Banff National Park News:
Happy 125th Banff National Park
It's a great achievement for a country when any national park turns 125 -- but Banff National Park's big birthday signifi es much more than the protection of one swath of mountains for generations of Canadians.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Happy+125th+Banff+National+Park/3280142/story.html
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Teamwork Pays Off in Three Mass Casualty Incidents at Great Smoky Mountains NP
Incidents with multiple injuries can present a test for emergency services even in cities, but such situations can be especially challenging in the rural or remote areas found in many parks. Teamwork and advance planning paid off when Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced three mass casualty incidents during a recent five-day period.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...ountains-np6228
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park News:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Junior Ranger Day this Saturday
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is recruiting Junior Rangers to spend a day discovering the park’s wild inhabitants.
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/37879/group/Outdoors%20/
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Yellowstone griz deaths comparable to past years
Ten grizzly bear deaths have been documented in the Yellowstone Ecosystem so far this year, a rate comparable to past years.
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=12812143

Scientists Counter Brucellosis Threat to Livestock and Wildlife
Armed with dart guns and medical pellets, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are vaccinating bison in and around Yellowstone National Park against brucellosis.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100715.htm

Bison dies of anthrax on Turner ranch
The state Department of Livestock says a yearling bison heifer on Ted Turner's Flying D ranch has died after being exposed to naturally occurring anthrax.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html

Park fire moving north
A suspected human-caused fire in Grand Teton National Park near Leigh Lake continues to torch trees on its north flank as ground and helicopter crews work to snuff out the blaze.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6208
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Yosemite National Park News:
Fall kills Stanford student who loved to climb
Christina Chan was an experienced rock climber who never passed up the chance to scale mountains. She told friends after one arduous excursion, "It was like chocolate!"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/14/BARC1EE95P.DTL#ixzz0tmPFFilo

Acadia National Park News:
President Obama Vacations in Bar Harbor, Maine and Acadia National Park
Obama is the First Sitting President in 100 Years to Visit the Area
President Obama and his family are once again vacationing in a national park, this year choosing a quiet corner of America that for generations has served as a summer retreat for families with last names like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Carnegie and Astor.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/president-o...ory?id=11173577

Maine park visitors reminded about Obama vacation
Maine parks officials want to remind residents and tourists Acadia National Park will remain open during President Barack Obama’s visit but there could be delays and detours.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/nation...position=recent

First Family's weekend: Picturesque park, luscious lobster
America may be divided over President Obama, but one thing must be agreed upon: He knows how to pick pretty vacation spots.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...cious-lobster/1
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Glacier National Park News:
Glacier National Park faces a massive meltdown
Standing under a cloudless midsummer sky at the Many Glacier Hotel, ranger Bob Schuster gestures toward the saw-toothed southern horizon and holds up evidence of a changing climate in a place indigenous Blackfeet Indians dubbed the "backbone of the world." His repeat photographs show the rapid retreat of the 100-year-old park's iconic geological features, which have declined from about 150 at the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-19th century to about two dozen today.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-07-15-glacier-national-park_N.htm
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Grand Canyon National Park News:
Body Found At Grand Canyon
Man From Virginia Identified
Officials now know the identity of a body retrieved from below Moran Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Monday, July 12.
http://www.kpho.com/news/24277109/detail.html
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Man Gets Prison Time, Fine For Shooting Elk
A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday for killing an elk inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/24272588/detail.html
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Cathedral Fire in Grand Teton National Park 50 Percent Contained
Firefighters were making good progress today on a 40-acre blaze burning not far from the Teton Park Road in the heart of Grand Teton National Park, according to park officials.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...t-contained6233

Officials to draft plans to avoid sale of Teton acreage
Park land impasse discussed
Wyoming and federal officials expect to draft proposals soon to avoid the auction of two square miles of state land inside Grand Teton National Park.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-an...1cc4c002e0.html

Yellowstone finishes boardwalk project
A boardwalk has been replaced at one of the famous geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jul/16/bc-wy-yellowstone-boardwalk/?features&travel
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Acadia National Park News:
**Note - Many of the Acadia NP stories are not entirely about Acadia (given that the First Family are there), but Acadia definitely is a backdrop. Having said that, I thought that the highlight on Acadia is a good thing, so I published some pieces that would not typically make it as 'news.'**

An active first family is on the move in Maine (Note: What an advertisement for Mr. Desert Is. Ice Cream!.
President Obama and his family aren't just getting outside the Beltway on their brief vacation here -- they're getting outside, period.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/17/AR2010071702806.html

Obama Wraps Up Relaxing Vacation Amid GOP Criticisms
President Barack Obama and his family managed to make it through a couple of days of family vacation time without a crisis forcing a change in plans.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/...gop-criticisms/

Obamas’ Downeast getaway
President Obama brought his family Downeast yesterday for a biking and hiking getaway made sweeter by good news from Congress and the Gulf.
President Obama brought his family Downeast yesterday for a biking and hiking getaway made sweeter by good news from Congress and the Gulf.

Shifting Politics in Presidents’ Vacations
It has been 100 years, the local newspaper reports, since a sitting president chose this picturesque seaside village as his vacation spot. When William Howard Taft arrived in July 1910, he sprained his ankle playing golf, the captain of his yacht got “a terrible sunburn” and the townsfolk made such a ruckus about who would entertain him that Mr. Taft decided to give a speech from the bandstand on the village green.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/us/politics/17memo.html?src=me

Acadia National Park Seeking to Acquire Private Land within Park Boundaries
Before they even checked into their hotel this afternoon, President Obama and his family went for a bike ride on the carriage roads in Acadia National Park.
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/12939/Default.aspx
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Big Bend National Park News:
Big Bend National Park
Alternately known as a geologist’s paradise and a geologist’s nightmare, Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas offers a multitude of rock formations. Sparse vegetation makes finding and observing the rocks easy, but they document a complicated geologic history extending back 500 million years.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44670&src=imgrss
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Katmai National Park News:
Bears draw visitors to Katmai National Park
Each year thousands of people from all over the world venture to Katmai National Park and Preserve, a wildlife sanctuary in Alaska's own back yard.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12823748
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Misc. National Park News:
Parks Canada admission free
Parks Canada was waiving visitor entry fees Saturday as it marked the 125th anniversary of the founding of the country's first national park in Banff, Alta.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/07/17/national-parks.html#ixzz0u3DupK2o
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rhode Island man falls 300 feet to death at Rocky Mountain National Park
Jeffrey Rosinski of Middletown, RI died after falling approximately 300 feet in the Keyhole Route area of the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
http://www.examiner.com/x-39124-Providen...n-National-Park
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Iowa man dies after falling into Yellowstone River
A 65-year-old Iowa man is dead after being swept down a river while fishing in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wy-yellowstoneangler,0,5514561.story
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite offers more sites for campers
Yosemite National Park is offering more sites for campers, including a campground that's been closed for 13 years.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15539791?nclick_check=1
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Bryce National Park News:
Bryce Canyon National Park to Host Its First Geology Festival
After just wrapping up its latest star-gazing festival, the folks at Bryce Canyon National Park are inviting you back to take a closer look at the landscape on the ground. On July 30-31 the park, famous for its incredible hoodoos, will celebrate its first Geology Festival.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...gy-festival6221
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park News:
Area volunteers step up to look after the elk - and the visitors - in Cataloochee Valley
Esther Blakely scanned a Cataloochee meadow for elk calves she knew were hiding somewhere near their grazing mothers.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jul/17/the-bugles-call/
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Road work to cause delays at Yellowstone
In Brief: Delays at Yellowstone
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_15508064?nclick_check=1

Fire In Grand Teton National Park Contained
Firefighters have fully contained a blaze that burned across 46 acres in Grand Teton National Park
http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Firefighters.fully.contain.2.1811138.html

Where Are the Fish Biting? The Black Canyon of the Yellowstone
It's a hike, but a local writer is reporting that the cutthroats are biting on the Yellowstone River in the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. The only issue: Getting back there.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201007...yellowstone.php

Another Fire Breaks Out in Yellowstone National Park
The fire danger in Yellowstone National Park has been low to moderate in recent days, but that's not stopped fires from breaking out in the Park. Today an aircraft spotted a small fire in the south-central section of the Park.
http://www.yellowstoneinsider.com/201007...tional-park.php
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Offering More Sites for Campers
Yosemite National Park offering more camping sites, including campground closed for 13 years
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=11196663
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Acadia National Park News:
Fun along the Maine coast ends for Obamas after weekend of hiking, biking in national park
President Barack Obama and the first family had an energetic weekend vacation along Maine's Atlantic coast.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/sns-ap-us-travel-brief-obama,0,2512510.story

Long pants for most park rangers, heat or no heat
If you happen to run into a National Park Service park ranger this week, you might want to buy them a cold drink. Though most Washingtonians are suffering through the summer heat, at least you don't have to do so in long wool pants.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/07/long_pants_for_most_park_range.html
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Mount Rainier National Park News:
Popular Mount Rainier National Park trail is restored, rerouted
The stump held on for days, even as five workers hacked and chopped at it, and tugged on it with the help of a harness and pulley.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012398468_trail20m.html
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Outside the US/Canadian Park System:
New Zealand government backs down on national park mining
Wellington
The New Zealand government bowed to public opinion Tuesday and abandoned proposals to open up some of the country's most scenic national parks to mining for gold and other minerals.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/a...nal-park-mining
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Good Samaritans Help Speed a Rescue at Rocky Mountain National Park
Despite occasional news stories about people who refuse to get involved when they see someone in distress, a recent incident at Rocky Mountain National Park confirms that most park visitors are willing to pitch in when things go wrong. Several climbers provided invaluable help when a fellow mountaineer came to grief high on Longs Peak.
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...tional-park6265
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
2 rescued after accidents
Grand Teton National Park rangers used a helicopter to assist two injured hikers in separate accidents Sunday in the Tetons.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6220

Report: Warning signs removed at griz mauling site
Two researchers who tranquilized and studied a grizzly bear hours before the animal killed a hiker near Yellowstone National Park removed warning signs as they left the site, an investigation has found.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEZ1otjtU0COgsT5NUHMTTkoB8CgD9H2GUBG1

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to leave a note. Updates will be limited due to my going on vacation between today and Sunday. I will try to update during the week, but my connections to the Internet are limited when in Maine.

James

Hey Everyone,

I have an internet connection this morning...BTW, as usual, it was completely foggy an sunrise...and raining. LOL, and of course, I pitched my tent in the rain last night too. The weather just turned and is beautiful right now. I am going to go find some critters until sunset this evening. Puffins in the AM tomorrow, and one last stab at Cadillac Mountain on Saturday morning. I really want a nice shot from there. I have NEVER gotten good weather on Cadillac Mountain...but I have seen some beautiful shots from there (and am looking at a really nice one on the wall of 2 Cats...a restaurant on Cottage Street that I highly recommend).

James
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Glacier National Park News:
As Glacier National Park turns 100, its glorious icefields are melting away
Standing under a cloudless midsummer sky at the Many Glacier Hotel, ranger Bob Schuster gestures toward the saw-toothed southern horizon and holds up evidence of a changing climate in a place indigenous Blackfeet Indians dubbed the "backbone of the world."
www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100722/LIVING/7220316/1004
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rangers rescue stranded climber in Rocky Mountain National Park
A 27-year-old woman has been rescued after hanging for hours from a cliff wall on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/sns-ap-co--coloradoparkrescue,0,6264105.story

Rocky Mountain National Park to begin prescribed burns next week
Rocky Mountain National Park plans to conduct prescribed burns in the South Lateral Moraine, North Lateral Moraine and Deer Ridge Junction areas beginning next week if weather conditions allow.
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-countynews/ci_15559419#ixzz0uPeJYtw2DailyCamera.com
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Yellowstone (And Grand Teton) National Park News:
Woman attacked by bison: 'I thought I was going to die'
I thought it was the end," Cathy Hayes told CNN by phone late Wednesday.
www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/22/wyoming.bison.attack/

NPS, UW Renew Long-Standing Research Agreement
An agreement signed today at the scenic AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park will continue the longest-standing and most successful partnership between a university and the National Park Service (NPS).
http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=44141

Yellowstone National Park Beach Fire update, 168 firefighters, helicopters, air tankers battle blaze
The Beach Fire, currently burning in Yellowstone National Park, was discovered on Sunday, July 18, 2010, by a research flight. As of this morning, the wildfire had burned 500 acres and was 20% contained. Helicopter water drops and retardant drops by air tankers are supporting firefighters on the ground.
http://www.examiner.com/x-4661-National-...rs-battle-blaze

Storm strikes Grand Teton climbers
Rangers were conducting a high-altitude rescue in Grand Teton National Park after several climbing parties got caught in a lightning storm.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hTa4EQvvW-sfManwMAM1sE4qGqXgD9H3MTTO0
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Yosemite National Park News:
Last of Yosemite, Lassen campsites finally open
All campgrounds in Yosemite and Lassen Volcanic national parks are finally open as an epic spring for snow in the mountains has given way to a hot summer.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/21/SPCN1EHKPC.DTL#ixzz0uPeFTXyl

Arches National Park News:
Climbing rules reviewed at Arches National Park
Federal managers at Arches National Park are revisiting the rules that regulate rock climbing on the famous arches and natural bridges in southeast Utah.
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jul/24/bc-ut-arches-climbing-regs/?features&travel
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Misc. National Park News:
Vice President Biden Checking On Park Projects
The Obama administration is certainly enjoying the national parks. While President Obama recently vacationed in Acadia National Park, Vice President Biden is heading to Yellowstone National Park this week, as well as the Grand Canyon.
http://usparks.about.com/b/2010/07/25/vice-president-biden-checking-on-park-projects.htm
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Rocky Mountain National Park News:
Rocky Mountain National Park announces plans for prescribed burning
This summer, if conditions allow, fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park are preparing to conduct prescribed burns in the South Lateral Moraine, North Lateral Moraine, and Deer Ridge Junction areas.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100725/NEWS/100729937/1079&ParentProfile=1067
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Wind Cave National Park News:
5,500-acre ranch may be added to nat'l park in SD
A 5,500-acre ranch could become part of Wind Cave National Park after the Conservation Fund purchased the land at public auction on behalf of the park in southwest South Dakota.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H4VIG02.htm
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
Grand Teton spent $50,000 rescuing climbers
Grand Teton National Park spent about $50,000 rescuing 16 injured climbers and recovering the body of another after a thunderstorm on Grand Teton mountain.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wy-grandtetonstorm,0,7006866.story

Wildfires: Beach Fire continues to burn in Yellowstone National Park (pictures)
The Beach Fire, discovered by a research flight on the morning of July 18, 2010, is currently burning in Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.examiner.com/x-47892-Environm...l-Park-pictures

Elk, crowds and the wild West in Yellowstone National Park and Cody, Wyoming
In Yellowstone, wildlife and Old Faithful still draw plenty of tourists. Nearby in tiny Cody, there's a taste of the Wild West.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-0725-wyoming-20100725,0,3059239.story?track=rss

Yellowstone snowmobile proposals face scrutiny
Montana senator denounces alternatives that would ban snowmobiles, snowcoaches in Yellowstone
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_4c8abbd2-fc74-54d5-8b89-fd0921e59d2c.html
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite Park Small Stream Flood Advisory (Note - this will probably be over before anyone reads this. :P)
The National Weather Service has issued a Small Stream Flood Advisory for the Yosemite National Park area through 7:30 this evening.
http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/1103079/Yosemite-Park-Small-Stream-Flood-Advisory-.html
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Zion National Park News:
Missing Scout Hiker's Body Found in Zion National Park
Zion National Park searchers found the body of a missing scout hiker, Corey Buxton, 17, of Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday afternoon.
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/8864...e=home_stories3

Note, there is a really nice map in the Cuyahoga news that talks about attendance in the different national parks (counting down the top 10). I was actually kind of surprised by some of the numbers.

-James

Cuyahoga National Park News:
In national parks attendance, Cuyahoga Valley National Park is again among nation's busiest
The Great Smokey Mountains National Park is the busiest national park in the country.
http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2010/07/cuyahoga_valley_national_park.html
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Glacier National Park News:
Tennessee motorcyclist killed in crash near East Glacier
The Montana Highway Patrol says a 58-year-old man from Tennessee was killed when his motorcycle was struck by an SUV near Glacier National Park.
http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_56930944-98bd-11df-8301-001cc4c002e0.html
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Misc. National Park News:
The new normal in travel (not REALLY national park news, but it is interesting)
Shorter, cheaper trips, bargain-obsessed buyers may be the future
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38412286/ns/travel-travel_tips/

Grizzly bear puzzle will only grow more complex (OP-Ed)
In response to the July 18 Tribune article entitled "Grizzlies running into people more often:"
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100726/OPINION/7260303
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Padre Island National Seashore:
Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf
Hundreds of tiny baby turtles with their dime-sized paddle-like feet dragged through the sand on Monday heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400 miles away.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072601469.html
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Yellowstone National Park News:
Fire in Yellowstone 72% contained
Firefighters are making progress containing a blaze burning near the center of Yellowstone National Park.
http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=12866062
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Zion national park News:
Flash flood carries 3 through canyon in Utah park
- Zion National Park officials say three men who were swept away by a flash flood in a canyon were washed over a 40-foot drop and survived.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072503371.html

Acadia National Park News:
At Acadia National Park, Maine's rugged beauty reigns (Not really news, but some fun park info)
From high atop Cadillac Mountain here, you can see for miles in any direction, including some of America's most treasured coastline, pristine forests, sparkling lakes, and even a resort town favored by President Barack Obama and his family.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20011589-52.html
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Glacier National Park News:
Jack Hanna repels charging grizzly in national park
A close encounter with three grizzly bears on a narrow hiking trail in Montana has made a pepper-spray believer out of Jack Hanna.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/loc...rs.html?sid=101
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Misc. National Park News:
Biden touts stimulus projects in national parks
Hundreds of stimulus-funded projects under way in national parks across the U.S. are long-overdue upgrades to the country's neglected "national jewels," Vice President Joe Biden said Monday.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVO5iVhZq9BbzP7XgxE431Zp1AuAD9H6VM100
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park News:
Theodore Roosevelt National Park now accepting applications for volunteer hunters to help with elk cull
Earlier this month, officials with the Theodore Roosevelt National Park put out word that it was seeking pro packers to assist with its upcoming elk-reduction efforts. Now, the North Dakota park is accepting applications from hunters interested in volunteering to help cull about 250 cow elk from the herd of approximately 950 animals that make the South Unit area their home.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts...k-elk-cull.html
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Yellowstone (and Grand Teton) National Park News:
NPS Releases Draft Range of Alternatives for Yellowstone Winter Use Plan
The good news-the Park Service listened to our collective scoping comments from earlier this year. Our comments have been incorporated into the just-released draft, Six Alternatives for the Yellowstone Park Winter Use Plan. These alternatives will be reviewed over the next few months and will serve as a critical part of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that will be released for public comment.
http://utvweekly.com/index.php/2010/07/n...inter-use-plan/

Climbers were retreating
Two of the three parties that were hit by lightning and rescued from the Grand Teton on Wednesday were descending the easiest route on the mountain at the time of the accident, Grand Teton National Park officials said over the weekend.
http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/article.php?art_id=6267
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Yosemite National Park News:
Yosemite National Park to be Featured in New iPhone Application
Yosemite National Park announces the first mobile application is available for visitors to use on their iPhone.
http://thepinetree.net/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=18712