September 10, 2012 National Park News:
Denali National Park News:
Denali Park Road closes for snow and ice for second time
Mother Nature is giving late-summer tourists in Denali National Park and Preserve an early taste of winter.
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/200...ndow_left_top_3**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Second annual Grand Teton National Park Film Festival focuses on wildlife, scenic places
Grand Teton National Park will host a special three-day film festival Sept. 13-15 featuring an eclectic collection of works highlighting wildlife, scenic places and the great outdoors.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/09/s...-scenic-places/Yellowstone should fine biologist who harassed grizzly for photograph
Yellowstone National Park should fine and reprimand wolf biologist Doug Smith for harassing a grizzly from a plane in order to get a photograph. In addition, Smith demonized grizzlies by making an absurd comment about the grizzly bear having "him in mind for his next meal."
http://www.examiner.com/article/yellowst...-for-photographYellowstone Wolves Hit by Disease
Less than two decades after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, viral diseases like mange threaten the stability of the new population.
http://www.livescience.com/23048-yellowstone-wolves-hit-by-disease.htmlBiologists to bait grizzly traps in Yellowstone
Biologists studying the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem plan to set several baited traps in the area beginning Tuesday and continuing until the end of October.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/09/4803127/biologists-to-bait-grizzly-traps.htmlVets mark Sept. 11 with Grand Teton climb
When Nicolette Maroulis first came to, she thought she was dead. They were giving her last rites. The priest hadn’t acknowledged that she had woken up, and, so, lying there on that hospital table, it hit her that maybe she hadn’t. Maybe this was it.
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/10966/vets-mark-sept-11-with-grand-teton-climbEnvironmental groups announce intent to challenge Wyoming wolf plan in court
In a move that comes as no surprise in the long-running dispute over management of gray wolves in the greater Yellowstone area, a number of environmental groups announced on Monday their intent to sue to block Wyoming’s wolf management plan.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2012/09/e...olf-plan-court/**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Knocked for Virus Response
Some recent visitors to Yosemite National Park have expressed concern that park employees allowed them to be potentially exposed to a deadly rodent-borne disease, even after workers knew previous visitors had contracted the disease.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443779404577641862233253188.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
