5864-friends-save-tract-bordering-the-park**********
Misc. NP News:
Navajo Nation seeks return of exhumed remains
Archaeologists curious about American Indian cultures dug up human remains and associated funerary objects at Canyon de Chelly decades ago, while some remains were taken for protection from erosion in the canyon with towering red, sandstone walls.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/53156815-68/remains-park-service-tribe.html.csp**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Wyoming golden eagle study considers diet, reproduction in relation to land use
Golden eagle breeding numbers and nest success rates declined across the eastern edge of the Yellowstone ecosystem in 2011, a trend that researchers believe may be linked to a drop in the rabbit population.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/...l#ixzz1hCfoXzTSReport sees widespread earthquake damage
A 7.5 temblor would cost $550 million, leave nearly 3,000 without water.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Teton Fault could cost more than half a billion dollars and temporarily displace hundreds of households in Jackson Hole, a new report suggests.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=8055**********
