Everglades National Park News:
Time slithers away on exotic snake rule (Editorial)
It is inexcusable for the Obama administration to dawdle on a rule that would prohibit the importation of dangerous snakes.
http://www2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2011/de...rule-ar-341109/**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Grand Canyon Bans Bottled Water Sales
Visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park will no longer find disposable plastic water bottles in vending machines, shops, hotels and grocery stores by early next year under a plan by park officials to ban their sale.
http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=6D4E492FC34549359E654F46E164C0E5
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Misc. National Park News:
Report urges development of ‘recreation corridors,’ including 3 in Maine (Note - Please note that nowhere is the discussion of Maine Woods NP discussed)
A recent report commissioned for the National Park Service is urging support for seven interstate “recreation corridors” in New England — including three in Maine — as a way to reconnect people with the outdoors and spur economic development in riverfront and trailside communities.
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/12/27/ou...ine/?ref=latest**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Exxon has finished pulling busted pipe from under the Yellowstone
Nearly six months after the Silvertip pipeline failed, dumping 42,000 gallons of medium crude into the Yellowstone River, the broken section of the line has been removed from beneath the waterway.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/ex...l#ixzz1hqjkZIqt**********
