Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Clingmans Dome Road In Great Smoky Mountains National Park Could Open Today
Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park could be able to drive up to Clingmans Dome as soon as today if conditions allow, though bad weather could force park officials to close the access road at any time.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...open-today22821**********
Misc. National Park News:
National park could create 100s of jobs in Maine
A pair of studies commissioned by a foundation that wants to create a national park in northern Maine suggest that communities near federal parks have better economic performance than other rural communities and that creation of a second national park in Maine could create 450 to 1,000 jobs.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/ar...p#ixzz2L0Bgb5m3New studies show another national park would boost Maine’s economy, Quimby’s son says
Economic studies commissioned by Roxanne Quimby’s land-holdings company show that a 75,000-acre national park and same-size recreation area in the Katahdin region would create 450-1,055 jobs, her son said Thursday.
http://bangordailynews.com/2013/02/14/ou...imbys-son-says/**********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park Officials Pursuing Multi-Use Trail For Hikers, Bikers
Rocky Mountain National Park officials are considering the creation of a 15.5-mile-long trail for use by hikers and cyclists that would run from the Fall River Entrance to Sprague Lake, passing the Aspenglen, Moraine Park, and Glacier Basin campgrounds along the way.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...ers-bikers22793**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone's Wild Gray Wolves
Tracking once-endangered gray wolves through the park's remote and frozen Lamar Valley.
http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/yellowstones-wild-gray-wolves-20130214#ixzz2L0AXJcuQ'Wolf Man' believes new partners likely come from rival Yellowstone wolf packs
Rick McIntyre relates their story through anthropomorphic terms, classics like “Romeo and Juliet,” or ancient tribes from the Old Testament that still don’t get along.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...l#ixzz2L0ArmzJ3Stranded snowmobiler rescued near West Yellowstone
A Bozeman man was rescued after his snowmobile overheated and quit running while on a ride north of West Yellowstone.
http://www.kxlf.com/news/stranded-snowmobiler-rescued-near-west-yellowstone/**********
