Nov 14, 2012

Everglades National Park News:
Cooler weather could send pythons into populated areas
“People have been bitten trying to catch them, but no one has ever been killed in the wild,” Cheryl Millet said. “Not that we know of anyway.”
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/2012...populated-areas
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Misc. National Park News:
Interns Helping National Park Service Study Climate Change At Lassen Volcanic National Park And In Rocky Mountain Forests
Through its George Melendez Wright Climate Change Interns and Fellows program, the National Park Service enables university students to visit national parks to investigate issues related to climate change. Here are two of the studies being investigated by students.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...nd-rocky-m10803
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
UPDATE: Missing snowboarders cold, hungry but finally off Rainier after two long nights
A pair of snowboarders who spent two nights on Mount Rainier after getting trapped in a blizzard Sunday hiked off the volcano in snowshoes this afternoon – hungry, cold and tired but uninjured.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/11/search-continues-this-morning-for-missing-snowboarders/
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Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park News:
Environmentalists file federal lawsuit over Wyoming wolf plan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service never should have accepted a wolf-management plan that allows the state of Wyoming to classify the animals as predators that may be shot on sight, environmental groups said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northw...le_federal.html

Large Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Mortality in 2012, but Gov’t Agency says pop grew anyway
At least 50 dead griz, but population said to grow by 15-
http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2012/11/1...op-grew-anyway/
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