Acadia National Park News:
Acadia National Park visitors spent $186M in 2010
A new study from the National Park Service shows visitors to eastern Maine's Acadia National Park spent nearly $200 million in the park and surrounding towns in 2010.
http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/3c4108bb-www.wgme.com.shtml**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Road to Cades Cove closed Thursday morning
The Townsend entrance to Cades Cove will be closed on Thursday so the park service can take down a couple of dangerous trees.
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/208111/2/Road-to-Cades-Cove-closed-Thursday-morning**********
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park News:
Hawaii's national park visitors pumped $252M into economy
Visitors to Hawaii's national parks pumped more than $252M into our local economy in 2010.
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Ha...5q63oi-C2Q.cspx*********
Misc. National Park News:
National park staffing would be cut under Obama budget
America's national parks would hire fewer seasonal staffers and put off all but the most pressing maintenance work under President Obama's fiscal 2013 budget, advocates say.
http://www.lohud.com/usatoday/article/53288492?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|News|s
National Park Service Touts Economic Might Of Parks: $31 Billion and 258,000 Jobs In 2010
A steady stream of press releases trickled out from across the National Park System this week, promoting the economic might that emanates from the the parks. All told, the system generated $31 billion and 258,000 jobs in 2010, according to the National Park Service.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...0-jobs-20109546Visitors to Northwest national parks spend $547 million
In Washington state, visitors to national parks and historic sites spent $264.3 million in the parks and nearby communities in 2010, says a new National Park Service report.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2017619620_webnationalparks28.html*********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton and Yellowstone drew more than $750 million in tourist spending in 2010
Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and their gateway communities received more than $750 million in tourist spending that supported more than 11,000 jobs in 2010, according to a new report from the National Park Service.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/02/g...-spending-2010/Yellowstone Recruiting for Youth Conservation Program
Yellowstone National Park is once again recruiting for their Youth Conservation Corps program for young men and women between the ages of 15 and 18.
http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/yellowstone-recruiting-youth-conservation-program26702Montana approves bison tolerance zone expansion
Montana officials have approved a plan to expand so-called bison tolerance zones north of Yellowstone National Park by 75,000 acres for migrating animals in search of food.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz1nnsf6FEx*********
