March 8, 2013 National Park News:
Everglades National Park News:
Could spending cuts fan wildfire flames in Florida?
Rangers say they’d have to stop watching endangered panther.
The endangered Florida panther and so-called controlled burns, which decrease the threat of wildfires to homes and wildlife, could be the biggest losers from federal budget cuts hitting national parks and preserves in South Florida, rangers and environmentalists say.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/s...e-flames/nXFkp/**********
Grand Canyon
Tribes Have Mixed Feelings About Tightrope Walker Coming to the Grand Canyon
Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda last made headlines in June 2012 by tightrope walking across Niagara Falls. This year, he’s headed for a remote section of the Grand Canyon on the Navajo Nation—which also happens to house a site held deeply sacred by the Hopi and other tribes.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.co...d-canyon-148632**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
How Yellowstone Businesses Kept the Snowplows Operating
The LA Times reports today that the superintendent of Yellowstone Park, in a last ditch effort to deal with budget cuts caused by the sequester, decided to delay snowplowing for two weeks, a savings of about $400,000.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/04/how-yellowstone-businesses-kept-snowplows-operatingYellowstone's hotspot theory heats up
A new study may have finally resolved debate on how America's famous Yellowstone supervolcano was formed.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/04/08/3730801.htmWyoming wildlife official says wolves unlikely to thrive outside state’s northwestern corner
After nearly two decades since their reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, population trends show that gray wolves are unlikely to thrive in sections of Wyoming outside the northwestern corner of the state.
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2013/04/w...western-corner/**********
