West Bengal to get its first wetland eco-park near KolkataSeptember 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal will soon have its first Wetland Ecological Park in Sonarpur adjoining Kolkata where many of the animals from the Alipur Zoo will be housed, a top official said Tuesday. State Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Atanu Raha said the state government has taken up an initiative to develop the wetland park and identified a lowland area for it.
Yellowstone seeing record visitors this yearSeptember 14th, 2009 Yellowstone seeing record visitors this yearYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park hosted a record number of visitors this summer and remains on track for its busiest year ever.
Conde Nast Traveler celebrates 'America's Best Idea' with a list of 10 national parksSeptember 14th, 2009 Conde Nast Traveler recommends 10 national parksNEW YORK — Conde Nast Traveler is marking Ken Burns' new PBS series about the national parks, "America's Best Idea," with a look at 10 national parks and recommendations for how to see them. The magazine looks at five parks in its September issue and another five online at www.cntraveler.com/nationalparks.
2 chimps evacuating from wildfire recaptured after escaping from temporary shelter at LA zooSeptember 1st, 2009 Chimps evacuating from LA fire tried to escapeLOS ANGELES — Two chimpanzees that were evacuated from an animal sanctuary threatened by wildfire have been recaptured after they escaped from their crates while being unloaded at the Los Angeles Zoo. Zoo spokesman Jason Jacobs says the female chimps fled Tuesday afternoon, prompting zoo visitors to evacuate.
Landmark Yosemite lodge shut as geologists assess risk of more rockfallsAugust 28th, 2009 Geologists assess Yosemite hotel rockfall riskYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Scientists worked Thursday to determine if a boulder avalanche that forced the closure of a landmark Yosemite lodge was a one-time event or a precursor of more rockslides to come. The Ahwahnee Hotel remained closed following a series of landslides Wednesday that peppered the storied building's parking lot with boulders — one the size of two SUVs.
Tourists at Sequoia National Park rerouted as rangers helicopter in to destroy pot gardenAugust 27th, 2009 Tourists at Calif. park rerouted due to pot gardenSEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
Flood forces Kaziranga wildlife out of sanctuaryAugust 24th, 2009 KAZIRANGA - Authorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals fleeing the sanctuary to escape a flood, officials said here Monday. Kaziranga is the world's largest sanctuary of the endangered one-horned rhino.
Yellowstone sees record number of visitors in July; officials credit park's affordabilityAugust 6th, 2009 Yellowstone numbers hit all-time high in JulyYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials are crediting relatively low gas prices and the park's affordability after an all-time record number of people visited in July.
When birds stopped chirping and tigers sleptJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lions and tigers retired to sleep, deer stood still, birds suddenly stopped chirping while young animals rushed back to their shelters - no this is not a scene from "The Jungle Book", but unusual behaviour shown by animals during the total solar eclipse Wednesday morning. These changes in behaviour in animals and birds were recorded by experts at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh during the celestial spectacle.
Experts to study animal behaviour during solar eclipseJuly 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - How would animals and birds behave during a total solar eclipse? Experts at the Van Vihar National Park in this Madhya Pradesh capital will study animal behaviour during the phenomena July 22. The eclipse Wednesday will be the longest solar eclipse of the century.
Nepal's oldest green resort closesJuly 17th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nepal's oldest green resort, founded in the early 1960s by a legendary British tourism entrepreneur who also gave this country its famous elephant polo tourneys, has been forced to shut down after its lease expired and the new government was not able to extend it immediately. The Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, located in the heart of the national park in southern Nepal's Chitwan district, a major tourist attraction, was founded by Jim Edwards, who came to Nepal via Iran, Afghanistan and New Delhi, and decided to make it his home.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park wants oral history from people who lived thereJuly 14th, 2009 Park Service seeks Smokies memoriesGATLINBURG, Tenn. — The National Park Service hopes people who have firsthand accounts of living in the Smokies or attending the national park dedication will share those memories.
Visits last month to Yellowstone National Park set record, jump 8.5 percent from June 2008July 8th, 2009 June visits to Yellowstone set recordCHEYENNE, Wyo. — Visitors flocked to Yellowstone National Park in June, propelling the park to its busiest January-June period on record, according to numbers released Tuesday.
Australia considers a ban on climbing Uluru _ or Ayers Rock _ or safety and cultural reasonsJuly 8th, 2009 Climbers may be barred from Australia's famed rockSYDNEY — Climbing Uluru, Australia's famous red sandstone monolith, may be banned in the future under a plan released Wednesday by the national parks service, citing cultural, safety and environmental reasons. Climbing the 1,135-foot high rock has long been opposed by the Nguraritja, the Aboriginal tribe who regained title to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in 1985 and consider it sacred territory.
America's 'front yard' _ the National Mall _ is getting its 1st recycling programApril 30th, 2009 National Mall to start recycling programWASHINGTON — The National Mall, known as America's "front yard" and stretching from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, is finally getting a recycling program.
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