12/12/13
Everglades:
Budget Problems Prevent Everglades National Park From Opening Chekika Day-Use Area
A popular day-use area in Everglades National Park that was scheduled to open this month will not due to budget shortfalls, according to park officials.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...y-use-area24378Why Are Pilot Whales Dying in the Florida Keys? (Note: VIDEO)
At least 22 are dead and 29 are still missing on the edge of Everglades National Park.
http://www.slate.com/articles/video/vide...ed_pod_off.html**********
Yellowstone:
Yellowstone opens for winter season on Sunday
With a chance of more snow falling through the rest of the week, Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for the winter season at 7 a.m. Sunday.
http://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/ye...051a1de239.htmlYellowstone supervolcano eruption 'would affect the world'
Scientists are reporting that the supervolcano lying beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US is far bigger than was previously thought, stretching for more than 90km (55 miles).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25331875New Report On Yellowstone Finds Park Has A Fever And The Only Prescription Is Less Carbon Pollution
Yellowstone has seen many changes over its nearly 150 years as a park, from the extirpation of wolves in the mid 1990′s and their later successful reintroduction, to the epic fire season of 1988, which left more than one-third of the massive park blackened and scorched.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/11/3050971/yellowstone-threatened-climate-change/**********
