Denali National Park News:
Denali Park Road is closed for the winter
The 92-mile road that leads into Denali National Park and Preserve is closed at Mile 3 near park headquarters and the winter trailhead has been established at the headquarters gate in anticipation of more snow.
http://newsminer.com/pages/full_story/pu...gs_editors_desk**********
Grand Canyon National Park News:
Arizona defeats ballot measure contesting Grand Canyon ownership
Arizona voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot measure contesting ownership of the Grand Canyon and other federal lands in the state, handing another defeat to the "sagebrush revolt" by Republicans in Western states.
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-defeats-ba...-093601364.htmlHualapai Tribe seeks bids to pave 9 miles of road leading to Grand Canyon Skywalk
A northwestern Arizona tribe soon will take bids to finish paving the road that leads to the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d9b0675c5d9c401ebd9d0f5520673247/AZ--Grand-Canyon-Skywalk**********
Misc. National Park News:
Wolf packs grow in the Pacific Northwest
The iconic howls that echoed through the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are slowly making a comeback. Wolves are a predator symbolic of the American West.
http://www.dailybarometer.com/wolf-packs-grow-in-the-pacific-northwest-1.2947912**********
Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Mont. considers elk reductions to curb disease
Montana wildlife commissioners will weigh in for the first time Monday on a broad plan to protect against animal disease around Yellowstone by reducing the size of some elk herds, hazing them away from livestock and building elk-proof fences.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/artic...p#ixzz2BfoDIJAs**********
Yosemite National Park News:
Youth Involvement with National Park Program Promotes College Enrollment
Rebeca Solares never gave much thought to the trees growing in her urban northern California town until she went on a five-day backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park this past summer. There the 12-year-old learned from park rangers that trees need “loving care just like people do.”
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/communi.../#ixzz2Bfnlf240
