Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Parks Canada)
Parks Canada plans to pay an American biologist $100,000 to come up with a plan to reduce encounters between people and coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/201201.../#ixzz1j5fyK5lH
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Glacier National Park News:
Should Phone Company Be Allowed To Raise 80-Foot Tower Inside Glacier National Park?
CenturyLink, the phone company previously known as Qwest Communications, is seeking approval to erect a roughly 80-foot-tall telecommunications tower inside Glacier National Park at the park's St. Mary administrative area.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park9265
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Interior Secretary Salazar Withdraws 1 Million Acres Around Grand Canyon National Park From Hardrock Mining
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar acted today to withdraw more than 1 million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park from hard-rock mining.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...rdrock-mini9291
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Misc. National Park News:
Looking at 2012 Numismatically
Although coin production increased in 2011, the dominant conversation was what to do with the overproduction of one-dollar coins (See America the Beautiful Program)
http://www.coinnews.net/2012/01/10/looking-at-2012-numismatically/
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