May 1, 2012
Acadia National Park News:
Survey to assess toll taken on Maine’s bats
This summer in Maine and across the Northeast, an all-out effort will begin to survey and try to protect bat populations that were decimated by white-nose bat syndrome this winter.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/nationa...position=recent**********
Big Bend National Park News:
Some see border security bill as threat to ecology, preservation
Imagine sitting on a rock at Big Bend National Park gazing out over the Rio Grande at the Santa Elena Canyon on a clear day, Mexico so close you could reach out and touch it.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/...-to-3519901.php**********
Everglades National Park News:
'EcoDogs' sniff out pythons in Florida's Everglades National Park
Some bomb-sniffing dogs trained to help fight terrorism are turning their olfactory attention toward a different scourge: Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades National Park.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/0...ional-park?lite**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Rangers retrieve bodies at Grand Canyon
Rangers received a report from the Peregrine Fund of a possible body spotted below the South Rim in the Mather Point area on Thursday, April 26, at around 5 p.m. Due to poor weather conditions and the late hour, rangers had to wait until Friday to confirm the report.
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/04/30/rangers-retrieve-bodies-at-grand-canyon/**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Rangers hunt for pair in Foothills Parkway robbery
National Park Service rangers are asking for the public's help in arresting two people who robbed a couple April 25 on the Foothills Parkway near Cosby.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/30/rangers-hunt-for-pair-in-foothills-parkway/**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Wyoming plans to kill most wolves outside Yellowstone
Wyoming officials are pressing ahead with their plan to kill most wolves living outside Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/05/01/wyoming-plans-to-kill-most-wolves-outside-yellowstone/New Wyoming Wolf Plan Will Allow Killing of Hundreds of Wolves
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Wyoming has passed legislation and an amendment to its wolf-management plan that will meet federal approval and trigger removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the state.
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/scien...-of-wolves.htmlYellowstone: New Picture Emerges Of A More Active, Less ‘Super’ Volcano
New research is casting doubts on the frequency or even the possibility of a ‘super-eruption’ that could blot out the sun from the Earth with a thick veil of volcanic ash.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/111...-super-volcano/Grand Teton peregrine falcon nest prompts closure of popular climbing spot
Grand Teton National Park managers have closed a popular climbing area to give a pair of peregrine falcons a little privacy during nesting and while fledging any chicks they may produce.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/04/g...-climbing-spot/**********
