Big Bend National Park:
Open border crossing brings town back to life
For people living on either side of the Rio Grande in villages near the Big Bend National Park, the river has always been only a technicality, just something to get your feet wet while going back and forth between Texas and Mexico. All that changed dramatically in 2002 when the border was closed as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
http://www.mywesttexas.com/life/article_6a649a1c-aaab-5c51-8582-5d37f96ac14f.html**********
Grand Canyon National Park:
River guide injured by lightning at Grand Canyon
Authorities say a river guide is recovering after being injured by a lightning strike at the Grand Canyon National Park.
http://azdailysun.com/news/local/river-g...mment_form=true**********
Grand Teton National Park:
On Wyoming Drives, an App Narrator
An app that narrates while you drive, the new, free TravelStorysGPS allows users to listen to audio bites regarding local history, wildlife and geology in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole area and Grand Teton National Park.
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/on-wyoming-drives-an-app-narrator/?_r=0**********
Great Smoky Mountain National Park:
Smokies seek summer student scientists
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be teeming with young, budding scientists over the next couple of weeks.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jul/22/smokies-seek-summer-student-scientists/**********
Katmai National Park:
Famed Katmai National Park brown bears ready for season 2
Stars snarling at each other, mate-swapping, dominant males posturing and establishing their territory.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/...c3c2766007.html**********
Misc. National Park News:
Park Service seeks agent to buy land for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
In a sign that the National Park Service is preparing to move forward with buying more local land, it is advertising to hire a realty specialist who will handle land acquisition for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130723/NEWS/307230331/-1/NEWS**********
Mount Rainier National Park:
Mount Rainier National Park Climbers Need To Be More Self-Reliant As Park Alters Rescue Techniques
The death of a climbing ranger last year at Mount Rainier National Park has prompted a shift in how the park uses helicopters on rescues. In the near-term, that means climbers could find themselves responsible for their own rescues.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...techniques23649**********
Wind Cave National Park:
How Wind Cave National Park impacts the Southern Hills
Sometimes people wonder, what does the National Park Service do at Wind Cave National Park? Would things be different if there were no park employees working?
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/c...1a4bcf887a.html**********
Yellowstone National Park:
What Yellowstone's geysers can teach us about volcanoes
A closer look at the Lone Star Geyser could help scientists predict volcanic eruptions.
Despite more than a century of scrutiny, the inner workings of Old Faithful and other Yellowstone National Park geysers remain a mystery.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wildern...about-volcanoesYellowstone Park officials identify Montana angler swept downstream to death
Officials in Yellowstone National Park have released the name of a 73-year-old Montana man who died after losing his footing while fishing in the Yellowstone River.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-reg...1a4bcf887a.html
