Acadia National Park News:
Water main complicates Acadia road closure
Sometimes a retaining wall does more than just keep soil and rocks in place.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/04/25/news/hancock/water-main-complicates-acadia-road-closure/**********
Big Bend National Park News:
Big Bend's landscape devastated
Surrounded by large patches of straw-yellow sotol and withered prickly pear, federal botanist Joe Sirotnak summarized the causes of a massive plant die-off that has changed the Big Bend desert landscape, at least temporarily.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_n...p#ixzz1tBLtNTvF**********
Everglades National Park News:
Biden visits Corps of Engineers project in Everglades
Vice President Joe Biden discussed the administration's efforts to restore the Everglades at the S-356 pump station, a component of the Modified Water Deliveries, or MDW, to Everglades National Park project in Miami-Dade County, Fla., April 23.
http://www.army.mil/article/78506/Biden_visits_Corps_of_Engineers_project_in_Everglades/**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Opposition to New Development Aims to Protect Natural Water Supplies
Plans for a major development just south of the Grand Canyon are drawing strong opposition from some of the same people who supported a similar proposal more than 10 years ago, including the canyon-dwelling Havasupai Tribe.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.co...supplies-109911 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.co...1#ixzz1tBKQ2M4R**********
Misc. National Park News:
National Park Foundation receives $500,000 grant from Disney
In celebration of National Park Week, the National Park Foundation – the official charity of America's national parks – today received a $500,000 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to help connect kids and families to nature through America's national parks.
http://www.eturbonews.com/28957/national-park-foundation-receives-500000-grant-disneyBorder Proposals Could Leave Parks Unprotected
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol could soon be given free reign in national parks along the border if the proposed National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act is passed.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-s...ted-227620.html**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton National Park sets 2012 summer opening dates for roads, facilities
The summer season officially gets under way Tuesday in Grand Teton National Park when the Teton Park Road opens to auto traffic. Most facilities and campgrounds in the park will be open by the end of May.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/04/g...ads-facilities/Yellowstone National Park Officials Finalize Plans For Future Of Lake Area
ational Park Service officials have approved a long-term plan for managing development at the Lake area of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...e-lake-area9817As Bison Return to Montana Prairie, Some Rejoice, and Others Worry
Sioux and Assiniboine tribal members wailed a welcome song last month as around 60 bison from Yellowstone National Park stormed onto a prairie pasture that had not felt a bison’s hoof for almost 140 years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/us/bison-return-to-montana-prairie.html?_r=1Wolf regulations pass in Wyoming, move to feds
One of the most contentious animals in Wyoming moved one step closer to being hunted, with very little fanfare.
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/...l#ixzz1tBMK3daH**********
