Acadia National Park News:
Invasive insect threatens MDI hemlock trees
New sightings of an invasive insect that targets hemlock trees has prompted the Maine Forest Service (MFS) to send a survey crew to Mount Desert Island to look for additional infestations.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=71868:invasive-insect-threatens-mdi-hemlock-trees&Itemid=938
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Misc. National Park News:
Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions
Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/story/2012-02-01/deadly-us-volcanoes/52923094/1Arctic Alaska’s Conservation Conundrum
The Arctic wind blows hard on the snow-covered plains a few hundred miles southwest of Prudhoe Bay. It’s eight degrees in the winter chill. Despite global warming, I am still quite cold. I watch the tracks of the grizzly bear disappear upslope as they narrow toward a newborn calf. Out of my field of vision its mother, a muskoxen – the quintessential land animal of the Arctic – stands guard. But it is no match for the powerful predator looking for its next kill.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/02/arctic-alaskas-conservation-conundrum/**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Front to bring snow to Estes Park
The front moving through Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park Thursday is bringing with it wet, blustery conditions with up to 11 inches of snow forecast.
http://www.eptrail.com/ci_19876269Who needs groundhogs when you have yellow-bellied marmots?
OK, OK. Technically, today is Groundhog Day. But since we live in Colorado, where there are no groundhogs, we might as well celebrate the holiday with our own lovable replacement rodent: the yellow-bellied marmot, a cute-and-fuzzy denizen of the state's high-country habitats.
http://www.chieftain.com/life/local/who-...19bb2963f4.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Yellowstone sets meetings on revised winter management plan
Four open houses are scheduled this month to allow the public to review and comment on a range of draft alternatives for winter management of Yellowstone National Park
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1lGqIPV30**********
