Everglades National Park News:
John Ogden, prominent Everglades scientist, dies at 73
John Ogden, an eminent authority on the Everglades and influential architect of the plan to restore it, died at his Homestead home on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 73.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/04/2732099/john-ogden-prominent-everglades.html#storylink=cpy**********
Glacier National Park News:
Oil Exploration Creeping Up To Glacier National Park's Border
While a big deal was made several years ago when the outgoing Bush administration moved to allow energy exploration on the doorstep of some national parks in Utah, relatively little has been heard about oil drilling on the Blackfoot Reservation next to Glacier National Park.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...arks-border9711**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
National park plans more bark beetle protection work
Rocky Mountain National Park officials have announced more work this spring to protect "high-value" trees from bark beetles.
http://www.reporterherald.com/lifestyles...protection-workRocky Mountain National Park using insecticide, pheromones to protect trees from beetles
Rocky Mountain National Park is planning several steps to mitigate the effects of a bark beetle outbreak on its trees.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/fa51a1d3c7aa44048b91fdbaab9c8db8/CO--Park-Beetles/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Poll: Should wolves be hunted on national parks land in Wyoming?
The gray wolf will soon be officially taken off the endangered species list in Wyoming, triggering new debates about how humans and wolves will coexist.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/0...land-in-wyomingWolves, no longer endangered in Wyoming, now labeled 'predators'
The gray wolf, soon to be off the endangered species list in Wyoming, will have a new official title in 86 percent of the state: predator. That means anyone may shoot a wolf on sight, no permit required.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/0...-predators?liteWinter closures remain even as slopes melt off
As unseasonably warm weather melts the last snow from Josie’s Ridge and Crystal Butte, Jackson residents may be tempted to shed their cabin fever with an early spring hike.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=84261940 Census Release Reveals Family History of Tourist-Favorite Barn
From around the world, people are flocking to genealogy websites -- in bandwidth-crashing droves -- in search of family history.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-olsen/1940-census-moulton-barn_b_1405882.htmlYellowstone Park wins approval for plan to convert cabins to visitor lodging
Yellowstone National Park planners have received approval for a proposal to convert 67 cabin units used for concessioner employee housing in the Old Faithful Lodge Area to visitor use, and to construct a new dormitory in the Old Faithful administrative area.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/04/y...isitor-lodging/**********
