9/14/2012
Acadia National Park News:
Stars set to shine at annual Acadia Night Sky Festival (Note: annoying ad)
Stars set to shine at annual Acadia Night Sky Festival
Many residents and visitors to Maine will be out on Mount Desert Island this weekend to celebrate the night sky.
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/214748/2/Stars-set-to-shine-at-annual-Acadia-Night-Sky-FestivalLighthouse Trail Closed for Repairs
The U.S. Coast Guard has started maintenance and repairs to the Bass Harbor Head Light and keeper’s house. The paved access trail to the lighthouse, on the west side of the parking area, will be closed immediately and will reopen by Oct. 6.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=76838:lighthouse-trail-closed-for-repairs&Itemid=938
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Glacier National Park News:
Missing Glacier Park hiker's body recovered SW of Hidden Lake
The body of a teenage hiker missing in Glacier National Park since July 28 has been recovered.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/missing...19bb2963f4.html**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Eight Deaths Reported at Grand Canyon So Far This Year
So far this year there have been eight deaths at Grand Canyon National Park. That number easily could have been nine when a 25-year old French national feel 200-feet from the Grandview Trail on Labor Day but miraculously survived. He fell while trying to find a lense cap he had dropped.
http://www.lakepowelllife.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3240:eight-deaths-reported-at-grand-canyon-so-far-this-year&catid=186:latest-local-news&Itemid=18
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Misc. National Park News:
If Parks Aren’t A Drilling Target, What Other Lands Are?
Testifying before a House subcommittee today, Mitt Romney’s chief energy adviser assured lawmakers that the candidate’s energy plan would not lead to oil and gas drilling in U.S. national parks and monuments.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09...-are/?mobile=nc**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Park service: Yosemite visitor recovered from rodent-borne illness blamed for 3 deaths
A visitor to Yosemite National Park has recovered after becoming the ninth person diagnosed with a deadly rodent-borne illness blamed for three deaths among those who spent time at the park this summer, officials said Thursday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/e...f8eb_story.html**********
