Big Bend National Park News:
Texas Suspends Wild Burro Killing Policy
The 300 feral burros living in Big Bend Ranch State Park in Texas are considered to be a destructive nuisance. Since 2007 park rangers have been authorized to shoot and kill the animals. On Tuesday Texas suspended that policy, thanks to an offer from the Humane Society of the United States to develop a humane plan to remove the animals.
http://www.care2.com/causes/texas-suspends-wild-burro-killing-policy.html#ixzz1ps6PM2Ae
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Everglades National Park News:
How big is Florida's python problem?
Debate smolders over whether invasive snakes are a national threat or trouble for just one state
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/apr12/120401a.asp
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
HAI Meets With Sen. McCain on Grand Canyon Issue
HAI President Matt Zuccaro and Government Affairs Vice President Ann Carroll on Thursday met with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)to discuss concerns of air tour operators, especially those who operate over Grand Canyon National Park.
http://rotor.com/Publications/RotorNewssupregsup/tabid/177/newsid1237/75125/mid/1237/Default.aspx
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
A second person disappears at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
A second person has gone missing at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/143645896.html
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Joshua Tree National Park News:
Hazmat teams called to Joshua Tree National Park after several employees get sick
Authorities are trying to determine what made several employees at Joshua Tree National Park suddenly become ill.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/h...H6SS_story.html
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Misc. National Park News:
Bat disease hits two more national parks
White-nose syndrome has been found in Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains national parks, just days after it was first confirmed in Alabama.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/bat-disease-hits-two-more-national-parks
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Bears in Grand Teton National Park are emerging from hibernation; Males usually 1st to wake up
Officials at Grand Teton National Park say bears are ending their winter hibernation and park visitors should be alert for their presence.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/fb8f07b1f725430d97eff866de20f5f7/WY--Bears-Hibernation/

Yellowstone bison return to tribal land
The transfer of 63 genetically pure bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation prairie will help heal some of the wrongs inflicted on Native Americans by the U.S. government over past centuries, tribal leaders said Wednesday.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120322/NEWS01/203220313/Yellowstone-bison-return-tribal-land?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
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