Acadia National Park News:
Education interns sought by Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is accepting applications for internships in the education department. Interns gain hands-on experience teaching school groups in third through eighth grades, in classrooms and in Acadia.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=72430:education-interns-sought-by-acadia-national-park&Itemid=938
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Smokies volunteers needed at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting for a variety of volunteer opportunities at Oconaluftee and Clingmans Dome for the upcoming season.
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/it...-clingmans-domeTransportation representatives discuss traffic congestion in Great Smoky Mountains area
The assistant superintendent at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park says most local residents don't believe traffic congestion is necessarily a negative.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ae55b22c9d8f4df1a6ae617d27e0464e/TN--Smoky-Mountains-Traffic/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Mobilizing to save moose
Signs, speed limit, trimming willows all raised as ways to keep motorists from hitting wildlife on Highway 390.
A longtime Teton Village resident disheartened by the number of moose killed by cars on Highway 390 is rallying her neighbors to protect the ungulates.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=8277Yellowstone River: Lawsuit over Exxon oil spill sent back to state court
A federal judge has returned to state court a lawsuit by Montana landowners whose property was contaminated with crude oil from a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-reg...l#ixzz1n955TiRJDoes Yellowstone Hold The Secret To Simple Biofuel Production?
While plant-based biofuels hold a lot of promise, many of these fuels require complicated, expensive, energy-intensive processes to make even a little sustainable fuel. Hoping to find influence or a breakthrough from Mother Nature, researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are turning to the bubbling cauldrons of Yellowstone National Park. They are looking for a strain of bacteria that can break down biomass into usable biofuels in a single, “one-pot” process.
http://gas2.org/2012/02/21/does-yellowstone-hold-the-secret-to-simple-biofuel-production/Lawsuit over fatal bear mauling near Yellowstone moves forward; Judge rejects immunity claim
A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit over a fatal bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park to move forward, rejecting the federal government's immunity claim under state law.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9bccda6329f34eafb20704672972368b/WY--Grizzly-Mauling/**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite National Park: Major road to be closed for repairs
Here’s a traffic alert for California’s Yosemite National Park: A section of a major route there will be shut down for more than a month to repair damage caused by a Jan. 22 rockslide.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/21/news/la-trb-yosemite-road-to-close-20120220From Waterfall To Lavafall: Yosemite's Fleeting Phenomenon
If you head to Yosemite National Park this time of year and stop by Horsetail Fall at just the right time, you might see something spectacular: As the sun sinks low in the sky, the waterfall glows with streaks of gold and yellow — and it looks just like molten lava.
http://www.wbur.org/npr/147206195/from-waterfall-to-lavafall-yosemites-fleeting-phenomenon**********
