Everglades National Park News:
Why Everglades Restoration Really Needs To Be About Adapting To Climate Change
When the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) was approved in 2000, it was a historic move to "restore, protect and preserve" water resources in central and south Florida. The 30-year framework was designed with the ultimate goal of restoring historic water-flows to a "dying ecosystem." Project leaders and scientists are now focused on incorporating climate change adaptation into the plans and acknowledging that the Everglades will likely never look the way it once did.
http://news.wjct.org/post/why-everglades-restoration-really-needs-be-about-adapting-climate-change**********
Grand Teton National Park News:
Elk Refuge photos capture tense standoff between mountain lions, coyotes
In a Wyoming wildlife version of dogs vs. cats, a series of photos of two young mountain lions seeking refuge from five coyotes has been attracting plenty of attention after being shared online last week by National Elk Refuge staff members.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2013/04/e...-lions-coyotes/*********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Landslide delays visits to 2 Smokies cemeteries
Visitation at two cemeteries in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been moved from this month to autumn because of flood damage to roads.
http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/24ed7619-www.wlos.com.shtml#.UV3Z_VKjU80*********
Misc. National Park News:
Top 10 U.S. National Parks
National parks tell the story of the United States, from its earliest days to the modern era. Every year, millions visit national parks to learn about American history or to enjoy the outdoors. According to National Park visitation statistics, in 2012 more than 282 million people visited America’s national parks, ranking 2012 as the sixth highest annual visitation in the history of the National Park Service.
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/trends-research/top-10-us-national-parks-39919**********
Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
Female rhino killed in Assam's Manas National Park
A dead female rhino with its horn missing was recovered from the Manas National Park in Assam, officials said on Wednesday, taking the total number of rhinos poached in the state to 16 this year.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/female-rhino-killed-in-manas-national-park/1/260629.html*********
Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Boulder confirms first North American river otter sighting in a century
Caught on camera, a carnivore more common in a bygone era
A motion-activated wildlife surveillance camera has captured what one expert calls the first documented sighting of a North American river otter in Boulder in about 100 years.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/...ighting-century*********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Follow Yellowstone plowing online
National Park Service plow crews are out clearing nearly 325 miles of roads and 125 acres of parking lots in order to open Yellowstone National Park to wheeled vehicles.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article...-plowing-online*********
