Glacier Bay National Park News:
Glacier Bay campers warned about aggressive bears
Authorities at Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska are warning campers about bear activity in the West Arm.
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/191...ow_left_bullets*********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Forest Service Approves Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite 26-year-old Environmental Review
The U.S. Forest Service announced late Monday that it will allow Denison Mines Corp. to begin excavating the “Canyon Mine” this fall without first updating the 26-year-old environmental impact statement for the uranium mine, located due south of Grand Canyon National Park on the Kaibab National Forest. The Service claims no new public review or analysis is needed because there is no new information or circumstances relevant to its original analysis.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/grand-canyon-uranium-06-26-2012.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park camping areas closed because of bear activity
Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park have closed two camping areas because of bear activity.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/g...5U6V_story.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
7 prime spots for wildlife viewing
A massive herd of caribou grazes the Arctic tundra. Sea birds fatten up on shellfish along the Chesapeake Bay before flying thousands of miles to winter in South America. A pod of orca glide past Pacific islands blanketed in fir and cedar as they hunt for salmon.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/27/travel/summer-wildlife-viewing/index.html**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Autopsy finds tortoise Lonesome George died of old age
Lonesome George, the last survivor of the subspecies Chelonoidis abingdoni of the giant tortoises ("galapagos" in Spanish) that gave Ecuador's Galapagos Islands their name, died of old age after living more than a century, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/20.../#ixzz1z1lMzaAk**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Wildfire devours structures in Colorado Springs
More than 2,100 residents were being evacuated from the Air Force Academy's grounds Tuesday night as heavy smoke billowed from a wildfire that has burned an unknown number of homes near Colorado Springs.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/wildfire-devours-structures-in-1464525.html3,000 personnel battling at least 6 Colorado fires
More than 3,000 personnel battled at least six wildfires in Colorado on Monday as thousands of people who were evacuated waited to find out when they could return.
http://www.gazette.com/articles/fire-140844-homes-colorado.html#ixzz1z1llmcDo**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Airport mow incident in Grand Teton investigated
Grand Teton National Park officials say they're looking into unauthorized mowing through the sagebrush along the outside of the fence at Jackson Hole Airport.
http://www.kulr8.com/news/wyoming/160544805.htmlPhotos indicate dead bear likely 'Brownie'
Grizzly’s identity still not confirmed, but a photographer makes a convincing case.
It’s increasingly looking like the bear hit and killed by a car in Grand Teton National Park last week is “Brownie,” the yearling male cub of the 16-year-old female grizzly known as “399.”
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=8708**********
