Banff National Park News:
Banff National Park Celebrates Winter with New 'SnowDays' Festival
We're waxing our skis, sharpening our skates and polishing our pucks as Banff National Park's month-long celebration of winter is set to begin with a flurry of activities during the first-annual 'SnowDays' festival.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/05/4165868/banff-national-park-celebrates.html#storylink=cpy***********
Glacier National Park News:
80-foot telecommunications tower proposed for Glacier Park
Glacier National Park officials say a telecommunications company is proposing to build an 80-foot tall telecommunications tower in the park's St. Mary administrative area.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1iiekeuzVGlacier National Park goes postal: featured on stamp
The U.S. Postal Service is featuring an image of Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on an international rate postage stamp to be issued starting Jan. 19.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2012/jan/05/glacier-national-park-featured-postage-stamp/Crews gaining on fires that destroyed buildings, forced evacuations on Blackfeet Reservation
A pair of rare winter wildfires fueled by 60 mph gusts burned buildings and forced hundreds from their homes overnight on Montana’s Blackfeet Indian Reservation, but better weather conditions on Thursday helped firefighters get a handle on the blazes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/g...O6bP_story.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Friends of the Smokies receives $10,000 from REI
Moving mountains is no easy task, but volunteers and trail crews hauling boulders, digging waterbars and otherwise rehabilitating trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have an easier time with their new Trails Forever equipment trailer, thanks to a $10,000 grant from REI.
http://nc-cherokee.com/theonefeather/2012/01/06/friends-of-the-smokies-receives-10000-from-rei/Molly Schroer lands Smokies public affairs job
Molly Schroer, the new Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s public affairs specialist/superintendent’s executive assistant, is on the job.
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Business_Ne...s-job-id-019310*********
Misc. National Park News:
Admission fees for national parks waived Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees at more than 100 other national parks Jan. 14-16 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...v3cP_story.htmlMont. legislators maintain support of guns in national parks
Members of Montana's congressional delegation reasserted their support this week for a measure that allows loaded firearms in national parks, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a national park ranger in Washington state.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-05/Mont-guns-national-parks/52390392/1*********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
The calendar says January, but the scenery looks more like pleasant early fall
The calendar says January, but the scenery looks more like pleasant early fall.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20120106/NEWS/120109970/1079&ParentProfile=1067**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Wolves Help Yellowstone, Researchers Say
Ecosystem Being Restored To Natural Balance
Predatory wolves are helping restore the ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park more than 15 years after their reintroduction to America's oldest national park, researchers report.
http://www.ktvz.com/travelgetaways/30142016/detail.htmlYellowstone bison move a good idea
T he overflowing Yellowstone National Park bison population is at the center of a management battle that pits state interest against national interests, but the interest of the animals should be the main concern.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_196830911 of 5 scientists takes issue with Wyoming wolf plan
One of the five scientists retained by a federal government contractor to review Wyoming's proposed wolf management states in a recently released report that he sees shortcomings with it.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1iifW8dry*********
