10/24/2012
Arches National Park News:
Arches trying to cure 50 years of growing pains
Traffic, noise, polluted air from the million-plus annual visitors impact the views they come to see.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home3/55091579-200/park-arches-arch-national.html.csp**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Arizona tries to take back Grand Canyon from feds
Bloomberg News reported Monday that Arizona lawmakers want to take back the Grand Canyon and use one of the seven natural wonders of the world to generate more revenue for the state.
http://www.examiner.com/article/arizona-tries-to-take-back-grand-canyon-from-feds*********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Thriving Smokies elk a headache for some
Animals damage fences, crops on private land
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20121024/NEWS/310240011/Thriving-Smokies-elk-hassling-farmers?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
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Misc. National Park News:
What a Romney presidency might mean for national park visits (Note: I understand that this is a Fox News piece, so "Caveat emptor.")
There’s growing concern among some environmental groups and travel operators that a proposed energy plan by presidential hopeful Mitt Romney could threaten the future of national parks, possibly damaging the nation’s tourism industry in the process.
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/10/24.../#ixzz2AFWtZ4CO**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Yellowstone-area park managers study campgrounds, grizzlies
As grizzly bear populations inside Yellowstone National Park have grown, supervisors of the six national forests surrounding the park in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho have had to be more vigilant about precautions at campgrounds.
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121023/LIFE/121029995YNP project leader to give wolf presentation
On Wednesday evening, renowned wolf biologist Doug Smith will give a presentation on wolves in Yellowstone titled “Characteristics of an Unexploited Wolf Population and Management in National Parks.”
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/new...1a4bcf887a.html**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Rescue: Park Rangers Save Stranded Climber From El Capitan
A Canadian climber stranded in a snowstorm was recuperating Tuesday from a mild case of hypothermia after Yosemite National Park rangers rescued him from the face of the largest granite monolith in the world.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/yosemite-rescue_n_2007724.html
