Denali National Park News:
Unit 20A moose population estimate drops by almost 2,000
This year’s moose population estimate in Unit 20A south of Fairbanks is almost 2,000 less than last year, but state wildlife biologists say it’s nothing to worry about.
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/169...atures_bullets1Visits to Alaska national parks up 2 percent
There was a 2 percent increase in visitors to national parks in Alaska, according to preliminary figures.
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/169...ow_left_bullets**********
Glacier National Park News:
Glacier National Park offers snowshoe walks
Glacier National Park may be in its off-season right now, but activities are still available for visitors who stop by the park this winter season.
http://www.kpax.com/news/glacier-national-park-offers-snowshoe-walks/**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Vending machines to change in Grand Canyon National Park
29 Dec 2011
The vending machines situated within the Grand Canyon National Park are to undergo some changes in order to make them more environmentally-friendly.
http://www.squidcard.com/corporate/emone...l-park1266.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
A detailed examination of life forms in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park could be imperiled by funding shortages.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/009ada5fc2a649ca824724cafee27d9d/TN--Smokies-Creatures/**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Camera traps capture images of 35 endangered Javan rhinos in Indonesian park
Dozens of camera traps installed in an Indonesian national park earlier this year captured images of 35 critically endangered Javan rhinos, including five calves, officials said Thursday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia...S9NP_story.html**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Supervolcanoes won't destroy Earth in 2012
Researchers say we can breathe easy — on this front, anyway
The notion that the world will end with the coming of the new year, as some claim the ancient Maya predicted, has spawned a series of proposed methods for this planetary disaster: galactic forces, Earth's magnetic poles flipping, the eruption of a supervolcano.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45818146/ns/technology_and_science-science/**********
