10/18/2013 National Park News:
Glacier National Park News:
Grizzly bear studies resume around Lincoln, RMF and Glacier
State and federal wildlife managers are resuming studies of grizzly bear populations in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, and are poised this month to begin seasonal scientific capture operations near Glacier National Park, the Rocky Mountain Front and the Flathead, Blackfoot, Swan and Clearwater river valleys.
http://helenair.com/news/local/grizzly-b...19bb2963f4.html**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Tennessee's House Of Representatives Opposes Backcountry Fee At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In its biggest political coup to date, a group fighting the backcountry fees charged at Great Smoky Mountains National Park has gotten the backing of the Tennessee State House of Representatives.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...ional-park23115**********
Misc. National Park News:
National Park Service Is Actually Courting Minorities
The National Park Service wants to attract people to a working-class city less than 25 miles outside Manhattan.
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News...10#.UXBszVKjU80House Republicans Question Sequestration’s Impacts On National Parks Despite Obvious Cuts Already Occurring
Republicans at a hearing in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday questioned the effects of sequestration on national parks. Committee members slammed National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis for overplaying the impacts on parks.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04...ring/?mobile=nc**********
Yellowstone National Park News:
Volcano under Yellowstone bigger than previously thought
Yellowstone's underground volcanic plumbing is bigger and better connected than scientists thought, researchers reported Wednesday, April 17, at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/18/yellowstone-volcano-bigger-than-thought/#ixzz2Qr4nazj4**********
